Franciscan Institute News, Publications & Research

Franciscan Institute awards its highest honor to Dr. Jeremiah Hackett and Dr. Thomas Maloney

Jul 21, 2022 | Jeremiah Hackett, Professor of Philosophy Emeritus of the University of South Carolina (Columbia). and Thomas S. Maloney, Professor of Philosophy Emeritus of the University of Kentucky (Louisville), have been awarded the Franciscan Institute Medal at St. Bonaventure University by Institute Director Fr. David B. Couturier, O.F.M. Cap.

The Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure publishes ‘The Gospel Life of St. Francis’ handbook and videos

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Former SBU President Carney publishes biography of St. Clare

Mar 16, 2022 | Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F., president emeritus of St. Bonaventure University, recently published a new biography of St. Clare of Assisi. The work is titled "Light of Assisi: The Story of Saint Clare" and is available from Franciscan Media.

Couturier joins panel for 'Justice at the Margins' Conference

Feb 16, 2022 | Fr. David B. Couturier, O.F.M. Cap., associate professor of theology and executive director of the Franciscan Institute, joined Cardinal Alvaro Ramazzini of Guatemala and Sr. Tracy Horan, advocacy director at the Kino Border in Arizona, for a panel discussion on "Justice at the Margins" Conference in Washington on Jan. 31, 2022.

Book by Calabria focuses on 'The Language of the Taj Mahal'

Nov 05, 2021 | A book on the inscriptional program of the Taj Mahal by Fr. Michael Calabria, O.F.M., Ph.D., associate professor and director of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies at St. Bonaventure, has been published by I.B. Tauris.

SBU’s Franciscan Institute receives grant for Health Professions Franciscan mission training

Oct 04, 2021 | The Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the Galasso Foundation to provide Franciscan mission-based leadership training to faculty and students in the School of Health Professions at the university.

SBU’s Franciscan Institute appoints associate editor of Franciscan Studies

Sep 13, 2021 | The Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University has announced the appointment of Dr. Aaron Gies as associate editor of its academic journal, Franciscan Studies.

St. Bonaventure’s Franciscan Institute hosts hundreds at its summer 2021 programs

Jul 23, 2021 | The Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University welcomed more than 420 people at its courses, seminars and workshops this summer.

St. Bonaventure’s Franciscan Institute appoints Franciscan Research Fellow

Jul 20, 2021 | The Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University has appointed Dr. Luke Togni as a research fellow in Franciscan studies in the institute.

Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure to present Ignatius Brady Lecture series

Jul 07, 2021 | The Ignatius Brady, O.F.M., Memorial Endowment Lecture, presented annually by the Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University, is being offered this year as a five-lecture series.

Major Franciscan studies journal publishes article by Gies

Mar 04, 2021 | An article by Dr. Aaron Gies, visiting professor of theology and Franciscan studies, and a fellow for Franciscan research at the Franciscan Institute, has been published in Archivum Franciscanum Historicum, a peer-reviewed major resource tool for scholars of Franciscan history.

SBU’s Franciscan Institute publishes new book on St. Bonaventure

Nov 18, 2020 | The Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University has published a new volume of articles on the theology, philosophy and spirituality of St. Bonaventure of Bagnoregio.

Couturier publishes peer-reviewed article in Cross Currents

Oct 27, 2020 | Fr. David Couturier, OFM. Cap., associate professor of theology and director of the Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure, published a peer-reviewed article in Cross Currents 70:2 (2020), 131-144.

Franciscan Leadership Training Program holds inaugural session

Oct 27, 2020 | The Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University launched its new Franciscan Leadership Training Program for the friars and ministry leaders of the Atonement Franciscan community on Wednesday, Oct. 21. About 100 individuals participated in the training program.

SBU’s Franciscan Institute publishes Franciscan Women’s Volume

Sep 30, 2020 | The Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University has published a new volume titled “Franciscan Women: Female Identities and Religious Culture, Medieval and Beyond.”

Campus community to join in St. Francis Week celebrations at St. Bonaventure University

Sep 24, 2020 | The St. Bonaventure community is invited to join together and celebrate its St. Francis Week 2020 with a week of events beginning Monday, Sept. 28.

SBU’s Franciscan Institute partners with Dutch university to develop international Franciscan Blog

Jun 15, 2020 | The Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University will this summer initiate the first International Franciscan Blog in partnership with The Franciscan Study Center at Tilburg University in the Netherlands.

SBU’s Franciscan Institute to take over sole sponsorship of Padua Program

May 04, 2020 | The Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University will this summer become the sole sponsor of the Padua Program, a unique initiative that trains mission leaders of Franciscan institutions.

Fr. David Couturier, O.F.M. Cap., leads workshop for health system convocation

Oct 11, 2019 | Fr. David Couturier, O.F.M. Cap., associate professor of theology and Franciscan studies, gave a presentation on Oct. 1 at the Senior Management Convocation of the BayCare Health System in Clearwater, Florida.

Couturier publishes paper in journal

Sep 24, 2019 | Fr. David Couturier, O.F.M. Cap., recently published an article in Educatio Catholica, the journal of the Congregation for Catholic Education (Vatican).