Virgo Ecclesia Facta : The Presence of Mary in the Crucifix of San Damiano and in the Office of the Passion of St. Francis of Assisi

Fr. Johannes Schneider, OFM, was born June 25, 1956, in Schwaz in the Austrian Tyrol. He graduated in 1974 from the Lyceum of the Franciscans in Hall, Tyrol; after military service he studied painting and pedagogy of art at the Academy of Fine Arts, at the same time (1975) he began the study of theology in Vienna. On Oct. 26, 1977, he entered the novitiate of the Franciscan Province of Tyrol. He completed his theological studies in 1982 with the degree of Bachelor from the theological faculty of the University of Salzburg, and was ordained priest, September 24, 1982. He studied Franciscan spirituality at the Franciscan Institute, St. Bonaventure, N.Y. from 1983 to 1984, where he earned the degree of Master of Arts. From 1985 to 1989 at Salzburg he was in charge of pastoral activity and formation for his Province. In 1989 he began the study of spiritual theology with a specialization in Franciscan spirituality at the Pontifical Athenaeum of St. Anthony (Antonianum) in Rome. He gained the Licentiate in 1991 and was awarded the Doctorate on November 15, 1993, after an oral exam and public defense of this dissertation. Since then he has been active in programs of formation for his Province.Schneider, Johannes is the author of 'Virgo Ecclesia Facta : The Presence of Mary in the Crucifix of San Damiano and in the Office of the Passion of St. Francis of Assisi', published 2004 under ISBN 9781601140272 and ISBN 1601140274.