Dear sisters and brothers of the Franciscan Family, may the Lord give you peace! We turn to you, as the Committee of the Franciscan Family for the Franciscan Centenary, to continue the dialogue that our six General Ministers began on 2 October last, when they announced the Centenary, and continued with the sending, at the …
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Dear Young People! The theme of the Panama World Youth Day was, “I am the servant of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word” (Lk 1:38). After that event, we resumed our journey towards a new destination – Lisbon 2023 – with hearts afire with God’s urgent summons to arise. In 2020, …
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE XXXVII WYD 2022-2023 Read More »
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Celebrating the feast of Pentecost, I invite all of you to pray and ask God to grant us the gifts of the Holy Spirit, so that we may live our vocation and our fraternal spirit, and serve the fraternities and those who need our service, in an always better way. Let …
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Easter is the feast of joy, when the joy of the resurrection fills our hearts with hope and gratitude. It is more important than ever to experience the depth of Easter and what is the true joy of Easter for us, when we look around in the world and see so …
To All my Secular Franciscan Brothers and Sisters in every National Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order: To some of us Ukraine is very close, while for others it is a great distance. But we should not think that this may happen only there and cannot happen with us. When we pray for peace in …
“STAND UP. I APPOINT YOU AS A WITNESS OF WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN.” (cf. ACTS 26:16) Dear young people, Once again I would like to take you by the hand and walk with you on the spiritual pilgrimage that leads to the 2023 World Youth Day in Lisbon. Last year’s Message, which I signed shortly …
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE XXXVI WORLD YOUTH DAY 21 NOVEMBER 2021 Read More »
ANIMATE AND GUIDE WITH A LEADERSHIP OF SERVICE Every generation has its challenges. Today we, all over the world, are fighting with covid. The pandemic puts into test our personal as well as institutional spirituality. In this new Easter season the Lord invites us not to lose hope, to maintain peace and trust. This is …
To every Sister and Brother in the Secular Franciscan Order My dear Sisters and Brothers, May the Lord give you his peace! We still hear the announcement of Easter “He is not here, he is risen!” in our ears, and we have read in the Gospel, that Jesus said: “if I do not go, the …
Letter from Minister General Tibor Kauser for the Solemnity of Pentecost Read More »
1221-2021. 800 YEARS FROM PROCESSING OF THE MEMORIALE PROPOSITI HISTORICAL FRAMEWORK The age of St. Francis (1182-1226) is included in the vast phenomenon of social, economic and religious renewal and rebirth that runs through the XI-XIII centuries, during which the feudal society enters into crisis and slowly a new order is formed, more communal and …
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Let us begin our discussion on Franciscan economy by looking at some details of the allegorical painting on Poverty in the Lower Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi. The painting is attributed to Giotto or better known as the School of Giotto and is dated around 1334. The scene is the mystical marriage of Lady …