Meeting of the Formation Secretariats of the four Franciscan Orders

Rome: The meeting of the Formation Secretariats of the four Franciscan Orders (OFM, OFM Conv, OFM Cap, TOR) was held in the General Curia of the Friars Minor. The President of the Institute of Spirituality (IFS), Antonianum and the director of the Masters course for Formators in the same Institute were also present for the meeting.

The dialogue and the exchange of ideas and experiences in the area of animation for which these bodies were instituted were enlightening. The resources, challenges and difficulties faced, be it at the level of the central governments of the respective Orders or regarding the formation process of the young candidates who come from a secularized world where ‘initation’ to the values of consecretated life and to the Franciscan Spirtual heritage become increasingly more difficult.