Academy of American Franciscan History

My Spiritual Journey: Bishop Fernand Cheri, OFM Please join us for this special guest lecture! All are welcome to join Bishop Fernand Cheri for his lecture: My Spiritual Journey. Bishop Fernand Cheri (auxiliary bishop of New Orleans) was the first African American bishop to be appointed in nearly a decade. He had previously served as campus minister at Quincy College. Bishop Cheri is a noted practitioner of Gospel Music. [ 87 more words ] https://aafh.org//my-spiritual-journey-bishop-fernand-che/

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The Flagler College Ideas & Images series offers lectures and readings from a variety of renowned scholars, artists, and authors. Lectures are free and open to the public. The program detailed here will be promoted as part of the Ideas & Images Series. Click HERE https://aafh.org//07/upcoming-tibesar-lecture-and-colloqu/

The winners of the 2018 AAFH Dissertation Fellowship Scholarships have been announced! Nenette Arroyo is a PhD candidate at the University of Virginia. Her dissertation is titled, "Loca Sancta in the New World: The Creation of Sacred Space in the Spanish California Missions." Matthew Ford is a graduate student at Stony Brook University. His dissertation is titled, "Colonizing the Frontier: Capuchin Missionaries, Indians, and State Formation in the Ecuador-Colombia Borderlands." [ 104 more words ] https://aafh.org//22/2018-aafh-scholarship-winners-announ/

My Spiritual Journey: Bishop Fernand Cheri, OFM Please join us for this special guest lecture! All are welcome to join Bishop Fernand Cheri for his lecture: My Spiritual Journey. Bishop Fernand Cheri (auxiliary bishop of New Orleans) was the first African American bishop to be appointed in nearly a decade. He had previously served as campus minister at Quincy College. Bishop Cheri is a noted practitioner of Gospel Music. [ 87 more words ] https://aafh.org//my-spiritual-journey-bishop-fernand-che/

Please join us on Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at 7:00 PM for this Franciscan Vision Series Lecture on the tradition of Franciscan meditation on the Life of Christ! While Franciscans did not invent the practice of meditating on the Life of Christ, Franciscans did make a particular contribution to that tradition. Francis and Clare gave rise to the tradition of meditation on the Life of Christ. [ 143 more words ] https://aafh.org//franciscan-vision-series-lecture-medita/

Tuesday, March 13 at 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM PDT Franciscan Virtues for Today's Families with Maureen Day, PhD Dr. Maureen Day is the Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology at the Franciscan School of Theology in Oceanside, California. She has taught a variety of courses on marriage and family life and has published articles and chapters on American Catholic life in Paulist Press and America magazine. [ 151 more words ] https://aafh.org//franciscan-vision-series-lecture-franci/

Please join us on Monday, May 9 at 7pm for the Franciscan Vision Series featuring Professor Jaime Lara, PhD, "When the Incas met Francis of Assisi: Culture and Conflict in Latin American Franciscanism." Sponsored by: The Academy of American Franciscan History and the Frances G. Harpst Center for Catholic Thought and Culture http://fst.edu/franciscan-vision-series-feb-11/

Please join us for the Ninth Annual Antonine Tibesar, OFM Lecture...

A recent article written by Academy Director Jeffery M. Burns on the upcoming Canonization of Father Junipero Serra. Fr. Serra will be canonized next week when Pope Francis visits the United States. http://americamagazine.org/issue/serras-sainthood

Father Junipero Serra will be canonized by Pope Francis on September 23 in Washington, DC. The canonization has been met with strident protests. Often lost in the discussion is the real Junipero Serra. The Academy of American Franciscan History has produced a short film to provide the basic facts of Serra's life and to introduce the controversy. The video: "Introducing Juniper Serra: The Newest Saint," can be viewed at the following website: https://vimeo.com/139092716. Let the debate continue.

Rose Marie Beebe and Robert Senkewicz' new book "Junipero Serra: California, Indians, and the Transformation of a Missionary," published by the University of Oklahoma Press and the Academy of American Franciscan History is now available for $25 and $5 shipping. Please order at [email protected].