"Why Do People Still Follow After Francis of Assisi?"
September 26th, 2025
Featuring Gene Pistacchio, OFM & Bob Barbato, OFM Capuchin
Join a select group of those interested in an informative conversation with different monthly experts who will first share from a vast store of knowledge, then engage with those present in a lively give & take.
Location: Santa Bárbara Mission Archive-Library, 2201 Laguna Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105
Free parking on site | Look for the SBMAL sign on the front portico, to the left.
Cost: $50 per event for the general public; $20 for the Franciscan community | RSVP Required | Limited to 25 attendees | Light Refreshments
🗣 Well over half a million people around the world today have been inspired by Francis of Assisi to live their lives according to the Gospel of Christ as Francis sought to live. Through 800 years of history, millions of others have done the same, in every part of the world. Franciscans are missionaries, teachers, hermits, cloistered nuns, and people going about "ordinary" lives in the world. Come explore in conversation with Robert Barbato, OFMCap, the Director of a Shrine dedicated to St. Francis in San Francisco, and Gene Pistachio, OFM, Novice Director for the Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe, what there is about Francis of Assisi that keeps attracting people to his way of life.
www.sbmal.org/events for details of the series.
To get tickets directly:
https://www.sbmal.org/events-1/an-educating-conversation-why-do-people-still-follow-after-francis-of-assisi
Note: This Facebook Event post is not tracking your RSVP. Please head to the ticketing link to purchase directly from the SBMAL website. Thank you!
You may also like the following events from Santa Bárbara Mission Archive-Library:
