Who We Are?
Our Mission
Immersed in greenery, within the Grande Raccordo Anulare (Rome’s ring road), and well connected to Fiumicino Airport and the city centre, the International College of St Lawrence of Brindisi is a place intended to welcome the Capuchin Friars Minor who arrive in Rome from every part of the world to pursue specialised studies at the Pontifical Universities.
Our core values
The College of the Capuchin Friars Minor is a house inhabited by brothers coming from every part of the world: a place of formation, a laboratory of reciprocity and service, a theological space where one learns to live the Gospel in reconciliation and communion.
Interculturality as a sign of universal communion. It is a Gospel call to live diversity as a place of encounter: building relationships that speak the language of mercy already means proclaiming the Gospel.
Interdisciplinarity as a path of wisdom. The College is a school of dialogue, where knowledge becomes service and every discipline opens itself to the light of wisdom: studying not to possess the truth, but to be enlightened by it and to communicate it with humility.
A charismatic ecological lung. The fraternity is called to become a space where the Capuchin‑Franciscan charism finds breath and harmony: an ecology of the heart in which the Spirit recomposes what is scattered and renews the following of Christ poor and humble.
Short History
The International College of St Lawrence of Brindisi was founded in 1908, adjacent to the General Curia on Via Boncompagni. It remained at this location until its transfer to its present complex on Rome’s Grande Raccordo Anulare (GRA), during the General Chapter held from 19 August to 25 October 1968.
It is a leading educational and cultural institution in the life of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. Its mission is to deepen and transmit Capuchin Franciscan culture and to promote, in the best possible way, the formation of future generations of Capuchin friars.
It is undoubtedly the largest and most multicultural fraternity in the entire Order, welcoming friars from all the circumscriptions to pursue their studies at the various Pontifical Universities in Rome.
The College is composed of two groups: the permanent community and the students.