On 18 May 1571 the Franciscan Friars Minor, at the time known as the Friars Minor of the Regular Observance, received a plot of land…
View More 450 YEARS SINCE THE FRANCISCAN FRIARS MINOR RECEIVED THE PLOT OF LAND ON WHICH THEY BUILT THE SANTA MARIA DI GESÙ CHURCH (TA’ ĠIEŻU) IN VALLETTA
On 3 April Pope Francis has written personally to Fr. Dionysius Mintoff OFM on the occasion of his 90th birthday last 1 April. In his…
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On 25 January, feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul, the Maltese Franciscan Province celebrates its feast day, since it is dedicated to Saint Paul…
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Il-Ġimgħa 8 ta’ Jannar fil-Knisja ta’ Santa Marija ta’ Ġesù r-Rabat, Darren Abela, Christopher Bilocca u Andrea Cassar bdew il-mixja tagħhom fi ħdan il-Provinċja Franġiskana…
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L-Erbgha 6 ta’ Jannar fil-anex tal-kunvent ta’ Sant’Antnin ġewwa Għajnsielem ġie fi tmiemu irtir immexi minn Dun Daniel Xerri Arċipriet tal-Parroċċa tax-Xewkija għat-tliet pre-postolanti Darren…
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Ifirħu dejjem fil-Mulej, nerġa’ ngħidilkom, ifirħu. Il-ħlewwa tagħkom, ħa jkunu jafu biha l-bnedmin kollha. Il-Mulej qorob. Tħabbtu raskom b’xejn. Fit-talb kollu tagħkom itolbu u uru…
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One of the decisions taken by the Provincial Chapter of July 2020 was that of organising one half-day retreat for the brothers of the Province…
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Br. Anthony Chircop, Minister Provincial, celebrated a Mass on Friday 16 October in the Franciscan church of Saint Mary of Jesus (Ta’ Ġieżu) in Rabat,…
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On Friday 2 October Bishop George Bugeja OFM, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli in Libya, got a surprise telephone call from Pope Francis. During the brief…
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On Sunday 4 October the Franciscan Province celebrated the feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi with a concelebrated Mass in the Church of Saint…
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