Pilgrims of Hope: Walking in the World in the Spirit of Francis - Sr. Juliet Mousseau

FST Zoom Lecture Series - Spring 2023
Sr. Juliet Mousseau will address how the Franciscan spirit is one of openness and itinerancy, walking in the world as it is with humility and freedom. Over the last several years, this world has been shaped by a pandemic, wars and violence, and ecological destruction. Yet, the world remains holy and good, and Christians are called to witness the goodness of God in every circumstance. With this reality in mind, Pope Francis has named the motto of the jubilee year 2025 “pilgrims of hope.” Imagery from the early Franciscan movement, especially the life of St. Francis and Bonaventure’s Journey of the Mind into God, demonstrates that walking the world as pilgrims of hope brings God’s blessings and goodness to a world greatly in need of the Good News.
Speaker Bio:
Sr. Juliet Mousseau is a Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Vice President for Academic Affairs at FST. She completed her Ph.D. in Historical Theology at Saint Louis University in 2006. She served as a professor of church history at the Aquinas Institute of Theology from 2012 to 2021. Dr. Mousseau’s research is in the areas of the medieval school of St. Victor and contemporary issues in religious life. Her most recent books are Prophetic Witnesses to Joy: A Theology of the Vowed Life and the edited volume of translations, Life at St. Victor.
Introduction: Joe Lonergan, Director of Student Services & Spiritual Formation at the Franciscan School of Theology
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