OFM
Order of Friars Minor
Province of St. Thomas the Apostle, India
Joy is Being Franciscan
Joy is Being Franciscan
In the year commemorating eight hundred years since the Transitus of St. Francis of Assisi, and heeding his call from th...
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The life and message of St. Francis of Assisi came alive on stage on 24 October 2026 at the St. Anthony’s Friary Auditor...
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17 October, Palamaner: In the year we remember 800 years since Saint Francis passed to the Father,...
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Chennai, 11 October 2026: Around 300 children from 13 evening tuition centres...
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4 October, Madhavaram, Chennai: The 800th anniversary of the Transitus of St. Francis...
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On the occasion of the 800th anniversary of the Transitus of St. Francis of Assisi
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Minister General
Minister Provincial
(Anniversaries of Birth, Entry, Solemn Vows, Ordination, Death of the Friars, the Foundation of the Friaries)
| Date | Name of the Friars | Events | Year |
| 01 | Charles Mathew Kolanchery Bijay Paul Mondal |
Birth Birth |
1947 2002 |
| 02 | Joseph Raj M. | Birth | 1975 |
| 04 | Charles Bernard | Birth | 1963 |
| 05 |
Lawrence Simon Bala Marneni + Thomas Thannikary + Bernard D'Souza |
Birth Birth Home Home |
1949 1962 1996 2010 |
| 06 | Salvador D'Souza | Birth | 1979 |
| 07 | Hemant Xess | Birth | 1975 |
| 09 | Saji P. Mathew | Birth | 1975 |
| 10 |
Augustine Pinto + Wilbert Smit |
Birth Home |
1936 2003 |
| Second Sunday of November – Feast of Our Lady of Miracles Church, Kochi | |||
| 11 |
Fulgence Ekka Basil S. Lobo |
Birth Birth |
1964 1971 |
| 13 | John Capestrano Majaw | Birth | 1999 |
| 14 |
+ Mark O’Rourke Salvador Drego Maria Nithin Xavier |
Home Birth Birth |
1974 1984 1995 |
| Children’s Day | |||
| 15 |
+ Anthony Almeida Jiban Dhanwar |
Home Birth |
1970 2024 |
| 17 |
Thomas Joseph + Kamal Ekka |
Birth Home |
1962 2008 |
| 20 |
Irudayaraj Fernando + Bonaventure Davis + Bishop Ambrose Y Johnson Paul + Jesu Irudayam |
Birth Home Home Birth Home |
1966 1971 1997 1987 2009 |
| 22 | + Joachim Tinneny | Home | 2009 |
| 23 | + John C. O’Dowda | Home | 1982 |
| 24 | Commemoration of All the Deceased of the Seraphic Order | ||
| 25 |
Carlos Dias Tojy M. |
Birth Birth |
1959 1970 |
| International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women | |||
| 26 | Balthazar Pinto | Birth | 1960 |
| Constitution Day of India | |||
| 27 |
Johnson M. V. M.G. George |
Birth Birth |
1969 1995 |
| 29 |
Dependent Custody – Foundation, North East Amaladass Manickam Ejikiya Sangma |
Erection Ordination Birth |
2008 1985 2003 |
| Commemoration of All Saints of the Order | |||
| 30 | Prasad Papabathuni | Birth | 1970 |
All Correspondence to be addressed to: THE PROVINCIAL BURSAR, St. Anthony’s
Friary, 85 Hosur Road, Bangalore-560 095.
The Franciscan Province of St. Thomas the Apostle, India has more than 100 young
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