The General Committee for Franciscan Centenaries sends a Letter to all National Franciscan Families Letter on how to plan for the Transitua...

Matt Talbot was a humble Dublin workman whose life of prayer and penance has become well known since his death on June 7, 1925. Matt was born on 2 May 1856 into a working-class family in Dublin’s inner city. From his early teens up to the age of twenty-eight Matt Talbot was addicted to alcohol, … June 2025: Venerable Matt Talbot (1856-1925) Read More »...

The CIOFS Presidency has approved a new corporate brand design centered around the international OFS logo. The logo seeks to express the nature of the OFS, being Franciscan, secular and an order. It picks up the Franciscan element of the old logo — namely, the Tau “T”. The new design eliminates the Latin words around … CIOFS introduces a new logo Read More »...

KOINÕNIA – 01 – 2025: A PRAISE BORN FROM SUFFERING...

An Italian Secular Franciscan couple who raised 10 children has been recognised as venerable by Pope Francis. The Bernardinis are the third married couple in the history of the Church to receive this title (they were preceded by Blessed Luigi and Blessed Maria Beltrame and St. Louis and St. Zelie Martin.) Eight of the Bernardini … May 2025: Venerable Sergio and Domenica Bernardini (1882 & 1889) Read More »...