John Quigley, a Franciscan Friar and priest, is an accomplished public speaker and a talented artist. He is a member of the Franciscan Province of St. John the Baptist (Cincinnati, Ohio) of the Order of Friars Minor and citizen of Canada. In 1982 he became the coordinator of social justice, peace and environmental concerns for the friars of his province and the president of the North American OFM Justice and Peace Council while publishing “Mustard Seed” an international Franciscan monthly periodical. He has studied the thought of the medieval Franciscan philosopher John Duns Scotus and as a member of the team for “Franciscan Pilgrimage Programs” leads groups of pilgrims to Rome and Assisi to retrace the footsteps of St. Francis of Assisi.
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About John Quigley
John Quigley, a Franciscan Friar and priest, is an accomplished public speaker and a talented artist. He is a member of the Province of St. John the Baptist (Cincinnati, Ohio) of the Order of Friars Minor and citizen of Canada. He began his pastoral and preaching ministry in 1974 as co-leader with Richard Rohr of the New Jerusalem Community in Cincinnati.
In 1979-81, John studied the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius with the Jesuits at Milford, Ohio. Called to Rome in 1988 he was the international coordinator for the efforts of the Franciscan Friars (OFM) in the areas of justice, peace making and care for creation. From there in 1998 he went to Geneva, Switzerland as the Director of Franciscans International a Non-Governmental Organization at the United Nations, where for ten years John coordinated work for the promotion and protection of human rights. Today, he leads retreats on various topics, pilgrimages to Ireland and Rome, as well as guided painting workshop retreats. He continues to paint when time allows.
