The Padua Program at St. Bonaventure University helps Franciscan institutions and ministries transmit the values of Saints Francis and Clare to new generations of leaders.
The second international Franciscan studies conference organised by Durham University will focus on the theme of retrieval and innovation in the Franciscan tradition.
Franciscan Connections is an international Franciscan blog that connects, communicates, and conveys the best of Franciscan learning in the twenty-first century.
The natural question to ask is whether there might be a connection between the two, between Franciscan poverty and Franciscan economic thought.
The many references to biblical figures in the Islamic tradition are a significant area of common ground between Islam, on the one hand, and Judaism and Christianity, on the other.