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IHS Franciscan Ministries
The Team Members of the IHS Ministries conducted Lenten Retreats in Ambasamuthram, Tuticorin, Madhavaram, Nagercoil and Chennai. There were altogether around 4000 participants who partook in the Lenten Retreats.  » Read More

Foundation Stone – St. Mary’s Church Chippilithode
The Foundation Stone for St. Mary’s Church, Chippilithode was blessed on 20 March 2021. Br. Charles Bernard, Vice Provincial. Br. Thomas Joseph, Parish Priest and other Friars and Parishioners  » Read More

Convocation Ceremony at St. Bonaventure Seminary, Assisivanam
The Convocation and Closing of the Academic Year 2021 was held on 18 March 2021 from 10.30 AM to 12.15 PM in St. Bonaventure Seminary. The third-year students of Basic Formation  » Read More

Mission Sunday Tribute to Briar Marianus at Ramakuppam
Friar Marianus Reddy is hailed as an apostle of Palamaner for the extensive mission work done in and around Palamaner. There are almost four parishes which have been created out of the mission  » Read More

Nesakkaram-Seeds Feeds the Unfed
Covid -19 has affected the entire world and we are not spared either! The Indian economy, which was already experiencing a sharp slump, was hit hard by the pandemic. The March 24 lockdown,  » Read More

A DAWN OF HOPE ARISES…
It is not easy to live as an HIV/AIDS infected person in the society. Even though there are efforts to create awareness about the same, the society remains the same. The life of an HIV/AIDS infected person becomes all the more difficult  » Read More

MESSAGE OF THE MINISTER GENERAL FOR WORLD AIDS DAY 2020:
The year 2020 has been marked by the SarsCoVid-2 pandemic (CoVid-19), which is affecting the lives and livelihoods of the global human community  » Read More

THE ECONOMY OF FRANCESCO: FINAL STATEMENT AND COMMON COMMITMENT
We young economists, entrepreneurs and change makers of the world, summoned to Assisi by Pope Francis, in the year of the COVID-19 pandemic  » Read More

COMPLETE ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS OF EARLY FRANCISCAN SOURCES NOW ONLINE
On August 31, 2020, the Commission on the Franciscan Intellectual Tradition (CFIT) announced the  » Read More

Ordination to Diaconate
It was, indeed, a great joy for all of us that three of our brothers, Br. Agustine Tirkey, Br. Anand Suresh Minz, and Br. Emmanuel Christopher, were committing themselves to the Order of Diaconate.  » Read More