On August 19, the Franciscan family remembers Saint Louis of Toulouse (1274-1297). Although virtually unknown today, Louis was a phenomenon in his own time, a prince who renounced a throne to become a Franciscan.
On August 19, the Franciscan family remembers Saint Louis of Toulouse (1274-1297). Although virtually unknown today, Louis was a phenomenon in his own time, a prince who renounced a throne to become a Franciscan.
On August 16, the memory of Saint Roch, a Secular Franciscan, is celebrated in many places with great festivity.
"Let us all rejoice in the Lord, as we celebrate the feast day in honor of the Virgin Mary, at whose Assumption the Angels rejoice and praise the Son of God."
Eighty-five years ago on August 14, 1941, Fr. Maximilian Kolbe, OFM Conv., was killed with a phenol injection inside a starvation cell of Block 11 of the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz.
"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.
