Gilberto Cavazos-González, O.F.M.
Associate Professor of Spirituality
Director of the Hispanic Ministry Program
M.Div., Catholic Theological Union; M.A., Incarnate Word University; S.T.L., S.T.D. Pontificium Atheneum Antonianum, Rome
A former pastor and youth evangelizer in San Antonio, TX, Friar Gilberto Cavazos-González, OFM brings a wealth of ministerial experience to his studies and teaching. As a Latino Spiritualogian, Gilberto has a particular concern for the relationship of Christian spirituality, pastoral ministry, Catholic social teaching and culture to the cotidianidad of human existence. His specific interests include medieval spirituality, Franciscanism, and both the Spanish and Mesoamerican roots of contemporary Hispanic/Latino spirituality.
Gilberto is the 2009-10 Vice-President of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States (ACHTUS), a member of the Catholic Theological Society of America (CTSA), the American Academy of Religion (AAR) and the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality (SSCS).
His publications include: “Liberation Spirituality and the Process of Canonization for St. Clare of Assisi” Cord 52 (July/August 2002) 142-152; “Whom will you welcome this Christmas?” U.S. Catholic 67 (December 2002) 12-15; "Cara y Corazón. Raíces religiosas en un mexicoamericano" Critica LIII, 901 (Enero 2003) 52-53; “Shedding Light on the New Mysteries” U.S. Catholic 68 (October 2003); “Cara y Corazón (Face and Heart): Toward a U.S. Latino Spirituality of Inculturation” New Theology Review (May 2004) 46-55; "Away in a Manger" Preach (Nov/Dec 2004) 20-22; "Pastorcitos del Monte Venid" Catolico (Dec 5 2004); “The Five Pillars of Liberation Spirituality” New Theology Review (Nov 2005) 82-85; “The Spirituality of Study” New Theology Review (May 2007) 70-77; “Tradiciones de Nuestra Fe” in Bulletin Building Blocks, (4 volumes) 2005-2009 Michael E. Novak and Eduardo Rivera [Eds] (Franklin Pk, IL: World Library Publications 2004-08); “La Cotidianidad Divina: A Latin@ Method of Spirituality” in Journal of Hispanic/Latino Theology Sept 2007 [http://www.latinotheology.org/2008/latinoa_method_spirituality]; ”You Don’t Pay me Enough”: La Salvadora Kenotica in US Film and Television” February 2009 [http://www.latinotheology.org/2009/la_salvadora_kenotica].
He has also written entries on Spirituality, Mary, Pilgrimage, and Popular Religion from a Latino perspective, plus a number of sidebars for the Encyclopedia on Hispanic American Religious Culture, Volume 1 & 2, (ABC-CLIO 2009).
His first book Greater than a Mother’s Love: The Spirituality of Francis and Clare of Assisi is scheduled to be in print for the Spring 2010 by the University of Scranton Press.
Email: otrebligcg at ctu.edu
