Gilberto Cavazos-González
Fray Dr. Gilberto Cavazos-González, OFM, SThD is a Friar Minor with a doctorate in spirituality from the Pontifical University Antonianum in Rome, Italy. He is a native of the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, where he formerly served as a pastor and youth evangelizer in San Antonio. As a Latino Spiritualogian, he has a particular concern for the relationship of Christian spirituality, Catholic social teaching and pastoral ministry. His academic research interests include methods for the study of Christian Spirituality, Franciscanism, art and spirituality, Marian spirituality, Hispanic/Latin@ spirituality, and Spiritual Formation. For over 15 years, he taught Christian spirituality at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago and is a full professor of Spirituality Studies. Currently, he is the Director of Technology Teaching at the Antonianum, teaches in an online program, and is Treasurer of the Pontifical Academy of Mary International (PAMI). He has preached at many retreats and parish missions, and has spoken at academic conferences in the United States, Mexico, Europe, and South America. Fray Dr. Cavazos-González has written several books on Christian, Latino/a, and Franciscan spiritualities. His book Tradiciones of Our Faith: A Resource for Intercultural Faith Sharing (World Library Publications, 2012) was awarded a 2014 International Latino Book Award (IBLA), and he authored the Chapter on Spirituality Studies for the Wiley Blackwell Companion to Latino/a Theology (Wiley, 2015). Fray Dr. Cavazos-González is currently writing a book on the Marian Spirituality of Sor Juana de la Cruz Vásquez Gutiérrez, a Spanish Franciscan sister who was a mystic, a pastor, and a preacher to royalty, prelates, nuns, and her parishioners in the early 1500s.
