"Where Goes the Church Under New Leadership?" by Joseph P. Chinnici, OFM, 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, Professor Joseph Chinnici, OFM will address questions about where the Church may go under the new leadership of Pope Leo XIV.
In this presentation, Fr. Johannes Freyer, OFM, will outline the distinct concepts and thought patterns that emerged when the Franciscan form of life interacted with the patristic tradition and the newest scholastic theology.
In this discussion about the promise and limits of personal climate action, Ed Tverdek, OFM, PhD, suggests that our shortcomings can be attributed to a failure to take seriously Pope Francis’ message in his encyclical Laudato Si’ and his subsequent apostolic exhortation, Laudate Deum – and that the transformative vision of a culture less wed to consumerism and growth – long expounded by “radical ecologists” and now by Pope Francis – remains our best vehicle for evangelization as Franciscans.
This presentation by Katherine Wrisley Shelby, PhD, will explore the relevance of St. Bonaventure's teachings on grace for our 21st-century context -- namely, within a culture that largely interprets grace as an individual ticket to personal salvation at the expense of all others, Bonaventure rather calls us to understand how grace necessarily invites us into communion with our "neighbor" and the broader world around us.
This presentation by Tim Johnson, PhD, renowned scholar of religion, will examine the cultural-gender context of the efforts of Franciscans in Northeast Florida to preach the Gospel and the theological influences and pastoral implications of their interactions with the Timucua people.
This presentation by Yongho Francis Lee, OFM, PhD, Assistant Professor of Systematic and Comparative Theology, will demonstrate how the visually magnificent portrayal of the life of Saint Francis captivates our eyes, engages our hearts, and prompts profound meditation on their theological and spiritual meanings.
This presentation by Keith Warner, OFM, Associate Professor of Ethics & Spirituality, will review the approach of Pope Francis and interpret his vision for the moral life of Christians today.
This presentation by John Kruse, Associate Professor of Theology at Neumann University, will explore the benefits, both personal and spiritual, of walking in the footsteps of Francis and Clare.
Inspired by Dante, this lecture by Amanda Quantz, Professor of Theology at the University of Saint Mary, focuses on tenacity as a path to joy.
Interested in learning more about the origins and values that characterized the early Franciscan movement? Dive into one of the continuing education summer courses at the Franciscan School of Theology in San Diego!
Based on contemporary Italian Franciscan studies, this presentation by Br. Steven J. McMichael, OFM Conv., focuses on the theme of mercy and compassion in the writings of Francis of Assisi, especially his Testament, Earlier Rule (1221), and Letter to the Minister.
The spiritual, moral and practical teachings of Laudato Si’ will be explored through the lens of work with frontline communities and people of faith in New Mexico & El Paso Region.
Laudato Si’ calls us to recognize the interconnectedness of all living things, deepen our knowledge of the common threats the earth and all its inhabitants face, rediscover the spiritual bonds that unite us, and engage our collective energies to address underlying causes in an effective and sustainable manner.
Three scholars as they discuss their insights on the COVID-19 pandemic in light of St. Francis’s encounter with the leper.
Join Franciscan Media, in collaboration with the Franciscan School of Theology and the Franciscan Federation, to celebrate the Grace of Greccio.
This Zoom presentation explores the Franciscan commitment to human dignity and how this is most clearly revealed in the defense of the Immaculate Conception.
This course will examine active spiritual movements of the 12th and 13th centuries that preceded and perhaps prefigured the Franciscan movement.
This course explores the Franciscan tradition of this interdependent practice of care, which, at its heart, involves honest presence with one another and with oneself.
This course will examine the full range of those texts, some 30 in all, from the saint’s autographs (those that survive in his own handwriting) to fragments of his “lost” writings contained in the writings of Clare of Assisi and others.
Setting this week within the context of Francis’ life journey, the course will reflect on the relationship between his experience of the Spirit, his mission in society, and the articulation of this experience in his writings and actions.
A two-day conference to exploring how the vision of St. Francis and St. Clare opens a new way of looking at contemporary struggles and how Franciscans use technology to spread the good news. This conference took place January 27 and 28, 2023. Lectures are available online.
