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. Melvin Jurisich, OFM, Provincial Minister
Fr. Thomas West, OFM, Provincial Vicar
Br. Peter Boegel, OFM
Fr. Franklin Fong, OFM
Br. John Kiesler, OFM
Fr. Kenneth Laverone, OFM
Fr. James Lockman, OFM
Fr. Oscar Mendez, OFM

Board of Regents

Ms. Joan Faubert Suttle, Chair
Mr. Edward Dantzig
Rev. Mario DiCicco, OFM
Ms. Dafri Estes
Ms. Martha Fleetwood
Ms. Julie Garvey
Dr. Bonnie Hardwick
Very Rev. Melvin Jurisich, OFM
Dr. Mary Lyons
Mr. James McCormick
Mr. Emmet F. Monaghan
Dr. Karl Pister
Br. John Summers, OFM
Mr. Ken Thomas
Mr. Donald Ulrich
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).

Institutional Memberships

The Franciscan School of Theology is a member of the following professional and academic organizations:

Association of Graduate Programs in Ministry
Association of Theological Field Educators
Catholic Association of Theological Field Educators
National Association of Lay Ministry
National Catholic Education Association

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:

Franciscan Friary
1920-7th Street Berkeley, CA

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