Since the Province’s unification of western and eastern friars in October 2018, there has been an assessment of personnel, of care for retired and infirm friars, of vocational outreach, demographic planning, and a review of present and possibly future ministries. Along with the union, there has been a legal review of corporate structure, as well as a review of internal administrative and operational matters. Change will surely come as it has ever since the Franciscans first appeared in the thirteenth century.
