Sharing the Franciscan Intellectual Tradition

at AFCU Symposium

Educating for the Care of Creation:
Contemporary Verses for the Canticle of the Creatures

The Association of Franciscan Colleges and Universities (ACFU) 2010 Symposium at the
University of St. Francis, Fort Wayne, Indiana, is being held on June 8-11, 2010.

 Keynote speaker, Brother Keith Warner OFM, will address the topic of The Incarnation Matters! Franciscan Education for Ecological Conversion.  Plenary speakers include Sisters Kathleen Moffatt OSF and Patricia Smith OSF on Sharing the Franciscan Intellectual Tradition. Bill Cook Ph.D. and Esperanca Camera Ph. D. will speak to the topic of Franciscan Reflections on Created Beauty.  Brother Bill Short OFM will facilitate discussion, process, and the application of the symposium theme.

 The AFCU 2010 Symposium is co-hosted by Lourdes College, Sylvania, Ohio; Madonna University, Livonia, Michigan; Marian University, Indianapolis; Silver Lake College of the Holy Family, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, and the University of St. Francis, Joliet, Illinois.

 We invite you to join us as we learn to apply the Franciscan Intellectual Tradition to our care of creation and make the learning come alive on our campuses and in our lives.

A link to registration information is available at the AFCU website:
http://www.franciscancollegesuniversities.org