Friar Michał Tomaszek, OFM Conv. and Friar Zbigniew Strzałkowski, OFM Conv, along with Rev. Alejandro Dordi (Italian Missionary) are remembered as the  Blessed Three Martyrs of Chimbote, who were murdered Continue Reading →

“The Proto-Martyrs of Peru” – A new image in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Peter (Chimbote, Peru) depicting the first declared martyrs of the Church Continue Reading →

Adapted from a November 30, 2015 letter to the friars of Our Lady of the Angels Province, by our Minister Provincial, the Very Reverend Fr. James McCurry, OFM Conv.: The Continue Reading →

Excerpt from a September 17, 2015 letter from the Most Reverend Fr. Marco Tasca, OFM Conv., Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Rome) Giving One’s Life The Continue Reading →

February 3, 2015: the Ordinary Session of the Cardinals and Bishops of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints voted to recognize the martyrdom of Polish Conventual Franciscan Friars Michał Continue Reading →

From our Order’s Curia: Relics of three Conventual Franciscan martyrs, Blessed Michał, Blessed Zbigniew (Martyrs of Pariacoto, Peru), and Blessed Carlos (Martyr of Argentina), were enshrined at the San Antonio-Ysleta Continue Reading →

This icon of Bl. Michał Tomaszek, OFM Conv. & Bl. Zbigniew Strzałkowski, OFM Conv. was a fraternal gift from the Provincial Delegation in Bulgaria to the friars of the Provincial Continue Reading →

Join Our Lady of the Angels Province friar, Fr. Matthew Foley, OFM Conv. on a pilgrimage to Poland, following the footsteps of St. John Paul II, St. Maximilian M. Kolbe, Continue Reading →

At the foot of a beautifully adorned statue of Our Lady, stood three reliquaries, during Pope Francis’ Saturday, January 20, 2018 visit in Trujillo, Peru. They housed the relics of Continue Reading →