Corporate Title and Governance

The Franciscan School of Theology is owned and operated by the Province of St. Barbara of the Order of Friars Minor. The school is a member of the Graduate Theological Union, an ecumenical consortium of nine member-schools in Berkeley, California.

 

The School is governed by a Board of Trustees made up of eight friars of the Province of St. Barbara, and by a Board of Regents made up of lay and religious members.

 

Board of Trustees

• Very Rev. John S. Hardin, OFM, Provincial Minister
• Fr. Ken Laverone, OFM, Provincial Vicar
• Fr. Michael Doherty, OFM
• Fr. Franklin Fong, OFM
• Fr. Oscar Mendez, OFM
• Br. Robert Rodrigues, OFM
• Fr. Joe Schwab, OFM
• Fr. Charles Talley, OFM

Board of Regents

• Mr. Emmet F. Monaghan, Chair
• Fr. Mario DiCicco, OFM
• Mr. Steven L. Ernst
• Ms. Dafri Morgan Estes
• Fr. Franklin Fong, OFM
• Ms. Julie Garvey
• Very Rev. John S. Hardin, OFM
• Dr. Bonnie Hardwick
• Mr. James McCormick
• Mr. Thmoas Peterson
• Dr. Karl Pister
• Ms. Joan Faubert Suttle
• Mr. Kenneth Thomas
• Br. Keith Warner, OFM

Accreditation

The Franciscan School of Theology is accredited by two agencies: Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada (ATS) and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

Houses of Study

The following religious communities send their members to the Franciscan School of Theology for theological education in preparation for ordination or other ministries:

OFM Conventual Friary
19697 Redwood Drive Castro Valley, CA

 

Franciscan Friary
1500-34th Avenue Oakland, CA

Marist Community
St. Peter Chanel Seminary
2335 Warring Street Berkeley, CA