Lectures, Audio, & Video

• Francis: The Saint and the Pope (YouTube)  - by Catholic News Service
• Francis of Assisi: Lost Between Myth and History (YouTube) - by Augustine Thompson, O.P.
• Franciscan Religious (YouTube) - Br. Bill Short, OFM (Flagler College; Hispanic Research Center, Arizona State University)
• Renewal in Motion (YouTube) - by the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal
• Secular Franciscan Order - Come and See (YouTube) - by the Trillium Regional Fraternity of Ontario, Canada.
• Spirituality of Francis and Clare of Assisi (YouTube) - by Br. Bill Short, OFM, at Villanova University.
• The Origins of Franciscan Theology: Bonaventure, Master of Paris, Disciple of Assisi (YouTube) - by Fr Paul Rout OFM, Heythrop College, University of London
• Why are There so Many Franciscans? (YouTube) - from the "Breaking in the the Habit" blog by Br. Casey Cole, OFM. Check out A Friar Life: Fr. Bill McConville, OFM (YouTube), also on the 'Breaking in the Habit' blog.
  

Other Online Resources 

• Franciscan School of Theology - Online Master of Theological Studies and Certificate Programs
• Center for Action & Contemplation - Onsite & Online programs with Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM in Albuquerque
• The Franciscan Tradition by the Commission on the Franciscan Intellectual-Spiritual Tradition
• Academy of American Franciscan History
• Franciscan Spirituality Resources - The Irish Franciscans OFM (Na Proinnsiasaigh)
• The Writings of St. Francis of Assisi (PDF) - Translated from the Latin Critical Edition by Fr. K. Esser, OFM.
  
• Benedict XVI - General Audiences during 2010 of special Franciscan interest: Francis of Assisi, Clare of Assisi, Elizabeth of Hungary, Anthony of Padua, Angela of Foligno, John Duns Scotus, The Mendicant Orders and Bonaventure-1, Bonaventure-2, Bonaventure-3.
  
• Bonaventure: Holiness of Life - Translated by Lawrence Costello, OFM. Edited by Fr. Wilfrid, OFM.
• Life of St. Clare written by Thomas of Celano. Translated by Raschal Robinson. The Dolphin Press, 1910.
• Blessed Luchesius of Poggibonsi: First Lay Franciscan Penitent, by Dominic Monti, OFM
• A Reflection on Ramón Llull - by Fr. Mike Higgins, TOR, while Minister General of the Third Order Regular
• For Up to Now 'FUN' manual with Index of the Secular Franciscan Order
• Franciscan Journey by Fr. Lester Bach, OFM and corresponding Franciscan Journey PowerPoint slides
• Franciscan Studies by the Franciscan Province of Malta. Franciscan online studies since 1995.
• Picturing the Franciscan Family - Br. William Short, OFM. A historical overview of the Secular Franciscan Order and their place in the Franciscan family
• A Specific Vocation for a Particular Mission - by Benedetto Lino OFS, a keynote addresses at the XIII General Chapter, held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from 22- 29th October 2011