FEAST OF ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI - Following the Example of St Francis with Bread ,Blessed and Shared

There is a door we keep closed without knowing it. It is not a door of wood or iron. It is a door in the heart. And behind it are all the people we have decided to do not belong. The ones we have judged unworthy of our attention. The ones we have dismissed as unimportant. The ones we have quietly excluded from our circle, our conversation, our concern.

Caring for children with incurable diseases, safeguarding their dignity, and exploring the contribution that religions can make to responding to human vulnerability were at the heart of the Second Joint Colloquium between the International Center for Interreligious and Interreligious Dialogue of Kazakhstan and the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue of the Holy See, which took place at the National Museum of Astana on October 2nd and 3rd.

Marking a new chapter in his formation, Seminarian Eduardo Augusto de Assis received his cassock from St Joseph Seminary Rector Bishop Stephen Lee on October 3, 2026.

Jesus tells this parable in response to Peter, who asked, “Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive? As many as seven times?” Peter likely thought he was being generous. But Jesus invited him to go far beyond what he imagined, responding, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times.”