Saint Bonaventure – A Voice Still Relevant Today
St. Bonaventure (Painting by Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1620)

Saint Bonaventure – A Voice Still Relevant Today

This year is the 750th anniversary of the death of the Seraphic Doctor (d. July 15, 1274). On February 2, 2024, the Ministers General of the First Order and the…

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The Effects of Beer on Non-Violence

Friar Peter Damian Massengill received a phone call in the middle of night from his provincial, Friar Wayne Hellmann, who was attending the General Chapter in Rome. The Minister General…

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Pope Sixtus IV

Franciscan Popes - Part 6 (An excerpt from a presentation by friar Joseph Wood OFM Conv.Read the introduction to this seriesRead Part 2 of the the series: Pope Gregory XI?Part…

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(pope) Nicholas V

Franciscan Popes - Part 5 (An excerpt from a presentation by friar Joseph Wood OFM Conv.Read the introduction to this seriesRead Part 2 of the the series: Pope Gregory XI?Part…

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