• Franciscan Spirituality

    The goal of a good Franciscan formation is to form within the student a genuine Franciscan heart. This entails both academic and experiential learning anchored in the rich spiritual depths of the Franciscan Intellectual-spiritual tradition. If the goal is a well-formed Franciscan heart, then the starting point is a thorough immersion in the sources of our tradition.

  • Franciscan Spirituality – Revised Version

    My main aim is to clarify some of the mis-conceptions and even myths about the Franciscan Order and its Spirituality, which are coming from various ill-informed sources… My mission is to get Francis and Clare to speak to you as intimately and as fraternally as possible so that the dust that others would have thrown over your mind may be blown away.” – Friar Cascarino Valentine OFM, PhD, STD, STL