Through God’s Mercy, we continue the social initiative “Well4Africa”, the aim of which is to ensure human right to water by drilling boreholes in poor areas of Africa where the Franciscan Family is present. We hereby provide the report on implemented and ongoing “Well4Africa” water projects in 2025...

Peter Reddy, also known as Paul Chinnappa Reddiar or Paradesi Peter (Pilgrim Peter), was born on 30 April 1895 in Periooru, a village in the Madurai region of Tamil Nadu, in southeastern India. His parents were Hindus who converted to Lutheranism, and he, at the age of eighteen, first heard about Saint Francis from Anglican...

Mariana de Paredes y Flores was born in Quito (Ecuador) on 31 October 1618 into a noble family of Spanish origin, whose lineage combines Andalusia and Castile. A prodigy of piety, owing to the precocious maturity of her spirit, she had already bound herself by vows of poverty, chastity and obedience at the age of...

Ministers General invite the whole Franciscan Family to observe ‘Week of Poor’ during the 800th anniversary year of Transitus of St. Francis Letter from Ministers General (PDF)...

2026 THEME “ST. FRANCIS’ EASTER: An Event of Hope” KOINÕNIA – 01 – 2026 (PDF): Fruitful and generative fraternal life: “The Lord gave me brothers”...