The Maltese Franciscan Province of the Friars Minor, dedicated to Saint Paul the Apostle, is 100 years old. On Sunday 12 April 1914, which was Easter, the Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor, Pacifico Monza ofm, declared the Maltese Franciscan Custody of Saint John the Baptist an independent Province of the Order, with the title Saint Paul the Apostle. (more…)

12^th April 2014 : Celebration of thanksgiving marking our 100 years Province in every OFM Friary with the Christian Communities around Malta and Gozo 23^rd April 2014: Celebration with the Poor Clares for the centenary of our OFM Province at 5.30 pm together with our Minister General, the Most Rev. Fr. Michael Anthony Perry OFM  

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24^th April 2014 – 6.30 pm : Con-celebration presided by the Most Rev. Minister General, Fr. Michael Anthony Perry OFM at St. Mary of the Angels Church in Bahar ic-Caghaq, commemorating  the 100 years of the Maltese OFM  Franciscan Province ...

The March 2014 issue of “OFM-LINK” is again online. It contains various news items and articles regarding our province and the Franciscan Order. For more info click OFM-LINK on the above bar to download or click here

The February 2014 issue of “OFM-LINK” is again online. It contains various news items and articles regarding our province and the Franciscan Order. For more info click OFM-LINK on the above bar to download or click here

On Monday 3 February 2014, at 10 am, in "Padre Bellarmino Bagatti Hall" at the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum in Jerusalem, Fr. Joseph Ciappara sat for his final examination in order to acquire the Licentiate in Sacred Scripture in the Faculty of Biblical Sciences and Archaeology that the Franciscans of the Custody of the Holy Land have in Jerusalem, as part of the Pontifical University Antonianum of the same Order. (more…)