Just as the deforming act of desire produced a system of violence based on rivalry, so the reforming act of God produces a system of nonviolence based on love.
The Commission on the Franciscan Intellectual-Spiritual Tradition, part of the Order’s English-speaking Conference, has now added the word “Spiritual” to its title.
The Franciscan Institute requests proposals for scholarly papers and complete panels for this conference dedicated to Roger Bacon’s Moralis Philosophia.
A volume of 26 articles combining Islamic and Christian perspectives on the encounter of St. Francis with Sultan al-Kamil.
The papers at this conference address the question how we can make the Franciscan intellectual and spiritual tradition relevant and fruitful for a present-day ethical practice.