AN ADDITIONAL EVENT IN THE CENTENARY YEAR

On Wednesday, 3rd March 2010, at the International Franciscan Study Centre, Canterbury, an additional event in the celebration of the Eighth Centenary of the Franciscan Rule took place. “THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY”, a mostly anecdotal account of the Friars Minor in Post-Reformation England as recorded in the OFM Archives was given by Br. Ninian Arbuckle OFM, Provincial Archivist of the OFM Province of the Immaculate Conception in Great Britain.  To read the account and see the illustrations click here

To read reports of individual events in the Year of Jubilee 2009-2010 click here

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                                        WAS CELEBRATED FROM 24th MAY TO 20th JUNE 2009

To read the latest information about it click on this link:

http://www.ofm.org/ofmnews/_capgen09/00capgen09EN.php

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The second European Meeting of Franciscan Youth took place in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, from the 9th to the 15th August 2009 to celebrate the Eighth Centenary of the approval of the Franciscan Rule in 1209.  For full details click on the following link: http://www.santiago2009.es

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