From the 19th to the 23rd October, the Minister Provincial Fr. Richard Stanley Grech ofm, attended the meeting of the Secretariat for Missions and Evangelisation (M&E) of the English Speaking Conference (ESC), held in Serra Retreat Centre, Malibu, California. The meeting was also attended by Kim Smolik, Executive Director of Franciscan Mission Service, who updated the group on the work of FMS.

During the meeting was the discussed the Missionary and Evangelisation endeavours of the Provinces that form the English Speaking Conference.

The next meeting will be held in September 2016 at Porziuncola Retreat House in Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq, Malta.