The JPIC General Office of the Order of Friars Minor inaugurated the Centenary of the Canticle of the Creatures and the 10th anniversary of Laudato si’. Fr. Massimo Fusarelli, OFM Minister General, reflected on universal fraternity, care for creation, and Franciscan spirituality at an event attended by over 500 people.
The Portiuncula Retreat House at the Franciscan Family Center, Nairobi, Kenya, was the venue for the JPIC Animation Committee meeting on December 8-14, 2024.
From the 2nd-7th December 2024, a seminar was held in the city of Kagbayi, Rwanda, to promote peace and social friendship in East Africa.
We conclude Season of Creation 2024 with the Oikos Mediterranean project of the Conference of Provincial Ministers of Italy and Albania, based in the friars’ convent in Taranto, Italy. The OIKOS project was officially born in June 2023.