Greccio and the First Live Nativity: 800 Years of Tradition
Darleen Pryds, a professor of Spirituality and History at the Franciscan School of Theology, examines the 1223 events at Greccio and brings attention to the frequently overlooked collaboration of laity and the broader participation of the natural world as evidence of a spirituality of interdependence that Francis of Assisi will make even more clear in his "Canticle of Creatures," written two years later.
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Dominic Monti, OFM
Professor of Franciscan Research in the Franciscan Institute of St. Bonaventure University
Dominic V. Monti, OFM, is a Franciscan Friar of Holy Name Province (USA) and currently professor of Franciscan Research in the Franciscan Institute of St. Bonaventure University. He devoted the greater part of his ministry to teaching the History of Christianity, in particular the history of the Franciscan movement. He has contributed two volumes to the Works of St. Bonaventure series and is author of Francis & His Brothers, a popular history of the Friars Minor.