Coinciding with the Franciscan centenary celebration of the anniversary of promulgation of the Later Rule in Rome on the 29th of November, all members of the Franciscan family in Nazareth came together to celebrate. The celebration included a mass in the Grotto in the Basilica of the Annunciation, presided over by Fr. Wojciech Bołoz, OFM, […]
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The pope’s special message to members of the Franciscan Family was read at St. John Lateran Basilica on the anniversary of the rule approved by Pope Honorious III on 29 November 1223. Pope Francis’ Letter to the Franciscan Family (PDF)
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Invitation to the Lateran celebration of the Rule
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Letter from Conference of the Franciscan Family
Plenary indulgence on the occasion of the eighth centenary of “Christmas at Greccio” Read More »
Via Vitae: Celebrating the Rule
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800 years of the rule and the crib in Greccio (PDF) Letter from Formation Secretariat (PDF)
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Program booklet for kicking off the centenary celebration at Greccio on Jan. 7, 2023. In Italian. Program Booklet PDF
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Letter accompanying thematic grid Thematic grid Guidelines brochure by Conference of the Franciscan Family Image at top from a painting by Howard Schroeder, OFS.
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