Franciscan Spirit Podcast
Saint Clare’s Leadership in a Time of Division
Margaret Carney, OSF
February 26, 2025
Sister Margaret Carney, OSF, explains how Saint Clare’s leadership structure is needed today.
The Legacies of Helen Prejean and Religious Sisters
Elizabeth Bookser Barkley, PhD
January 31, 2025
Elizabeth Bookser-Barkley, PhD, known by her loved ones and students as “Buffy,” is an English professor and chair of the Department of Liberal Arts at Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati, Ohio. She has her PhD in English and is ...
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Listening to God in Times of Transition
Daniel P. Horan, Phd
January 10, 2025
Dr. Daniel P. Horan is a Professor of Philosophy, Religious Studies, and Theology and Director of the Center for the Study of Spirituality at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana. He is also Affiliated Professor of Spirituality at the ...
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A Mystical Christmas
Thomas Moore
December 18, 2024
Thomas Moore is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Care of the Soul. He has written thirty other books about bringing soul to personal life and culture, including The Soul of Christmas, which was published in 2016 by Franciscan Media. In his ...
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Care for Creation
Keith Douglass Warner, OFM
December 10, 2024
Keith Douglass Warner, OFM, PhD, is associate professor of ethics and spirituality at the Franciscan School of Theology in San Diego. He is a practical social ethicist in the Franciscan tradition, and teaches eco-spirituality, social entrepreneurship, and moral theology. In ...
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Embracing God in Aloneness
Susan Saint Sing, PhD
November 12, 2024
Susan Saint Sing, OFS, PhD, is the author of God’s Love Song with Fr. Murray Bodo and Francis and the San Damiano Cross: Meditations on Spiritual Transformation. She received her doctorate in sport history and kinesiology from Penn State University, and she is ...
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Five Truths to Remember as Political Tensions Intensify