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Transitus 800: Franciscan Jubilee 2026
The Risen Christ Catholic Church hosted an exposition of the relic of St Francis of Assisi recently, drawing parishioners and visitors into a day of prayer, reflection and renewed commitment to Franciscan spirituality. The congregation including the friars spending...
Prayer Before the Crucifix (San Damiano)
Most High, Glorious God, enlighten the darkness of my heart, and give me true faith, certain hope and perfect charity, sense and knowledge, Lord, that I may carry out Your holy and true command If you look closely at Christ on the San Damiano Cross, as painted on this...
Crowds venerate relics of St Francis at St Mary’s during Franciscan Jubilee year
In a one-day observance, some 1,350 faithful passed through the Chapel of San Damiano Franciscan Centre at the Bukit Batok parish on Feb 22 to venerate the relics of three Franciscans. To mark 800 years since the death of St Francis of Assisi, Pope Leo XIV declared a...
Risen Christ P. Pinang siap siaga untuk Pra-Paskah
Musim Pra- Paskah merupakan satu panggilan untuk kembali kepada Tuhan melalui doa, pertobatan dan pembaharuan hidup, kata Friar Cosmas Francis, OFM semasa memimpin Rekoleksi Persiapan Pra-Paskah di Gereja Katolik Risen Christ pada Januari 25. PULAU...
A prayer offered by Pope Leo XIV that St Francis of Assisi may continue to instil in all of us perfect joy and harmony
Following the example of St Francis
From the Ordinary Jubilee of 2025, we have entered a Year of St Francis celebrated from 10 January 2026 to 10 January 2027. In this extraordinary jubilee, which commemorates the eighth centenary of the passage of St Francis of Assisi, the Christian faithful are...
A renewed sense of fraternity
Friar Sixtus Peter OFM was one of 14 friars from seven countries in the 2025 run of the Asian Franciscan Formators Training (AFFT) programme. He shares a reflection on his experience. "Six, see if you're interested in joining next year's AFFT. If you're open, Crispus...
Receiving and sending forth
Greccio Friary was filled with expectation on 10 January 2026 as the friars gathered for a double moment of grace: the reception of two new postulants, Timothy Colond and Matthew S Lim, and the sending forth of three young brothers, Samuel Tan, Daniel Xavier, and...
St Francis lives on!
"Welcome, Sister Death!" These words will ring in our ears repeatedly this year as we mark 800 years since the death of St Francis on 3 October 1226. On the night of his passing (Transitus), Francis had the brothers sing the canticle he composed the year before - the...