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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

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

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

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

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

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

GENERAL CHAPTER 2021 Renewing Our Vision, Embracing Our Future
The General Chapter was a wonderful experience for me and I enjoyed every bit of my stay during these two weeks. We were 118 Capitulars and about 15 friars as officials...  » Read More

BR. MASSIMO FUSARELLI, NEW OFM MINISTER GENERAL
On Tuesday, 13 July 2021, at Collegio Internationale San Lorenzo da Brindisi (Rome), His Eminence, Cardinal João Braz de Aviz, Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated...  » Read More

REACHING OUT SPIRITUALLY – COVID TIMES
The Covid pandemic has hit us hard and in a very sudden and surprising manner. None of us was prepared for lock-downs, work-from-home, online meetings and classes, wearing masks, social distancing and the like. Initially...  » Read More

Simple Profession of Novices: First Step on the path of Franciscan Journey begins
Novitiate, as people say, was the honeymoon period of our Franciscan life. It gave us the taste of religious life, where we as novices received love, care, affection...  » Read More