The September 2011 issue of “OFM-LINK” is again online. It contains various  news items and articles regarding our province and the Franciscan Order.  The present issue has some information on activities on the month of September, Mgr. Joe Bonello as the New Bishop, and an account of the Maltese Bishop  together with other news  from the province and more. For more info click OFM-LINK on the above  bar to download or click here.

On the 5th September 2011, three novices from our OFM Province, Fr. Clive Camilleri, Fr. Ramon Farrugia and Fr. Andrea Diacono, completing their year of Novitiate in San Damiano Assisi, made their first Profession in our Franciscan Parish. Tas-Sliema. (more…)

Gorg Aquilina OFM, Il Frangiskani Maltin (Ta’ Giezu) 1482c-1965c (sal-Koncilju Vatikan II), Klabb Kotba Maltin, Malta 2011, pp. 773 + xxxi. The Maltese Franciscan Province is now proudly presenting its complete documented history, spanning a period of nearly half a millennium, in what has been termed by Professor Stanley Fiorni in the presentation as the magnum opus of Patri Gorg Aquilina OFM, historian of the Maltese Franciscan Province. (more…)

On this 23^rd August, His Grace Mgr. Annetto Depasquale, Vicar General of the Maltese Diocese, officiated Fr. Richard Stanley Grech's oath as the new Parish Priest of “Madonna tas-Sacro Cuor” Franciscan Parish in Tas-Sliema. The New Parish Priest was accompanied by the Minister Provincial, Fr. Sandro Overend OFM and Fr. Anton Farrugia OFM. A concelebrated mass, presided by the Archbishop of Malta, His Grace, Mgr. Paul Cremona OP, will be held at the Parish on the 6th September 2011 for the occasion of Fr. Richard’s new ministry. (more…)

On the feast of St. Clare, we'd like to stop for a moment from the usual noise of our daily lives and reflect on the simple life of Clare together with her sisters in the monastery. (more…)