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From the Chair:
As Chair of the Board of the Association of Franciscan Colleges andUniversities, I welcome this new edition of our AFCU Journal and takepleasure in the knowledge that it is now in your hands.
Our editor, Sr. Patricia Hutchison, with the support of Dr. Rosalie Mirenda of Neumann University, has once again provided a veritable feast of published offerings to assist each of our campuses in the work of integration of Franciscan mission with the many facets of our campuses.
Just a few months ago, our association hosted its first Leadership Academy for senior executives. Dr. Peter Holbrook was a major contributor to that program and we are pleased to offer some of his thinking on this important topic here. By the time this reaches you, the news of the coming canonization of Mother Marianne Cope of Molokai will have resounded in Franciscan institutions of the U.S.A. It is providential that this volume offers you material related to her life and work. Our country now boasts its first canonized Framciscan and we can offer her story as a modern example of the enduring values of our charism. Other material here encompasses philosophy, business education, and reviews of important publications and news of recent programs. St. Bonaventure University was pleased to host the first AFCU Leadership Academy and the Symposium on Liberal Education in the Franciscan tradition. Next summer, we pack our bags and head to Viterbo where President Rick Artman and his faculty and staff will host our biennial practical symposium: Franciscan Leadership: Serving, Learning, and Leading.
Be sure to consult our AFCU web site regularly for more information on programs past, present and future. Dr. Kevin Godfrey, our Executive Director, loves to see those "hits" on our "cyber-space office."
May the year just beginning find us constant in our dedication and capable of managing the significant challenges each of our member schools must address day in and day out.
Sincerely yours,
Margaret Carney, OSF
President of St. Bonaventure University
The AFCU Journal:
A FRANCISCAN PERSPECTIVE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
January 20112• Volume 9, Number 1
CONTENTS
From the AFCU Board Chair................ v
From the AFCU Journal Editor.............vi
Articles
The Leadership Story of St. Francis of Assisi:
Toward a Model of Franciscan Leadership for Lay Leaders............1
Peter J. Holbrook, Ph.D.
Emersion Learning at St. Bonaventure's School of Business:
In Pursuit of the Franciscan Tradition..............................17
David D. Blake, Ph.D., OFM & Charles J. Coate, Ph.D. CPA
Among Shadows Forever Nameless:
Mother Marianne and the Lepers of Molokai........................32
Robert McParland, Ph.D.
Neoplatonism and Nature in the Canticle of the Creatures.............43
Lance B. Richey, Ph.D.
Poems
Wonder........................................................62
Adele Thibaudeau, OSF
Communion Procession...........................................63
Larry Janowskl, OFM
Confessional Poem..............................................64
Larry Janowski, OFM
Reach.........................................................65
Judith Emery
The Drama.....................................................66
Judith Emery
From The Canticle of Brother Sun with praise for Sister Clare...........67
Sister Frances Teresa Downing, OSC
Rocky Road....................................................68
Felicity Dorsett, OSF
Book Reviews
When Values Collide: The Catholic Church, Sexual Abuse,
and the Challenges of Leadership..................................69
Joseph Chinnici OFM
Reviewed by Paula J. Scraba, Ph.D.
The Saint and the Sultan:
The Crusades, Islam and Francis of Assisi's Mission of Peace...........71
Paul Moses
Reviewed by Lance Richey, Ph.D.
Francis: The Journey and the Dream................................73
Murray Bodo OFM
Reviewed by Lynn Patrice Lavin, OSF, Ph.D.
About the AFCU
Liberal Education and Franciscan Pedagogies.......................75
Patricia Hutchison, OSF, Ed.D.
Franciscan Leadership Academy..................................79
Kevin Godfrey, Ph.D.
AFCU Symposium 2012..........................................81
Viterbo University
Meet Our Contributors..........................................84
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