“Do not be afraid” are the words of the angel to the shepherds who were watching over their flock at night. In the Old Testament, almost...

“Brothers and sisters, today we look to Mary Immaculate, and we ask her that her loving Heart may conquer us, convert us and make us a...

Between Assisi and Alverna: Assisi is a city of joyful whispers, where every cobblestone shimmers with light, while La Verna stands as a...

Nous avons le regret de vous annoncer la mort de frère Alain Picard, survenue hier soir 26 juin à l’Hôpital de la Cité-de-la-santé à Laval,

(Easter Message-2024) Ingeburg Psalter “On the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early in the morning; it was still...

Luigi de Lavagna, Capuchin saint of Toronto Claudio Auger Cesare Sambuceti (1801-1857) was born in Lavagna, northern Italy, to a family...

The second Pan-American meeting of the Capuchins took place from February 4 to 12 at the Pinares retirement home in Bogota, Colombia....

Solemn opening of the eighth centenary of the stigmata of Saint Francis The solemn ceremony «From Wounds, new life »marking the opening...

We're not in the mood for celebration these days. No way. Day after day, we are inundated with stories of unimaginable human violence. We...

A celebration is planned in Rome, in the Basilica of Saint John Lateran, on November 29, 2023 at 3 p.m. (9 a.m. Montreal) to commemorate...

Brother Charles-Auguste Morin was born on April 29, 1926 in Deschambault, a village located on the north shore of the St. Lawrence and a...

« Wanting therefore, to confirm the rule, as his vision invited him to do, and to give a tighter wording to what was still only a rather...

Pope Francis' message to the Franciscan family on the 800th anniversary of the confirmation of the Rule of the Friars Minor by Pope...

In December 1223, Francis of Assisi experienced great peace. At the beginning of the year he had crossed the test of writing the second...