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News & Events OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL HIGH SCHOOL, SION, CELEBRATES WORLD DAY OF THE POOR
The Catholic Church celebrated the World Day of the Poor on 14th November 2021. The theme for the year being...  » Read More

News & Events One Day with the Poor Clares - Johnson Paul & Bisojit Marak
We the novices eagerly awaited our meeting with the Poor Clares at Vellore. On 11th August 2021 we had that great privilege of spending a day with them on the Solemnity of Mother St. Clare and on the occasion of the  » Read More

News & Events Blessing Of the School Building and Grotto in Malom Noatoli -Joseph Lakra Ofm
After25 years of Mission work in Malom Noatoli parish, we finally have a Grotto as well as a new school building, with the initiative of friar Anil Xalxo and the parishioners the generosity of our...  » Read More

News & Events Visits to Barul Mission
On 30th August 2021, the Custos, Br. Tony D’Souza and the Custody Bursar and Project Secretary, Br. Jose Palimattom, visited the Barul Mission. Br. Tony was happy with the developments that had taken place here during the past few years.  » Read More

News & Events The Feast of St. Francis of Assisi
Our mother earth rotates and revolves around the sun. Our lives as friars minor, human beings fully alive, are nourished and pitched on the spirit of our brother Francis of Assisi. This year the festal journey began with contrition  » Read More

News & Events 50 Years As A Friar Minor – An Interview with Br Augustine Pinto OFM
Though, originally from Goa, I was born and bred in Ajmer, Rajasthan. We were seven siblings, four girls and three boys. I was the second youngest, followed by my youngest  » Read More

News & Events 50 years of Franciscan journey
Friar Alphonse Moras, OFM is a missionary for 25 years in North India. He is in St. Anthony’s Friary community for his eye operation.He was generous enough to spare some of his time to share with the students of theology his ups and downs  » Read More

News & Events Order of Friars Minor’s (OFM) Collaboration with Prison Ministry India
St Luke’s Gospel explicitly states that one of the missions of Jesus is to set the prisoners free (Luke 4:18). I truly see that this has been the goal of our OFM collaboration with the  » Read More

News & Events BATON PASSED BACK TO THE BISHOP (Reflection on FRANCISCAN presence in the Diocese of SULTANPET)
On 3rd of July 2017, on the feast of ST. Thomas the Apostle, the newly appointed Bishop Rt. Rev. Dr. Antonysamy  » Read More

News & Events Feast of Our Lady of the Angels: The Plenary Indulgence
In his early days of conversion, St. Francis of Assisi rebuilt a few churches in the vicinity of Assisi. One such Church is called the Portiuncula or the Little Portion which is dedicated to St. Mary...  » Read More

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI

ST. FRANCIS

ST. FRANCIS

FRIARS' BIRTHDAY (July)

Date

Name of the Friars

Events

Year

01

Anthony Alex Martis

Birth

1976

02

Pratap Reddy Salibindla

Henry Jose

Birth

Birth

1960

1992

03

+ Thomas the Apostle – Patron of the Province

Amaladass Manickam

Atma Jyothi, Mysore

Abhishek M.

Feast


Solemn Vows

Blessing

Birth



1982

1987

1995

04

Praveen Henry D’Souza

Ordination

2007

05

Martin Sangma

Birth

1992

06

Jugal Kishore Lakra

Birth

1976

07

+ Michael Haliday

Baikim Chandra Minj

Stephen Lamin Gashnga

Home

Birth

Birth

1976

1982

1983

08

Dominic C.J.

+ Bede Worham

Birth

Home

1959

1991

09

Mukti Prakash Ekka

Arun Junes

Solemn Vows

Ordination

2000

2006

12

Anto Leo

Birth

1988

13

Sidney J.M.

Arvind Kerketta

Birth

Birth

1941

1970

14

Michael Anand

Simon A.

Deepak Xalxo

Avinash Toppo

Birth

Birth

Birth

Birth

1977

1981

1992

1996

15

+ Bonaventure

Feast


20

+ Blaise Lobo

Home

1997

21

Lawrence of Brindisi

James N.

Feast

Birth


1966

22

+ Leonard Fernandes

Home

1980

27

+ Cornelius D’ Souza

Phyrnai Lyngdoh

Home

Birth

2009

1983

28

+ Alphonsa

Feast


30

Trevor D’ Souza

Entry

1985

31

Joseph Prasanna Kumar

Birth

1985