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Joyful announcement: Look forward to a Chapter of Mats in 2024
With great joy Minister General Tibor Kauser announces a Chapter of Mats for the Secular Franciscan Order and YouFra to be held November 14-19, 2024 in Rome, Italy. This will immediately follow the 2024 General Chapter. It is a way to celebrate the 800th anniversaries of important events in the life of St. Francis. National …
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In keeping with the 2021-2023 synodal process, we thought it would be important to call the attention of Secular Franciscans to the importance of living their faith in a spirit of communion, participation, mission and true witness of gospel life in the Church, in the world of work and in the family. The best way …
OFS remember first minister general
The Secular Franciscan Order remembers Manuela Mattioli on the 30th anniversary of her death on Nov. 3. She was the first OFS minister general following the 1978 Rule from St. Pope Paul VI and the reorganization into a worldwide order. Letter from Minister General Tibor Kauser About Manuela Mattioli by 30th Anniversary Committee
Check out the latest issue of Vox Franciscana
The summer/fall issue of Vox Franciscana is now available and features: a glimpse of the workings and personalities of the CIOFS Presidency. how a Presidency councilor wakes up to war in the Ukraine. how the OFS of Italy is helping injured and ill children from war-torn Ukraine. a report on the six-year experience of an …
Guidelines for Celebrating 5 Franciscan Centenaries 2023-2026
Letter accompanying thematic grid Thematic grid Guidelines brochure by Conference of the Franciscan Family Image at top from a painting by Howard Schroeder, OFS.