Friar Tom Merrill recently visited our friary and house of studies in San Antonio, Texas. Student friars from around the world live together there, growing in their commitment to Conventual…
Conventual Franciscan Federations United in Prayer The General Delegate for Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation (JPIC), Friar Michael J. Lasky, invites all of the Conventual Franciscan Federations to pray…
The ‘Nones’: Why They’ve Abandoned the Church, And How to Invite Them Back In Conversation with Friar John Burkhard, Part Three In his new book, The Sense of the Faith…
Exploring the Synodal Path In Conversation with Friar John Burkhard, Part Two While taught by Vatican II, the ‘sense of the faith’ (sensus fidei) has had little official impact in…
Friar John J. Burkhard OFM Conv, PhD, taught systematics at the former Washington Theological Union; at Saint John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota; and in Ghana, West Africa. He writes primarily on…
Why did the Conventual Franciscans make such a big deal about the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s death?Aside from being acknowledged as one of history’s greatest literary figures, Dante had…