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 ...

On the 25th of January the Friars of the Province met at the Porziuncola Retreat House in Bahar ic-Caghaq to celebrate the feast of the Province - St. Paul the Apostle, in this special year that marks the 100 anniversary of the Province. Mgr. Sylvester Magro OFM, bishop of Benghasi, presided the Con-celebration in the presence of the Visitator General Fr. Salvatore Ferro OFM. The Minister Provincial offered the homily for the occasion. The friars, then, had a fraternal lunch immediately after Mass. (more…)

The Franciscan Friars (OFM) of St. Paul the Apostle’s Province in Malta are happy to mark the 100th anniversary of their presence’s elevation to a Franciscan (OFM) Province by the Order of Friars Minor. For that occasion, the Minister General, Rev.mo P. Pacifico Monza OFM, travelled to Malta and during an extraordinary Chapter presented the Decree to the newly elected Minister Provincial, the V. Rev Fr. Anton M. Cesal OFM and instituted the first Definitorium. (more…)