April 27, 2019 at 4:00 p.m.: On the date of his Ordination to the Priesthood at the hands of the Most Rev. Mitchell T. Rozanski, Bishop of Springfield, Fr. Christopher Continue Reading →

TRANSITUS: Each year, on October 3rd friars from all over the world gather to celebrate the Transitus of St. Francis of Assisi. Transitus is Latin for crossing or passage, and Continue Reading →

On Saturday, September 8, 2018, the celebration Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, at our Shrine of St. Anthony included the Celebration of Mass for the Solemn Continue Reading →

Adapted from a message by Fr. Jude Winkler, OFM Conv., CFF Assistant General of our Order: The friars of the Basilica dei Santi XII Apostoli (home of our General Curia Continue Reading →

Friday October 14, 2016: Our Lady of the Angels Province friar, Fr. Victor Manuel Mora Mesén, OFM Conv. defended his doctoral thesis at the Biblicum (The Pontifical Biblical Institute), in Continue Reading →

Our Lady of the Angels Province Jubilarian Celebration September 28, 2016          11:30 a.m. Mass St. Peter ‘s Roman Catholic Church, Point Pleasant Beach, NJ Many Our Lady of the Angels Continue Reading →

One of our five friars serving in Rome, Italy is Fr. Timothy Kulbicki, OFM Conv. He not only travels the world presenting the revisions to the Order’s Constitutions (how we Continue Reading →

Franciscan Friars Conventual (OFM Conv.) are one of the three First Order Franciscans (Order of Friars Minor) which also includes Friars Minor (OFM) and the Capuchins (OFM Cap).  Each branch Continue Reading →