LATEST NEWS – CUSTODY

Parishioners of the Church of the Risen Christ marked New Year’s Eve with a prayerful celebration that included Eucharistic Adoration, a Thanksgiving Mass, and a farewell for their parish priest, Friar Esmond Chua, OFM, who has served the parish since 2023. Friar...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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....

Following the Custody Chapter of 2025 and the election of the new leadership team for the new term (2025-2028), the following composition of Communities and Ministries are herewith published. These appointments to communities and ministries will take effect...

From left: Ms Florence Francis, Ms Martina D’Cruz, Mrs Geraldine Lim, Mr Nicholas Lim, and Ms Lillian Chua receive a blessing from Friar Derrick Yap OFM during their solemn profession into the Secular Franciscan Order at the Church of Saint Mary of the Angels on Oct...