FST At A Glance

The Franciscan School of Theology is a thriving community of teaching, learning and ministry in Berkeley, California. FST is a Roman Catholic graduate theological school, owned and operated by the Province of Saint Barbara of the Order of Friars Minor. Rooted in 800 years of Franciscan tradition, FST is a place where the issues and concerns of society intersect theological education.

 

FST is a member school of the Graduate Theological Union, an ecumenical consortium of nine schools. FST is accredited by The Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada, and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

 

FST students and alumni are workers in the fields of a spiritually starving world. They provide for the poor; they promote social justice; they care for the suffering in homes and hospitals; they learn from their brothers and sisters in other cultures; they console the dying; they provide comfort to the neglected in community centers; they teach the stories of our faith in schools; they educate adults, young and old, in our churches; they celebrate the sacraments in our parishes; they are – in the spirit of Clare and Francis of Assisi – Christian witnesses in the world.