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Earlier in March 2023, Friar Antonio Moualeu, OFM Conv. met with our Minister Provincial, Fr. Michael Heine, OFM Conv. Upon Friar Michael’s recommendation to the Definitory at the March Meeting, Friar Antonio was approved to Profess Solemn Vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, as a Franciscan Friar Conventual of Our Lady of the Angels Province.… Continue reading Upcoming Solemn Vow Profession of Friar Antonio

March 30, 2023: With the help and support of a multitude of volunteers through the years, Assumption Food Pantry & Soup Kitchen has officially provided one million pounds of food for their neighbors in need! Simply Professed student friar, br. Joseph Krondon, OFM Conv. (right front) serves as Director of Assumption Food Pantry & Soup… Continue reading Congratulations to Syracuse Ministry

Under the direction of Br. Nick Romeo, OFM Conv. (Our Lady of the Angels Province Secretary and Vocation Director), the lay staff of the province ministries on the Ellicott City, MD campus [including The Provincial House, The Shrine of St. Anthony, The Companions of St. Anthony, Mission Advancement, and Little Portion Farm] were joined by… Continue reading Staff Morning of Reflection

At the invitation of the OFS (Secular aka Third Order Franciscans) of Parish of Saint Benedict in Rio das Ostras, RJ, Brazil (Paróquia São Benedito), friars of our Custody in Brazil, including Frei Willian Gomes Mendonça, OFM Conv., who serves as the Custodial Secretary of our Province’s Immaculate Conception Custody (Custódia Provincial Imaculada Conceição do… Continue reading News from Our Friars in Brazil

Several friars of Our Lady of the Angels Province attended the March 25, 2023, Presbyteral Ordination of Friar Angel Garcia, OFM Conv., including Fr. Gary Johnson, OFM Conv., (Vicar Provincial), Fr. Andrzej Brzeziński, OFM Conv. (Associate Director of the San Damiano Friary Post-Novitiate, San Antonio, TX), Fr. Marek Stybor, OFM Conv. (Assistant Novice Director of… Continue reading Congratulations, Friar Angel!

Friars of our Order – Franciscan Friars Conventual (OFM Conv.) – around the world spend many years in preparation and formation before professing the solemn vows of Poverty, Chastity and Obedience. Solemnly professed friars include friar brothers and friar priests. For those who have discerned to live out their Franciscan Vocation as a friar priest,… Continue reading Upcoming Presbyteral Ordination of Friar Emmanuel

The friars of St. Mark Friary, in Boynton Beach, FL (Friar Richard Florek, OFM Conv., Friar Germain Kopaczynski, OFM Conv., Friar Carl Zdancewicz, OFM Conv., Friar Michael Sajda, OFM Conv., Friar Joseph Dorniak, OFM Conv. and Friar Bob Benko, OFM Conv.) present the sixteen teens who were Confirmed at St. Mark Catholic Church, on Sunday,… Continue reading Confirmation at St. Mark Catholic Church

First introduced in January 2022, each month, our Order’s Delegate General for Formation, Friar Piotr Stanisławczyk, OFM Conv. has produced an “Inspirations” series, on Franciscan Formation, which can be found on our Curia’s Website. Here is a link to this month’s installment:  We Are the Penitents of Assisi – Franciscan Formation – Inspirations (Part 13)

Pillars of Lent: Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving Fasting “continues to be done by those who take their journey of faith seriously.” Fr. Joseph Dorniak, OFM Conv., of St. Mark Friary, in Boynton Beach, FL, explains the importance of fasting as a tool for salvation.