The Biblical Roots of Franciscan Spirituality
The Franciscan School of Theology hosts a variety of lectures from world-class theologians across the globe in this unique series.
One of St. Francis’ earliest biographers, Thomas of Celano, tells us that Francis “lived in the Scriptures.” Francis’ innovations have been described as bringing Christ out of the cloister in the Middle Ages. We will discover how much St. Francis was motivated by a biblical vision through looking at five elements of Franciscan spirituality and discovering their scriptural basis within the writings of St. Francis. The retrieval of St. Francis’ writings leads those interested in Franciscan spirituality to renew Franciscan foundations through the Bible.
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Garrett Galvin, OFM
President and Rector, Franciscan School of Theology
Garrett Galvin was born in December of 1968 in Wilmington, Delaware and joined the friars in 1992. He was ordained in 2000 and worked in parishes in San Francisco and Oceanside for three years, primarily in Latino Ministry, before returning to studies. After receiving his doctorate from the Catholic University of America, he began teaching full time at Franciscan School of Theology and the Graduate Theological Union in 2009, where he taught a variety of courses on the Old and New Testament as well as Hebrew. In 2011 he published a book entitled Egypt as a Place of Refuge. He is also the author of David’s Successors: Kingship in the Old Testament (2016) as well as chapters in The Paulist Biblical Commentary (2018) and The Jerome Biblical Commentary for the Twenty-First Century (2022). He has served as President of the Franciscan School of Theology at the University of San Diego since 2019.