Season of Creation in Brazil. Transforming lives through recycling and social inclusion
For the Season of Creation 2024, we continue to present Franciscan experiences in integral ecology, this time from Brazil.
World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation 2024. Reflection by Br. Massimo Fusarelli, OFM, Minister General
The World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation will be celebrated on the 1st September 2024, with the theme: Hope and act with creation. The invitation is towards active hope. Who can deny that it is a virtue so necessary in the current situation of creation, which includes us human beings?
JPIC Animation Committee Meeting
A virtual meeting was held by members of the Animation Committee of the General Office for JPIC on 24-27 June 2024. Present at this meeting were Br. Daniel Rodriguez Blanco OFM, Br. Francesco Zecca OFM, Br. Taucen Hotlan Girsang OFM, Sr. Mary Wangare Sebastian LSSJ, and Mr. Tomás Insua.
Franciscans International. Annual Report 2023
On behalf of Franciscans International and its International Board of
Directors (IBD) I am pleased to present the annual report of our work in defense of the rights and dignity of all and care for creation” (Br. Michael Perry, OFM)
JPIC International Course 2024 “Greccio and La Verna. Sources of justice, peace, and reconciliation”
The General Office of Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) and the Pontifical Antonianum University (PUA) of Rome held the annual course for JPIC animators of the Franciscan Family from the 20th to 26th May 2024.
First meeting of the Franciscan family that works with migrants and refugees in the Mediterranean concludes. “Migrants are rejected for being poor”.
On Sunday, the 12th May, the meeting of the Franciscan family that gathered in Marrakech, Morocco, to address the issue of migration in the Mediterranean concluded.
General Office for JPIC visited the Province of St. Francis Herald of Peace, West Papua-Indonesia
On behalf of the JPIC General Office, Br. Taucen Girsang visited the Province of St Francis Herald of Peace in West Papua-Indonesia, from 20-29 April 2024, to listen and to exchange experiences with the friars regarding JPIC activities.
Second day of the meeting of the Franciscan family that cares for migrants and refugees in the Mediterranean
On Saturday, the 11th May, the second day of the meeting of the Franciscan family gathered at the friary of the Holy Martyrs of Morocco in the city of Marrakech.
The first meeting of the Franciscan family that serves migrants and refugees in the Mediterranean begins
Brothers and sisters of the Franciscan family and special guests from Spain, Italy, Turkey, France, Morocco, Greece and representatives of Franciscans International in Geneva gathered in the city of Marrakech, Morocco, to participate in the first Franciscan meeting of service to migrant and refugee population in the Mediterranean.
Lenten season as time for giving hope to the voiceless and the suffering. Reflection from Africa
Lenten season encourages both Franciscans, Christians and people of goodwill to address society’s problems and advocate for positive change.