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.
This volume offers just such a grounding through a systematic study of the sources and developments of our Franciscan heritage. It is systematic without being technical, and a study of the sources without getting lost in the historical details; appealing to the heart-mind rather than just to the analytic mind.
