Consecration to the Immaculate
Given the lifting of many pandemic restrictions, the remainder of the M.I. Initiative Tour has resumed. Consistent with our Franciscan charism and tradition of devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Continue Reading →
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Consecration to the Immaculate
Consistent with our Franciscan charism and tradition of devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, our province has been progressing in our efforts to more fully tap into this devotion from Continue Reading →
April 30, 2022 M.I. Pilgrimage Announcement
THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARTYRDOM OF ST. MAXIMILIAN KOLBE (1941 – August 14 – 2021) Dear M.I. Members, As the Covid-19 pandemic winds down in North America, we Continue Reading →
News from Our Canadian Delegation
June 8, 2021: The Very Reverend Fr. Jobe Abbass, OFM Conv. (Provincial Delegate & Delegate to the M.I.) and the other thirteen solemnly professed friars working in our Canadian Delegation Continue Reading →
New Vocations Brochure ~ Canadian Delegation
Our Province Delegation of St. Francis of Assisi has produced a new Vocations Brochure. If you live in Canada and need any help finding a Spiritual Director or want to Continue Reading →
Canadian Delegation Celebrates the Year of St. Joseph
With joy and gratitude, the friars of Our Lady of the Angels Province’s Canadian Delegation of St. Francis of Assisi commemorate the Year of St. Joseph (2020 – December 8 Continue Reading →
New International Assistant of the Militia of the Immaculate [M.I.]
March 1, 2021: Appointed by the Minister General of the Order, Friar Gilson Miguel Nunes, OFM Conv., from the Province of St. Francis (Brazil) is the new International Assistant for Continue Reading →
St. Maximilian’s Birthday (January 8, 1894)
Peace and all good in 2021! Since I last wrote you to commemorate the founding of the Militia of the Immaculate (October 16, 1917), the world has experienced a second Continue Reading →
Coronavirus Impact and Response
The Very Reverend Fr. James McCurry, OFM Conv. (Minister Provincial – Ellicott City, MD): Of the 32 friaries of OLA in the US and Canada, six were infected with the Continue Reading →
103rd Anniversary of the Founding of the M.I.
As we are about to celebrate the 103rd anniversary of the founding of the Militia of the Immaculate by our Franciscan confrère, St. Maximilian Kolbe, I am happily recalling the Continue Reading →
