OFM Franciscans - India

News & Events

News & Events COVID-19 Relief Work in Prakruthi Mithra – Chundale, Pakkalipallam
Friars of the local community able to adequately respond to alleviate 41 families staying in and around Pakallipallam Chundale from the immediate and impending deprivation of medicines and essential provisions.  » Read More

News & Events Covid-19 Relief Work in Shalom Friary, Hyderabad
The community of Shalom Friary helps the stranded Migrant workers, the daily wage earners, local poor found on the road police personnel on duty in the area of our community, and the poor families in our parish area by giving food to people daily and distributing Rice and Dhal to some needy families  » Read More

News & Events Covid Relief Work in St. Anthony’s Friary, Bengaluru
St. Anthony’s Bread Centre - has been running for the last 13 years, distributing midday meal from Monday to Saturday, to anyone who came hungry.  » Read More

News & Events COVID-19 Relief Work in St. Louis Friary, Palamaner
St. Louis Friary/ Parish in Palamaner, Chittoor District is reaching out to the people in need such as the Leprosy Colony, poor parishioners, people without BPL (ration) card, migrants, sick and people in remote places.  » Read More

News & Events COVID-19 Relief Work in St. Louis Friary, Palamaner
We friars Joy Valooran, Dominic C.J, Varghese Sebastian, Johnny Anthony and Jamesmon P.C. at St.Francis Friary, Kochi could start helping the people by making mask from 16th of March through a wide range of volunteers including our lay groups.  » Read More

News & Events COVID-19 Relief Work in St. Clare’s Friary, Salbari
St. Clare of Assisi Mission Salbari, Assam has tried to reach out to the poor needy during the lock down with the relief materials package.  » Read More

News & Events Covid-19 Relief Work in St. Anthony’s Friary, North Guwahati
The friars at St. Anthony’s friary in North Guwahati are ever ready to reach out to the people in times of any humanitarian emergency.  » Read More

News & Events COVID-19 REMINDS US WE ARE A GLOBAL COMMUNITY
All these days we thought globalization makes us global people  » Read More

News & Events Salute to All The “Corona Warriors” Who Are Working Out There
“Covid-19 has done what no one else was ever able to: SHUT DOWN’!” - This saying is going viral today.  » Read More

News & Events INDIAN FRANCISCANS RESPOND TO THE CURRENT CHALLENGES WITH THEIR HISTORICAL ROOTS
The Indian Franciscan Major Superiors, ninety seven of them from all over India gathered together in the Orlong Hada hill,  » Read More

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FRIARS' BIRTHDAY (August)

Date

Name of the Friars

Events

Year

01

Richard D’ Silva

Balaswamy Gundiga

Entry

Birth

1952

1978

02

Portiuncula

Feast


03

Julius Arul Rayan

Birth

1974

04

+ Bernard Henrietta

Praveen Roshan Toppo

Ravi Bara

Home

Birth

Birth

1981

1982

1995

06

Benedict Gomes

Augustine Tirkey

Birth

Birth

1977

1989

08

+ Marianus Kadasani

T.S.Leo Max

Home

Birth

2004

1995

11

+ Clare of Assisi

+ Sanctes Molenkamp

Feast

Home


1990

14

Jesu Maharaja

Pasala Showri Raju

Birth

Birth

1975

1987

15

Arok Sundar Sebastian

Charles Bernard

Felix Gassam

Francis Kaviyil

Chinnappan M. Devaraj

Amaldas Belevendran

Bobby V.T.

Birth

Solemn Vows

Solemn Vows

Solemn Vows

Solemn Vows

Solemn Vows

Ordination

1951

1990

1990

1992

1992

1992

2000

18

Jamesmon P.C.

Ordination

2001

19

John Chrysostom

Ordination

1995

21

Vijay Amirtharaj A.

Birth

1979

22

Bhaskar Reddy

Birth

1973

23

Stephen Arun S.

Birth

1994

25

King Louis IX

Arun Devasia Nattalil

Akshay Showry Raj

Feast

Birth

Birth


1991

1994

27

Joseph Kishan

Birth

1995

28

Fidelis D’ Lima

Birth

1939

30

Arockia Raj R.

Birth

1959

31

+ Christopher Coelho

Home

2007