Conference Topics and Presenters

  • 2020: From Anger to Joy: The Role of Emotions in Franciscan Experiences of Conversion, with Darleen Pryds, Ph.D.

  • 2019: The Writings of Francis and Clare: Moving from Chaos to Hope in Our World, with Jean-François Godet-Calogeras, Ph.D.

  • 2018: Mentoring Franciscans in our Interfaith World, with Michael Calabria, OFM

  • 2017: Mentoring Peacemaking as Franciscans in our world today, with Nancy Schreck, OSF

  • 2016: Mentoring: Meeting the Challenges and Changes of Our World Today, with David Couturier, OFM Cap

  • 2015: To Walk Humbly with God: A Franciscan Call to Conversion, with Ed Shea, OFM

  • 2014: A Franciscan Perspective on the Cosmos: Just What the World Needs Today and Tomorrow, with Rosine Sobczak, OSF

  • 2013: Inviting Others into the Spaces of Our Franciscan Evangelical Life, with Therese Ann Quigney, SSFCR

  • 2012: Greater Than a Mother’s Love: Kinship in the Works of Clare of Assisi and Implications for Formation Today, with Gilberto Cavazos-Gonzalez, OFM

  • 2011: Greater Than a Mother’s Love: Familial relationships in the Lives of Francis and Clare of Assisi and Cultural Implications for Formation Today, with Gilberto Cavazos-Gonzalez, OFM

  • 2010: Graced Companionship: A Model for Mentoring in Post Modern Times, with Mary Pat Garvin, RSM

  • 2009: Charism and Culture, with Madge Karecki, SSJ-TOSF

  • 2008: Claiming the Grace of Franciscan Discernment, with Madge Karecki, SSJ-TOSF

  • 2007: Franciscans, Celebrating Our Way of Life, with Roberta Marie, OSF and Nancy Miller, OSF

  • 2001: Transformation: Choosing a Franciscan Lifestyle, with Mary Elizabeth Imler, OSF