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News & Events Nesakkaram Celebrates the 800th Anniversary of St. Francis Meeting the Sultan
Nesakkaram-SEEDS, a Franciscan NGO serving in Chennai celebrated on 21 September 2019 the 800th anniversary of  » Read More

News & Events SOUTH ASIAN FRANCISCANS COMMITTED TO INTERRELIGIOUS HARMONY, CARE OF CREATION AND FOR THE MARGINALISED
Around 60 Major Superiors from,  » Read More

News & Events Franciscans Celebrate the Peace Encounter between St. Francis and Sultan
27 July Bengaluru: Leaders across various religions assembled together for an inter-religious event on Dialogue  » Read More

News & Events Inter-Religious Event on Dialogue, Peace and Harmony
Bengaluru, 24 July, 2019: The year 2019 commemorates 800th anniversary of encounter between St. Francis of Assisi, a medieval Saint from Italy and Sultan  » Read More

News & Events A Confluence of Love, Peace and Joy in Dindigul
A journey of less than 15 minutes from the Dindigul Junction through the rural countryside opens up a path to a different world.  » Read More

News & Events Veneration of St. Anthony's Relic, Parish Feast and First Holy Communion
09 June 2018: The Gospad mission was in a festive mood to celebrate the Feast of St. Anthony, the Patron Saint.  » Read More

News & Events Francis and the Journey - Call to Inner Personal Journey
1 May 2019: The inaugural session of the preparatory course for the final vows 2019 titled with the theme “Francis and the Journey - Call to Inner Personal Journey” was held in  » Read More

News & Events FIRST PROFESSION AND ENTRY TO THE NOVITIATE - 2019
30 & 31 May 2019: Franciscan friars are called to lead a radical life according to the teachings of Christ. This is a life of challenges. St. Louis Friary  » Read More

News & Events A CALL ... To Heal ... To Forgive ... To Unite ...
05 May 2019: It was a colourful evening where the sun was about to set but for us the Franciscans in India a new sun arose from the parish of St. Mary’s Church Chippilithode  » Read More

News & Events HOMILY OF THE MINISTER GENERAL AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENTS OF CONFERENCES
My dear brother Ministers and Presidents of the Conferences, brothers of our local fraternity, the starting point  » Read More

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI

ST. FRANCIS

ST. FRANCIS

FRIARS' BIRTHDAY (November)

 Date 

 Name of the Friars 

 Events 

 Year 

 01 

 Charles Mathew Kolanchery 


 Birth 


 1947 


 02 

 Joseph Raj M. 

 Birth 

 1975 

 03   Bl. Helene Enselmini, OSC 
 1242 

 04 

 St. Charles Borromeo, OFS 

 Bl. Teresa Manganiello, OFS 

 Charles Bernard 

Birth

 1584 

 1876 

 1963 

 05 

 Lawrence Simon 

 Bala Marneni 

 + Thomas Thannikary 

 + Bernard D’ Silva 

 Birth 

 Birth 

 Home 

 Home 

 1949 

 1962 

 1996 

 2010 

 06 

 Bl. Marguerite deLorraine, OSC 

 Singarayar A. 

 Salvador D’Souza 


 Birth 

 Birth 

 1521 

 1970 

 1979 

 07 

 St. Didacus of Alcala, OFM 

 Bl. Raynier of Arezzo, OFM 

 Hemant Xess 

 Birth 

 1463 

 304 

 1975 

 08   Bl. John Duns Scouts OFM 
 1308; 

 09 

 Bl. Gabriel Ferreti, OFM 

 Saji P. Mathew 

 Birth 

 1456 

 1975 

 10 

 Bl. Louis Guanella, OFS 

 Augustine Pinto 

 + Wilbert Smit 


 Birth 

 Home 

 1340 

 1936 

 2003 

 11 

 Bl. Mary Crucifixa, OFS 

 Fulgence Ekka 

 Basil S. Lobo 


 Birth 

 Birth 

 1826 

 1964 

 1971 

 12   Bl. Giovanni della Pace, OFS 
  1433  
 13   St. Didace d’ Alcala, OFM 
 1463 

 14 

 Franciscan Martyrs of Palestine 

 + Mark O’Rourke 

 Salvador Drego 


 Home 

 Birth 

 1391 

 1974 

 1984 

 15 

 Bl. Sebastian de Jesus OFM 

 Bl. Mary of the Passion FMM 

 + Anthony Almeida 


 Memoria 

 Home 

 1734 

 1904 

 1970 

 17 

 St. Elizabeth of Hungary 

 Patroness of the OFS 

 Bl. Jeanne de Signa, OFS 




 1231 


 1307 

 18 

 Bl. Salome of Cracow, OFS 


 1268 

 19 

 St. Agnes of Assisi, OSC 

 Bl. Maria Milagros, OSC 

 Thomas Joseph 

 +Kamal Ekka 




 Birth 

 Home 

 1253 

 1936 

 1962 

 2008 

 20 

 Franciscan Martyrs of Spain 

 Irudayaraj Fernando 

 + Bonaventure Davis 

 + Bishop Ambrose Y 

 +Jesu Irudayam  


 Birth 

 Home 

 Home 

 Home 

 1936 

 1966 

 1971 

 1997 

 2009 

 22 

 Franciscan Martyrs of Armenia 

 +Joachim Tinneny 



 1895 

 2009 

 23 

 Bl. Marie de Jesus, Third Order Regular 

 + John C. O’Dowda 

 Maria Ratheesh Jenive  


 Home 

 Birth 

 1902 

 1982 

 1999 

 24 

 Bl. Timothy Trajonowski, Conv 

 Rajesh Praveen Kumar 


 Birth 

 1942 

 1994 

 25 

 All Deceased of the Seraphic Order St. Humilis of Bisgnano, OFM 

 Bl. Elizabeth of Reute, Third Order Regular 

 Carlos Dias 

 Tojy M. 



 Birth 

 Birth 

 1637 

 1420 

 1959 

 1970 

 26 

 St. Leonard of Port Maurice, OFM 

 Balthazar Pinto 

 Feast 

 Birth 

 1751 

 1960 

 27 

 St. Francis Anthony Fasani, Conv 

 Johnson M. V. 

 Feast 

 Birth 

 1742 

 1969 

 28   St. Jams of La Marca, OFM   Feast   1476 

29

 All Saints of the Seraphic Order Dependent Custody 

 Foundation,North East. 

 Amaladass Manickam 

 Feast 

 Erection 

 Ordination 


 2008 

 1985 

 30 

 Bl. Antoine Bonfandini, OFM 

 Prasad Papabathuni 


 Birth 

 1482 

 1970