A Mass of Thanksgiving was celebrated on 16 November to mark the 400th annivesary of the Irish Franciscan College. The Minister General, Massimo Fusarelli OFM shared this reflection on the occasion.
This year the Irish Franciscan College in Rome celebrates the 400th anniversary of its founding by the great Franciscan scholar and theologian, Luke Wadding OFM. It was a great honour to receive a message from Pope Leo to mark the anniversary.
The Custody of the Good Shepherd is now an Autonomous Custody within the Franciscan Order.
An invitation to prayer and ecological conversion.
This year we celebrate the Season of Creation as we mark the Eight Centenary of the Canticle of the Creatures written by Saint Francis in 1225.
Our brother Fr Brendan Scully died peacefully on Saturday 30th August.
Liam Kelly OFM writes that to be a Franciscan Friar means living and proclaiming the Word of God.
Our brother Louis Brennan OFM went home peacefully to God on 12th August.
A Conference to Mark the 800th Anniversary of the Death of St. Francis of Assisi (Durham University, April 2026). A Call for Papers and Workshop Proposals.
Philip McMahon OFM was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Tom Deenihan in his parish church in Navan, Co. Meath, on 22 June. He preached this homily when celebrating his "First Mass" in the same church the following day.
