Next week, the Minister General – Father José Rodriguez Carballo OFM together with the English speaking ‘definitor’, Fr. Francis Walter will be in Malta on the occasion of the 800 years since the approval of the Franciscan rule, on an invitation by the Minister Provincial Fr. Sandro Overend. The Minister General will be visiting and personally meeting all the Friars of the Maltese Franciscan Province. A general meeting with all the friars will then be held on Wednesday, while on Thursday, at our Franciscan Parish Church in Sliema, a thanksgiving Mass will close this important event.