SBU’s Franciscan Institute launches a new international society for Franciscan Studies

The launch of the International Society of Franciscan Studies, a partnership between the Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University and the Franciscan Study Center at Tilburg University, Netherlands, has recently been announced. This new organization will "promote the collaborative study of the Franciscan movement with special consideration of the theological, historical, spiritual, and pastoral aspects of the movement in the broadest sense."

The International Society of Franciscan Studies is being developed by the institute’s director, Fr. David B. Couturier, O.F.M. Cap., and by Dr. Krijn Pansters of Tilburg University. Couturier will serve as the founding president of the society and Pansters will serve as vice president until an executive board is seated and functioning. The International Society of Franciscan Studies will be formally inaugurated at the start of the new year.

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