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Info: LIVE Streaming: Mass and Election
Tomorrow 22nd May, LIVE at 7.00am Mass of the Holy Spirit by the Vicar General and waiting for the New Minister General to be elected.
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Preparatory day for the election of the Minister General
With the presidents have joined the Vice Presidents of the Conferences for the day in preparation for the election of the Minister General. The event took place in the following way: Reflection on the position of the “Minister General” as the Franciscan Sources (Fr. Paolo Martinelli, OFM Cap.) Eucharistic adoration and personal prayer. The situation of the Order based on research. (Prof. Mion).
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Who are the Friars electors for the New Minister General?
In case of a sede vacante for the Minister General an election takes place to complete the six-year period. In this case, the Electors are the Presidents, the Vice Presidents of the Conferences, the Custos of the Holy Land, and the Vicar and the definitory general who vote. In order of the Profession these are:
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Annual Meeting of the Presidents of the Conferences
On May 20, 2013, at the General Curia of the Friars Minors, began the meeting of the Definitory with the Presidents of the Conferences. In the first day it was presented and discussed the “Lineamenta” in preperation for the Instrumentum laboris prepared by the Ad Hoc Committee to the Plenary Council of the Order, were presented the structures existing in other Orders and worked in groups and in assembly
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European Congress of OFM JPIC Animators in Croatia
The Fifth European Congress of OFM JPIC Animators was held in Trogir, Croatia, from 29 April to 3 May 2013. There were a total of 62 participants, including 29 OFM JPIC animators, provincials, other friars, three friars from the General Curia in Rome, sisters and lay people. The congress was divided into three parts; each one offered a different perspective on our position and mission in the modern European Areopagus, especially regarding issues of justice, peace and integrity of creation:
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Fraternitas No 200 (Special Edition)
A Special Edition that focuses on the Episcopal Ordination of Mons. Fr. José Rodriguez Carballo, OFM. This Special Edition is available in four languages: English, Spanish, Italian and French.
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Holy Mass at the Parish of Lodoselo
The afternoon of Sunday, May 19, 2013, Archbishop José Rodríguez Carballo, OFM, presided over the celebration of Holy Mass in the Parish Church of St. Mary of Lodoselo, his hometown, in the Province of Orense.
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Thanksgiving Mass
In the morning of Sunday, May 19, 2013, Archbishop José Rodríguez Carballo, OFM, presided over the Mass of thanksgiving for his Episcopal ordination in the Church of the Convent of St. Francis in Santiago de Compostela.
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Episcopal Ordination of Mgr. Fr. José
His Excellency Archbishop José Rodríguez Carballo, OFM, Titular Archbishop of Belcastro and Secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, was ordained bishop in the Holy Apostolic Metropolitan Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, on Saturday, May 18, 2013, on the Solemnity of Pentecost.
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A gift to Fr. José
We are presenting a Thank You video to Fr José Rodríguez Carballo, OFM, as he starts his Episcopal Ministry as Secretary for the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. In this video we have gathered some of the most significant moments celebrated over the ten years as Minister General OFM.
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