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Congress OSC – Video & Pictures – Day 3 morning . . . . . .

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Evening Prayer at the Basilica of St. Clare. Greetings from Sr. Chiara Damiana Tiberio, OSC. Presider: Minister General, OFM.

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Congress OSC – Pictures – Day 2 morning Recorded LIve

The wind blew relentlessly all the night on Santa Maria Degli Angeli and on the House of Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Infant Jesus where the Second International Congress of the Presidents of the Poor Clare sisters is taking place. The wind swept away everything: the fatigue of an adventurous journey, the thrill of [...]

Contact – Contatto – Contacto (01.2012) – English – Italiano – Español

Dear Poor Sisters of St. Clare and Brothers, May the Lord give you peace! It is with great joy that I welcome you here in the Porziuncula at the beginning of this II International Meeting of Presidents of the Federations of the OSC. Welcome! I pray to the Lord that these days of meetings, prayer and reflection [...]

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Congress OSC – Video & Pictures – Day 1 morning

MARIE-ESTHER NGO BATOUM,OSC FED: SOLOFO KAMUTI GABON –AFRICA. MARIA DE LAS MERCEDES ALVAREZ,OSC FED: SANTA MA. DE LOS ANGELES CONO SUR- SUD AMERICA MARIA JOSE DA ROSA MISTICA,OSC FED: SAGRADA FAMILIA BRASIL REJEANNE PLAMONDON,OSC FED: SAINTE CLAIRE DU QUEBEC CANADA MARIA NELLY DEL ESPIRITU SANTO,OSC FED: MONASTERIOS DE CLARISAS DE COLOMBIA ENCARNACION REYES,OSC FED: SAINT CLARE PHILIPPINES MONIQUE ALLARD,OSC FED: SAINTE CLAIRE FRANCE MARIE PIERRE BALLOT,OSC FED: NOTRE DAME DES ANGES FRANCE MARIE HÉLÈNE ANDRÉE MERCERON,OSC FED: SAINT DAMIEN FRANCE SYLVIANE BIAN,OSC FED: [...]

The Holy Father appointed Fr. Juan Maria Huerta Muro O.F.M., minister provincial for the Franciscan Province of “Blessed Fr. Junipero Serra” as bishop prelate of El Salto (area 36,000, population 387,200, Catholics 328,300, priests 27, religious 24), Mexico. The bishop-elect was born in Guadalajara, Mexico in 1962 and ordained a priest in 1989. He has worked [...]

The 3rd International Conference of the Commissaries of the Holy Land will be held in Jerusalem from Monday 30th January to Saturday 4th February. This is a major event which follows in the line of the periodic meetings when the Commissaries are invited to share and exchange ideas with mutual updating, according to the legislation [...]

On Friday, January 27, 2012, the new Canticle Guest House was inaugurated and blessed in Rome. This house occupies the site of the former orphanage that was pastorally staffed by Franciscan Sisters in collaboration with the social work of the Order. The Inauguration Act had two parts to it: 1) a presentation by the OFM [...]

The first Tempo Forte of 2012 began on Monday, 9th January at the General Curia. After an initial session in which each one spoke about their various activities since the Tempo Forte of December, the Definitory addressed itself to the matters awaiting attention. Among the items approved in the course of the Tempo Forte were the [...]

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Blessing of the “Il Cantico” in Pictures

With Eyes Fixed on the Lord Dear brother Ministers and Custodes, May the Lord give you peace! We have reached the end of the XIV Meeting of the Minister General and his Definitory with the new Ministers Provincial and Custodes. As we thank the Most High, Almighty, good Lord, from whom all good things come, we wish the [...]

Wednesday, January 25, 2012, Ambassador of Croatia to the Holy See, H.E. Filip Vučak, visited the General Curia. The Ambassador had a very cordial and fraternal meeting with the Minister General José Rodriguez Carballo, accompanied by Br. Ivan Matić, Assistant General to the SFO-YouFra. During the meeting they talked about our presence in the world [...]

According to the logic of the Gospel, accompanying the brothers in distress is an important part of the service of authority. Here’s how the Minister can approach and help brothers in difficulty, which I, personally, consider fundamental. 1. Acceptance. To accept the brother means to create a real interpersonal relationship in which the brother in need of [...]