Gilberto Cavazos-González, OFM Professor of Christian Spirituality, John Duns Scotus Chair of Franciscan Spirituality Education STD, Pontificio Ateneo Antonianum, Roma STL, Pontificio Ateneo Antonianum, Roma MA, Incarnate Word University, San Antonio, TX MDiv, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago BA, Quincy University, Quincy, IL Contact otrebligcg@ctu.edu jdscotus@ctu.edu Biography Dr. Gilberto Cavazos-González, OFM is a Tejano, a Friar Minor (Franciscan) and Full Professor of the Theological Study of Christian Spirituality. Gilberto taught for 15 years at the Catholic Theological Union before moving to Rome to work in Educational Technology at the Franciscan school, the Pontifical University Antonianum. He was also a translator/interpreter for the OFM General Curia. While in Rome, Gilberto continued to be a member of the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality and the Foro di Profesori di Teologia Spirituale in Italia. As such he and a team of three other professors organized an International Congress on methods and approaches to the study of Christian spirituality and spiritual theology in 2019. Along with another professor, he is currently editing the Acta of 2019 International Congress for the study of spirituality. In March of 2020 he became the pontifically appointed Secretary of the Pontificia Academia Mariana Internationalis (PAMI). In June of 2022 Pope Francisco freed him from his position with PAMI so that he could return to CTU as Professor Spirituality, the John Duns Scotus Chair of Franciscan Spirituality and Director of CTU’s Certificate in Franciscan Spirituality Friar Gilberto presents regularly in Spanish, Italian and English on Christian spirituality and spiritual growth for contemporary Christians. He organizes and preaches retreats and workshops for the Franciscan family, especially focusing on the five pillars of Franciscan Spirituality. Finally, he continues his work with various parishes and schools of leadership in Hispanic/Latin@ spirituality and ministry. As past president of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States and as a member of the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality, he continues to pursue his research and writing in the area of Latin@ and Franciscan Spirituality. He is currently working on a book on th