As we prepare to celebrate the 750th anniversary of the death of St. Bonaventure, Doctor of the Church, on July 15, we would like to publish a letter issued earlier this year to the whole Franciscan family from the Ministers General of the First Order and the Third Order Regular. They call us all to remember, celebrate, and reclaim the significant contributions of the Seraphic Doctor to the Order and the entire Church: Click the document below or click this link to download the document: St. Bonaventure - A Voice Still Relevant Today.

The late Dominic V. Monti, OFM, was a Franciscan Friar of the Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe and Professor of Franciscan Research in the Franciscan Institute of St. Bonaventure University. He devoted the greater part of his ministry to teaching the history of Christianity, in particular the history of the Franciscan movement. He contributed two volumes to the Works of St. Bonaventure series and is author of Francis & His Brothers, a popular history of the Order of Friars Minor.
