Informative Conversation: “Why Do People Still Follow After Francis of Assisi”

📢Coming up at the Santa Bárbara Mission Archive-Library on Friday September 26th from 6-8pm:

“Why Do People Still Follow After Francis of Assisi?”

Featuring: Gene Pistacchio, OFM & Bob Barbato, OFM Capuchin

 

🗣 Well over half a million people around the world today have been inspired by Francis of Assisi to live their lives according to the Gospel of Christ as Francis sought to live.  Through 800 years of history, millions of others have done the same, in every part of the world.  Franciscans are missionaries, teachers, hermits, cloistered nuns, and people going about “ordinary” lives in the world.  Come explore in conversation with Robert Barbato, OFMCap, the Director of a Shrine dedicated to St. Francis in San Francisco, and Gene Pistachio, OFM, Novice Director for the Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe, what there is about Francis of Assisi that keeps attracting people to his way of life.

 

📍Location: Santa Bárbara Mission Archive-Library, 2201 Laguna Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105

🚗Free parking on site | Look for the SBMAL sign on the front portico, to the left.

💲Cost: $50 for the public; $20 for the Franciscan community| RSVP Required | Limited to 25 attendees | Light Refreshments

 

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💡About the Series: Join a select group of those interested in an informative conversation with experts who will first share from a vast store of knowledge, then engage with those present in a lively give & take. (Conducted on the last Friday of the month thru October 2025 with different speakers each month.)

🙌 Series Sponsored by Michael Hardwick and an anonymous donor.