Dear members Please see a post about the centre where John Bradburne lived & worked. The Leprosy Centre is in need of a new industrial washing machine. Click the link below. Thank you. Mutemwa Care Centre
Author: Dianne Fisher
4th European OFS/YOUFRA Congress in Barcelona
The 4th European OFS/Youfra Congress was held in Barcelona from 14th-19th July 2025. It was attended by 125 OFS & Youfra council members from 19 different countries from across Europe including 2 invited members from Lebanon! The countries involved were: Great Britain including Gibraltar, Ireland, Belgium, Malta, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Italy, Lebanon, Netherlands, Lithuania, Germany, […]
Day of Recollection at Oxford
On Saturday 21st June, Paula Pearce will be with us in Oxford for an open day of recollection at the Mornese Centre, Elmthorpe Convent, Oxford Road, Cowley OX4 2LF. Presentations will include a summary of Paula’s article in the Franciscan Publishing, 2024 book: “Celebrating 800 Years of Franciscans in the British Isles” i.e., “A Brief […]
A New Pope & A New Day of Solidarity for the OFS!
We welcome our new Augustinian Pope Leo XIVth (Robert Prevost) and we welcome a new Day of Solidarity for the OFS around the world as November 17th! It is of course the feast day of Elizabeth of Hungary, Patroness of the Secular Franciscan Order. Please find attached an introductory letter from our General Minister, Tibor […]
RIP Mary Clare Burrough
Dear OFS members Our dear sister Mary Clare Burrough sadly passed away on Sunday, 2nd February 2025, the feast day of the Presentation of the Lord. Mary Clare’s requiem mass will be celebrated at midday on Thursday 3rd April at St Teresa of Avila Catholic Church, 4 Maidstone Road, Ashford, TN24 8TX followed by her […]