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Passed over to the Father

Br. Sisto Zarpellon Br. Sisto Zarpellon, OFM Cap. died on January 2, 2017. After studying education at the University of Padua, he was an enthusiastic formator, teacher, and president of seminaries in Rovigo, Thiene, and Verona. For twenty years (1995-2014) he was spiritual father at…

February 23, 2017

Interview with Br. John Corriveau OFM Cap.

John Corriveau – Capuchin Friar Minor, General Minister of the Order in the years 1994-2006, and since 2008 Bishop of the diocese of Nelson, BC, Canada. What were the Lord’s gifts of grace during your service as General Minister? What, on the other hand, were…

February 23, 2017

Solidarity in Mission

Over the course of these years, together as Capuchin brothers we have helped sustain over thirty new circumscriptions, thousands of brothers in initial formation and hundreds of projects, supporting the implantation of the order in places where it would not otherwise have been possible. We…

February 15, 2017

Br. Jerónimo Bórmida OFM Cap.

Br. Jerónimo Bórmida OFM Cap. (José Ruben Bórmida Rodríguez) Born on February 9, 1939 at Montevideo, the future Br. Jerónimo entered the minor seminary of the Capuchin Friars at the young age of twelve. After the year of novitiate at San Francisco Carrasco he made…

February 15, 2017

Hope for the Homeless from the Holy House

As it is every year, December 10 was the great feast day of the Loreto Shrine. Following ancient tradition, this date recalls the ‘angelic flight’ that translated Mary’s House to Loreto. It’s a story made of legend and tradition, of faith and devotion, that has…

February 1, 2017

Recognition of a miracle attributed to Venerable Arsenio of Trigolo

“On January 20, 2017, Pope Francis received in audience His Eminence Cardinal Angelo Amato, SDB, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. During the audience the Supreme Pontiff authorized the Congregation to publish the decree regarding the miracle attributed to the intercession of…

February 1, 2017

Constitutions of the Order in 7 languages

The text of the renewed Constitutions is available on the website of the Order in seven languages, including in EPUB and MOBI versions, so that everyone may enjoy the richness of this text and read it also as an eBook or on a tablet. In…

January 30, 2017

Porte aperte ai profughi

Il mare, la paura... una casa dove stare. A Cava de' Tirreni, accanto al Convento dei Cappuccini, sede del postulato interprovinciale dell'Italia Meridionale, sorge una casa di riposo di proprietà della Provincia che accoglie persone di modeste condizioni economiche. La direzione della casa qualche mese…