On July 17, Franciscans in the U.S.A. honor the memory of St. Francis Solano (1549-1610), celebrated missionary to South America. The rest of the Order presently celebrates his memorial on July 14 [in the U.S., it's transferred due to the memorial of St. Kateri Tekakwitha].
On July 17, Franciscans in the U.S.A. honor the memory of St. Francis Solano (1549-1610), celebrated missionary to South America. The rest of the Order presently celebrates his memorial on July 14 [in the U.S., it's transferred due to the memorial of St. Kateri Tekakwitha].
On July 13, Franciscans honor a medieval Franciscan woman leader and a group of 19th-century Franciscan martyrs.
On July 10, the Franciscan family celebrates the memory of Saint Veronica Giuliani (1660-1727), a Capuchin Poor Clare nun who is one of the foremost mystics in the Catholic tradition.
On July 9, Franciscans celebrate the memory of Saints Nicholas Pieck (1534-1572), Willehad, and their seventeen companions, martyred during the brutal religious wars that accompanied the Reformation in Europe.
"Eucharist and Ecology: Pope Francis' Liturgical Theology of Caring for Our Common Home" by Christopher M. O'Brien is the latest lecture of the Franciscan Zoom Lecture Series, hosted by the Franciscan School of Theology at the University of San Diego.
"Sacred and Social: The Person as the Foundation of Catholic Social Teaching" by Kenneth Himes, OFM, PhD is the latest lecture of the Franciscan Zoom Lecture Series, hosted by the Franciscan School of Theology at the University of San Diego.
"Francis of Assisi: Our Master Teacher of the Virtue of Empathy" by Bill Cook, PhD is the latest lecture of the Franciscan Zoom Lecture Series, hosted by the Franciscan School of Theology at the University of San Diego.
In this presentation, Sarah Knowles, OSF will explore handing on the Franciscan charism in a small university.
In this presentation, Christopher O'Brien, PhD will explore Pope Francis’s thought on the relationship between Eucharist and ecology, especially as articulated in his encyclical, Laudato Si’, and in his apostolic letter on liturgical formation, Desiderio Desideravi.
In this presentation, Kenneth Himes, OFM, PhD will discuss the theological underpinnings of Catholic social thought for today.
