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📅 Oct 3, 2026
By Letter from the Minister General and his Council to all brothers and sisters of the Third Order Regular of Saint Francis of Assisi on the occasion of the Solemnity of Saint Francis of Assisi
800 YEARS OF SAINT FRANCIS’ TRANSIT: KEEPING THE FIRE OF CHRIST ALIVE
“I have done what was mine; may Christ teach you what is yours!” (2C 214). Dear brothers and sisters of the Order, May the Lord give you peace! As the visit of Sister Death drew near, Francis asked—according to his first biographer—”he had himself placed naked on the naked ground” (2C 214) so that he […]
By Very Rev. Fr. Manoj Vengathanam, TOR, Minister Provincial
A Message for the Franciscan Jubilee Year 2026
Pope Francis unexpectedly chose his papal name after St. Francis of Assisi, making the Poverello the inspiration and torchbearer of his remarkable pontificate. His encyclical Laudato Si’ (2015) and Apostolic Exhortation Laudate Deum (2023) both drew their central theme from the life of St. Francis, the patron saint of ecology. Declaring 2026 a Jubilee Year […]