𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟓 • 𝐒𝐭. 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞

𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓

Perhaps not a household name for most people, Saint Bonaventure, nevertheless, played an important role in both the medieval Church and the history of the Franciscan Order. A senior faculty member at the University of Paris, Saint Bonaventure certainly captured the hearts of his students through his academic skills and insights. But more importantly, he captured their hearts through his Franciscan love for Jesus and the Church. Like his model, Saint Francis, Jesus was the center of everything—his teaching, his administration, his writing, and his life. So much so, that he was given the title “Seraphic Doctor.”

𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐑

𝘚𝘵 𝘉𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴’ 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘚𝘵. 𝘉𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 “𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘺.” 𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘉𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘉𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘮, 𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘰𝘯. 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘯.