St. Francis of Assisi

Study & Theology: A Conversation with Garrett Galvin

The following is an excerpt from Franciscan Media’s interview with Garrett Galvin, OFM, the president of the Franciscan School of Theology, for Ep. 7 of our Off the Page Podcast.

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Simplicity Is Our Goal

When you agree to live simply, the ethics and economics of war reveal themselves in all their evil and stupidity.
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Gaze upon a Loving God

When you agree to live simply, you have little to protect and no desire for acquisition, even for acquisition of any “moral capital.”
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Psalm 23 in the Bible

Study & Theology: Studying My Way to God

God has a way of hooking us. God hooked me through academic study. As a freshman in college, I was taking a Medieval History course when I was assigned The Little Flowers of St. Francis. I hated it. I found it ...
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The Word Dwells in Creation

As the Word dwells in the human person, so, too, the same Word dwells in creation.
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Study & Theology: Francis, the Opposite of Practical

“If the degree would look good on your resume, go for it!” That was Dad’s response when I told him that I was thinking about getting a master’s degree in Franciscan theology. As a parent, Dad was particularly concerned about ...
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a man is making music with a guitar

‘Come Before Him with Joyful Song’

Francis loved to sing. It freed his spirit and turned the human voice, so often an organ of selfishness and sin, into an instrument of celebration.
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