The January 2009 issue of “L-Aħbar” is again online as usual. It contains various news items and articles regarding our province and the Franciscan Order. (more…)The January 2009 issue of “L-Aħbar” is again online as usual. It contains various news items and articles regarding our province and the Franciscan Order. (more…)
Fr. George Bugeja OFM responsible for Missions and Evangelisation within the Franciscan Province is taking part in a seminar on "New Franciscan journeys in Europe", which will end next Saturday 10 in Rome. The Goal is to promote a moment of assessment, 
During the homily pronounced in the Vatican Basilica on 1 January 2009, Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God, and World Peace Day, Pope Benedict XVI cited Saint Paul and Saint Francis as two champions of peace, built upon a Christian sense of poverty and solidarity. Here are the Pope's words: 
On Friday 2 January evening the Friars and their parents and relatives gathered at the Porziuncola Retreat House for the annual Christmas meeting. The meeting began with a Mass by the Minister Provincial Fr. Sandro Overend OFM. 
The celebrations of the 700th anniversary of the death of Blessed John Duns Scotus (1308-2008) ended with a Conference organised at the Johannes Duns Scotus Akademie in Cologne, Germany, on 5th-8th November.