Brother James Lockman, ofm, currently works as a Senior Vegetation and Restoration Ecologist for a company that restores natural habitats around California. He received his masters in Environmental Horticulture from University of California, Davis....

Franciscan School of Theology 2017 Commencement Address by Darleen Pryds, Ph.D. Graduates, Thank you for this invitation you have extended to me today to offer this reflection at your commencement ceremony. I am touched...

The Canticle of the Creatures is a hymn of praise that recapitulates Francis's journey to God in and through the beautiful things of creation. For Francis all creation became a theophany, a manifestation of...

By William J. Short, OFM Excerpts from the original article published on The AFCU Journal: A Franciscan Perspective on Higher Education, vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 2004). Published by Neumann University, Aston, PA. Human...

Time, Hospitality, and Eucharist: The Road to Emmaus By Daniel P. Horan, OFM Originally Posted May 4, 2014 Last week’s Gospel featuring the so-called “doubting” Thomas, one of the Twelve also called Didymus, tends...

Christ-Centered Franciscan Spirituality is an incarnational, earthy spirituality. God is close to creation, not far away, “up there.” As St. Bonaventure put it, God bends down to us, lifting us up. Franciscan spirituality reveres...