Hi All, Today our RC brothers and sisters celebrate the Memorial of Saint Bonaventure Dr. of the Church. Anglican Franciscans also celebrate his Memorial as well as he was one of the great Franciscan Theologians: July 15 Saint Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Memorial “Now just as no one comes to wisdom save through grace, justice, and knowledge, so none comes to contemplation save through penetrating meditation, holy conversation, and devout prayer.” [1] St. Bonaventure was born near Orvieto in 1221, entered the Franciscan Order in his early twenties, and studied in Paris, where, in 1248, he received a doctorate in theology. In 1257, he was elected Minister General of the Order. In 1273, he became Cardinal of Albano and played a prominent role at the Council of Lyons, which aimed to unite the Latin and Greek Churches. As a theologian, Bonaventure stressed the “mystical illumination which God sheds on the faithful Christian” [2] and sought to unite reason and faith. Classic works of his include the definitive Life of St. Francis, The Mind’s Road to God, and a commentary on Peter Lombard’s Sentences. He was canonized in 1482 and proclaimed a doctor of the Church in 1588 by Sixtus V. PS... For those on the other side of the international date line it is the 15th of July here in Australia