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MINISTER GENERAL’S REPORT With an Order that stretches across the globe, it is sometimes difficult to acquire an accurate census of membership. Nevertheless, “we can say that the total number of Secular Franciscans worldwide is more or less 200,000 and Franciscan Youth is around 60,000,” Minister General Tibor Kauser, OFS, told the General Chapter in …

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The word of God this Sunday has meaning for “us men and women who wear the Tau, a sign of our ongoing conversion,” as proclaimed “in our profession,” Fr. Carlos Ginés C. Julve, TOR, told Chapter attendees during mass Nov. 10. It tells us that in the midst of need, as the widow of Zarephath …

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In welcoming remarks after the opening mass Nov. 9, Minister General Tibor Kauser, OFS, reminded delegates, or capitulars, that the purpose of a Chapter “is to study, review, and make plans concerning our life and apostolic vocation.” He encouraged them to keep in mind “our Secular Franciscan Vocation” while addressing the “main theme of the …

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ROME — Proclaiming the “joy of encounter,” Secular Franciscans from around the globe kicked off their General Chapter at the Seraphicum Nov. 9 with Holy Mass. “We have longed to come together,” Franciscan Friar Ștefan Acatrinei, OFM Conv., the celebrant, told the 103 attendees. “And now we are happy to be together.” It’s a “joy …

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