In 2022, the first Pan-American meeting of the Capuchins took place in Brazil. In preparation for this grand meeting, several online sessions were held for the friars to discuss pertinent topics in our apostolic and missionary life. Next year, 2024, Capuchins from all over the Americas will come together once Leia mais…
“On fire with love for Christ and sustained by the example of our holy missionaries, let the brothers embark on their mission driven by the desire to serve the local Churches in the work of spreading the Gospel.” (Capuchin Constitutions 177, 2) The first Capuchin Pan-American Conference of 2022 was Leia mais…
“There needs to be formation for the missions, including the ad gentes mission throughout each stage of formation, from vocational ministry to ongoing formation, integrating significant missionary experiences as part of the formation program.” (A Breath of Life – Conclusions of the Pan American Conference 2022) The International Fraternities of Leia mais…
The Capuchin Pan-American Conference was born from a desire of the Minister General, Br. Roberto Genuin, expressed this on his first Circular Letter in 2019. In addition to proposing a reflection for the Capuchins of all America, which then had four Conferences, the Circular proposed four axes of study and Leia mais…
“These commitments, which we have agreed upon, encourage us to take sure, concrete, and firm steps to journey together in fidelity: to the Father who continues to call us, to the Rule that we have promised [to follow], to the churches in which we serve and to the holy people Leia mais…
The realization of the Capuchin Pan-American Meeting was for the friars in America a breath of life and an impulse to live the Capuchin Franciscan Charism in the different environments in which we live. In May 2022, the meeting’s conclusion did not mean the end of the work; on the Leia mais…
The Capuchin Pan-American Conference will begin on Sunday, May 1, in the Serra de São Pedro, in the interior of São Paulo, Brazil. Approximately 80 friars from all over America, as well as members of the General Government of the Order, will meet to reflect on the proposals made during Leia mais…
The last virtual session of the Pan-American Capuchin Meeting took place on March 7th. The next step in the program is the actual meeting in May in Sao Paulo (Brazil). In this session the reflection was on collaboration, so the friars watched a video about international fraternities in the Amazon Leia mais…
The last virtual session of the Pan-American Capuchin Meeting is scheduled for March 7, 2022, starting at 16:00 (São Paulo time). All the friars summoned should participate in the meeting. The theme of the meeting is “Collaboration” and participants have already received by e-mail the compilation of the material offered Leia mais…
To the dear Brother Ministers, Custodians and Delegates, Convoked to the Pan American Meeting of Capuchins, Peace and Good! After this long time of preparation and effective realization of our Pan American Meeting, whose fruits we can already find in our circumscriptions and conferences throughout America, the realization of our Leia mais…