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.
Our partner in encouraging the study of the Franciscan cultural heritage, the Academy of American Franciscan History is a research institute presently affiliated with the Franciscan School of Theology in San Diego, California. Founded in 1943, the Academy
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.
On July 8, the Franciscan family celebrates the memory of Sts. Gregory Grassi, OFM, Marie Hermine, FMM, and Companions, martyred in China in July 1900 during the Boxer Rebellion.
On July 4, Franciscans celebrate the memory of St. Elizabeth (Isabel) of Portugal, Secular Franciscan (1271-1336), known in her lifetime as a great peacemaker. (In the United States, her feast is observed on July 5 since July 4 is Independence Day.)
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"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, 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.
