Papers Session #1

Presider: Shane Owens (Franciscan University of Steubenville)

"St Francis and Robert Grosseteste on the Crucifixtion of Christ: Can We Participate in His Suffering?" Stephen Hildebrand (Franciscan University of Steubenville)

"St. Francis Between the Two Cities" Patrick Auer Jones (Catholic University of America)

"The Catholic University at the Cross: Embracing the Stigmata in the Mission of Franciscan Universities" David L. Whidden, III (Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University)

Papers Session #2

"The Stigmata of St. Francis and the St. Paul's Theology of the Cross: Being Conformed into the Likeness of Christ" Rev. Thomas Weinandy, OFM Cap.

"THe Stigmata as Franciscan Motives of Credibility" Brian T. Besong and Greg Stacey (Saint Francis University)

"The Delectable and Seraphic Wound of Ascent: The Stigmata according to St. John of the Cross" Rev. Maximilian Maria Jaskowak. OP (St. Mary's Seminary and University)

Papers Session #3

"The Stigmata as Pedagogy in a Core Curriculum History Class" Marita von Weissenberg (Xavier University)

"The Divinization of St. Francis in the Human Seraph of Lope de Vega" Kathleen Thorton Spinnenweber (Franciscan University of Steubenville)

"The Liturgical Feast of the Stigmata: Origins, Current Practice, and Theological Meaning" Fr. Patrick Whittle, TOR (Franciscan University of Steubenville)

Student Presentations #1

"Never Be the Same: St. Francis and the Call to Embrace Change: An Art Presentation" Anastasia Camarca

"Some Franciscan Poems: A Reflection and a Recital, or Reading from Joshua Le Huang" Joshua Le Huang

"The TORs and the Stigmata: A Video Documentary" Max Montana

Student Presentations #2

Presider: Ricardo Chaparro-Pacheco (Franciscan University of Steubenville)

"The Stigmata of St. Francis: A Catechetical Pedagogy of the Christology of the Body" Patrick A. Gill

"The Spousal Nature of the Stigmata: Union with Christ Through a Total Gift of Self" Taylor Shea

Student Presentations #3

"St. Francis's Imitation of the Suffering Servant in Isaiah 52:13-52:12" Samantha Oswald

"Atonement, Stigmata, and Personal Vocation" Hugh Kelly

"St. Francis of Assisi: An Exemplar for St. Bonaventure's Philosophy" Jon Logan

Papers Session 4

"The Life of St. Francis and the Stigmata in the Upper Basilica's Frescoes - A Virtual Tour" Alan Schreck (Prof. Emeritus, Franciscan University of Steubenville)

"The Influence of Western Depictions of Francis' Seraph on Russian Iconography" Rev. Seraphim B. Beshoner, TOR

Papers Session 5

"The Way of Charity: Recent Italian Scholarship on the Stigmata of Francis" Rev. Steven J. McMichael, OFM Conv. (University of St. Thomas)

"In corde Jesu: St. Francis, St. Bonaventure, and Dietrich von Hildebrand" Rev. James M. Puglis, TOR (Pontificio Università Gregoriana)

"The Wounds of Christ and the Path of Penance" Fr. Jonathan St. Andre, TOR (Franciscan University of Steubenville)

Paper Session #6

"Sacred Ground: Seeing Christ through Francis's Silence Concerning the Stigmata" Jennifer C. Lane (Brigham Young University)

"Stigmata in the Byzantine Tradition: Representing St. Francis of Assisi in the Orthodox Churches of Latin-ruled Crete and Euboea (Late-14th - Mid-15th Century)" Dragos Nastasoiu (National Museum of Art of Romania)

"The Eschatology of Bonaventure's Sentences Commentary" Aaron Canty (Saint Xavier University)

Paper Session #7

Presider: Alex Plato (Franciscan University of Steubenville)

"The Stigmata of St. Francis in Bonaventure's Itinerarium and the Enduring Provocation of Franciscan Thought for Contemporary Philosophy" William Edward Tullius (American Public University System)

"A Franciscan View of Miracles" Joshua Le Huang (Franciscan University)

"Praedicare est Arborisare: Memory, Imitation, and Nuptiality in Bonaventure's Tree of Life" Shane Owens (Franciscan University of Steubenville)

Paper Session #8

"A Living Icon of the Crucified: The Stigmata of St. Francis of Assisi and the Byzantine Spirituality of Theosis" Gino G. Grivetti (Edgewood College)

"A Medical and Scientific Perspective on the Stigmata" Kyle Christopher McKenna (Franciscan University of Steubenville)

"Applying Bonaventure's Hermeneutic Interpreting Francis of Assisi's Stigmata to the Case of Pio of Pietrelcina" Michelle Blohm (Saint Francis University)