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Franciscan Intellectual Tradition

Padua Program: Franciscan Mission-Based Leadership Training

The Padua Program at St. Bonaventure University helps Franciscan institutions and ministries transmit the values of Sts Francis and Clare of Assisi to a new generation of leaders. Infusing this mission into the daily operations of Franciscan schools, hospitals, retreat centers, and social service programs requires competent leaders. Individuals completing this program will increase expertise in the preservation and promotion of the Franciscan legacy. Continue Reading Padua Program: Franciscan Mission-Based Leadership Training

The Padua Program Opens Registration

The Pauda Program at St. Bonaventure University helps Franciscan institutions and ministries transmit the values of Saints Francis and Clare to new generations of leaders. Infusing this mission into the daily operations of Franciscan schools, hospitals, retreat centers, and social service programs requires competent leaders. Individuals completing the program will… Continue Reading The Padua Program Opens Registration

Graduate Certificate in Franciscan Spirituality

CTU happily announces a Graduate Certificate in Franciscan Spirituality that can stand alone or be combined with our degree programs. Franciscan religious, leaders of Secular Franciscan Fraternities, and people who work for Franciscan institutions like schools and universities, hospitals and health centers and social service centers can enhance their work and ministry at these centers and enrich their own spirituality as well. Continue Reading Graduate Certificate in Franciscan Spirituality

2023-2026: A Multifaceted Centenary in Which Several Centenaries Will be Celebrated

This text has been provided by the working group of the Coordination Committee for the Franciscan Centenary. These experts have created an outline for learning more about our charism at each stage of the Centenary. The text offers guidelines for organizing the various centenaries at the local level and provides a framework on which to base our formation programs. Resources for the following centenaries are included: Later Rule & Christmas at Greccio; Stigmata; Canticle of the Creatures; Easter of Francis Continue Reading 2023-2026: A Multifaceted Centenary in Which Several Centenaries Will be Celebrated

Tau Series

This series presents the depth of the Franciscan Tradition in an easily digestible format. Learn more about the Third Order Regular Rule, Francis’ writings, evangelical identity, the Franciscan Intellectual Tradition, and more. Continue Reading Tau Series

Haversack: A Franciscan Review

Haversack, a Franciscan review, was started in 1977 by a group of Franciscan women and men who were living and working in Uptown Chicago. They felt the need to connect their own experience of working for God’s world and God’s justice with the experience of Francis, Clare and their early sisters and brothers outside Assisi in the early 1200s. At some point, they decided to share their journey in writing in order to connect with Franciscans and others on the same path outside of Chicago. For twenty-one years, long before social media, Haversack generated relationships of mutual encouragement, challenge, celebration, even angst, reaching Franciscans in thirty-seven countries. Haversack became an exploration of the critical issues of the time – issues no less critical nowadays – and a rediscovery of the insights the early Franciscans had into the Gospel message of Jesus and its direct applications to human challenges. Continue Reading Haversack: A Franciscan Review

Engaging Franciscan Wisdom Podcast

Are you restless or hungry for more in your life? Are you seeking wisdom or looking for inspiration? The Gospel gave guidance to Saints Francis and Clare of Assisi as they followed in the footprints of Jesus some 800 years ago. The witness of their lives and values continue to inspire those of us on a spiritual journey today. Join Sister Michelle L’Allier and her guest for a time of shared reflection and conversation. Continue Reading Engaging Franciscan Wisdom Podcast