FR ANCISC AN CHAIR LEC TURE Clare, Agnes, and Leadership Shaped by Suffering Wednesday, April 8, 2015 2:00 pm Regina Hall Conference Room T his year’s lecture by Dr. Baumgartner examines the 13th century followers of St. Francis – St. Clare of Assisi and St. Agnes of Prague – and the self-imposed suffering they pursued. The lecture which is free and open to the public will be held on Wednesday, April 8 from 2 to 3 p.m. in Regina Hall at 6832 Convent Blvd., in Sylvania. Dr. Holly Baumgartner, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences “Both Sts. Clare and Agnes gained the respect and admiration of the clergy from Francis himself all the way up to the papacy through the personal suffering they practiced in imitation of the suffering of Christ,” says Dr. Baumgartner. “Clare and Agnes, in part because of the hardship they embraced, were able to shape their own strongly delineated ethical stances and achieve their leadership objectives, including the privilegium paupertatis or ‘privilege of poverty’ so important to their conceptions of piety and penance.” To learn more about the Endowed Chair for Franciscan Integration, visit www.lourdes.edu/franciscanintegration