All Souls’ Day: The Beauty of Each Life
Darleen Pryds, PhD
November 2, 2024
On my first visit to Rome, I rushed to see St. Peter’s. It was a church I had drawn when I was in third grade
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Darleen Pryds, PhD
Darleen Pryds, PhD, is the academic director of the Master of Theological Studies-Franciscan Theology online degree at the Franciscan School of Theology (FST) in San Diego, California. She has taught at FST since 2001 and has a special interest in lay Franciscan spirituality and leadership.
Study & Theology: Studying My Way to God
Darleen Pryds, PhD
October 23, 2024
God has a way of hooking us. God hooked me through academic study. As a freshman in college, I was taking a Medieval History course when I was assigned The Little Flowers of St. Francis. I hated it. I found it overly sentimental and syrupy. I also longed for the kind of spiritual community the book showed me was possible. And that’s how God hooked me: by introducing me to something I rejected on the one hand, and found compelling on the other. It was the semester I left institutional Christianity and started to search for God.
Transitus, Lady Jacoba, and the Care of Baking Cookies
Darleen Pryds, PhD
October 3, 2024
How we choose to commemorate this poignant transition in Francis’ life speaks volumes about our own faith.
Lady Jacoba and the Spirituality of Presence
Darleen Pryds, PhD
September 24, 2024
What do cookies have to do with Franciscan spirituality? When St. Francis was on his deathbed, a seemingly simple treat brought by his good friend Lady Jacoba lifted his spirits and soothed his suffering.
Spirituality & Sport: Training to Be Present
Darleen Pryds, PhD
July 24, 2024
Perhaps in the only way I am like any of the elite athletes who compete at the Olympics, I can sometimes let circumstances overwhelm me or distract me from being present in the moment.
Greccio and the First Live Nativity: 800 Years of Tradition
Darleen Pryds, PhD
October 24, 2023
While the tradition of a live Nativity scene dates back to 1223, St. Francis’ approach to the incarnation and the birth of Jesus remains revolutionary and spiritually transformative for today.
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