On Tuesday 28th April, the remains of Fr. Marjanu Vella OFM and Fr. Bernard Bartolo OFM, were transported from the chapel of the Friars Minor in the Addolorata Cemetery to the Chapel of "Ġesù il-Ħabib" in Sliema. (more…)On Tuesday 28th April, the remains of Fr. Marjanu Vella OFM and Fr. Bernard Bartolo OFM, were transported from the chapel of the Friars Minor in the Addolorata Cemetery to the Chapel of "Ġesù il-Ħabib" in Sliema. (more…)
A fire has destroyed four historic colonial buildings that belonged to the Catholic church in central Honduras. Franciscan Bishop Roberto Camilleri says no one was injured, but a religious museum, two Catholic temples and the clergy’s living quarters in the city of Comayagua were destroyed. 
Issue 88 of "Spirtu u Hajja" is now on-line. It is dedicated to the theme of the 800 years of the approval of the Francsican Rule by Innocent III in 1209. To read and download, please go to the Franciscan Studies website.
The Minister Provincial, in the name of the Franciscan Friars of Malta, wrote to the Friars in Abruzzo, Italy were in the last weeks an earthquake devastated homes, churches and friaries, 
Frs. Martin Coleiro OFM and Leo Ciantar OFM are taking part, in the name of our Province, in the International Chapter of Mats., which began this afternoon in Assisi. About 1767 Franciscan Friars - OFM, OFM Cap , OFM Conv., TOR and other guests are taking part.