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Go and Repair My Church
The request Christ made from the crucifix to St Francis 800 years ago came up repeatedly at the 6th Asia-Oceania OFS-YouFra Congress in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. The simple phrase – Go and repair my Church – resonated with the Secular Franciscans (OFS) brothers and...
My Petition to St. Anthony
When Heaven Bent Low
On the holy night of Christmas in 1223, the quiet valley of Greccio became another Bethlehem. Francis of Assisi, with burning love for the Lord made flesh, desired to "make memory of that Child born in Bethlehem", to see with his own eyes the humility of God lying in...
Greccio Friary – A Formation Community
Named after Greccio in Italy's Rieti Valley, Greccio Friary is a formation community that lives the Gospel daily through fraternity, prayer, work and study in simplicity. The friary stands within the grounds of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus school in Upper...
Grounded in God, Growing in Mission
Dear friends, I write this while on a pilgrimage of Franciscan Italy. We are a group of 39, but we have a common desire of our hearts – to grow in intimacy with the Lord and be courageous in seeking God's will for us. Although I have visited many of these shrines and...
Franciscans, Continue the Journey
If the Custody Assembly in July was the breath before the plunge, then our Custody Chapter, held from 1 to 5 September 2025 in Singapore, was the deep dive – a moment when prayer turned into purpose, reflection into resolution, and fraternity into forward movement....
St Anthony’s Bread (November 2025)
Finding strength in fraternity
JOHOR BAHRU: If anyone thinks priests only gather for formal meetings and quiet retreats, the Young Priests’ Gathering (YPG) 2025 would have changed that idea. From October 6–10, fifty-one young clergy (all ordained under five years) from nine dioceses in Malaysia and...
6th Asia-Oceania OFS and YouFra Congress
The OFS brothers and sisters of Asia and Oceania, after the postponed Congress in 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic, finally have the joy of coming together with the emerging fraternity of Malaysia to celebrate the joy of belonging to the Franciscan family....