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Couturier, Fr. David B., O.F.M. Cap.

  • Fr. David Couturier, O.F.M. Cap.

    • ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT
    Theology and Franciscan Studies
    ACADEMIC SCHOOL
    School of Arts and Sciences

    TITLES/RESPONSIBILITIES
    Associate Professor, Theology and Franciscan Studies
    Executive Director, Franciscan Institute
    CONTACT
    Office phone: (716) 375-2160
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    OFFICE
    Murphy Professional Building 100
    COURSES TAUGHT
    ACADEMIC DEGREES
    • Ph.D., Pastoral Psychology and Organizational Studies, Graduate Theological Foundation.
    • D.Min., Pastoral Counseling, Graduate Theological Foundation.
    • Lic. Psych., Clinical Psychology, Gregorian University.
    • M. Div., Maryknoll School of Theology.
    • B.A., English Literature, St. Anselm College.
    • Certificate in Mediation, Mediation Works, Suffolk University School of Law (Boston, 2011)
    • Post-Graduate Certificate in Organizational Development, William Alanson White Institute for Psychiatry, Psychology and Psychoanalysis, Organizational Development Program.
    • Post-Graduate Studies in Family Therapy, Ackerman Institute for Family Therapy, New York, NY, 1987
    • Psychotherapeutic Internship, Centro di Consultazione, Institute of Psychology, Rome, Italy
    • Psychology Clerkship in Clinical Diagnostics, New York Hospital- Cornell Medical Center, White Plains, NY
    OTHER EDUCATION
    PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
    ACCOMPLISHMENTS
    • â€Àá²Ô³Ù°ù´Ç»å³Ü³¦³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô,†Build with Living Stones (St. Bonaventure, NY: Franciscan Institute Publications, 2015), i-ii. 
    • “Catholic Priests and their People: Changing Dynamics,†Foundation Theology 2014. John Moses, ed. (Mishawaka, IN: Graduate Theological Foundation, 2014), 75-91. 
    • “The Globalization of Indifference and the Franciscan Imagination,†(October, 2014), accessed at: . 
    • “Young Adults, Consumerism, and the Uncluttered Soul: The Seven Sorrowful Mysteries of Stuff,†(April, 2014) accessed at: .  
    • “Franciscans as Consumers,†Franciscan Action Network White Papers. 
    • “Was the Year for Priests a Success? Measures of Organizational Effectiveness,†Seminary Journal 16:2   (September 2011), p. 70-76. 
    • “At Odds with Ourselves: Polarization and the Learning Cultures of Priesthood,†in. Rev. J. Ronald Knott, ed., A Bishop and His Priests Together: Resources for Building More Intentional Presbyterates (Louisville: Sophronismos Press, 2011), p.75-90.
    • “The Catholics We Are Becoming,†Origins 41: 4 (June 2, 2011) p. 56-61.
    • “I Still Desire to Work: Franciscans and the Problem of Underemployment in America,†Franciscan Action Network White Paper (2009). 
    • “Pastoral Planning and the Economic Meltdown,†Church Magazine (Fall, 25:3, 2009), p. 4-8. 
    • The Four Conversions: A Spirituality of Transformation (South Bend, IN: The Victoria Press, 2008). 
    • The Fraternal Economy: A Pastoral Psychology of Franciscan Economics (South Bend, IN: Cloverdale Books, 2007).
    • “Franciscans and Revenue Generation: Paying for our Economic Recovery,†Franciscan Action Network White Paper, March 6, 2009 (Washington, DC: Franciscan Action Network, 2009), accessed at: http://www.franciscanaction.org/Upload_Module/upload/Franciscans_and_Revenue_Generation_March09.pdf. 
    • “Franciscans and the Financial Crisis: What we can do to Help,†Franciscan Action Network White Paper (Washington, DC: Franciscan Action Network, 2009). http://www.franciscanaction.org/ Upload_Module/upload/ Franciscans%20and%20the%20Financial%20Crisis_Couturier_Feb%2009.pdf 
    • “Priestly Formation, Dean Hoge and the First Wisdom of Sociology,†Seminary Journal, Winter issue (December 2010). 
    • “Teaching Human Resource Management to Seminarians,†Seminary Journal (Spring, 2009). 
    • “Helping Serious Discerners Prepare for Pastoral Formation,†Horizon 33:4 (Summer 2008), pp. 10-17; 
    • “L’émergence d’une économie fraternelle au sein de l’ordre des frères mineurs Capucins,†in Alessandra Aula and Michael Mutzner (eds.), Pauvreté dans le monde: Réflexions  Franciscaines (Geneva: Franciscans International Press, 2007), pp. 7-17; 
    • “The Rise of the Relational Economy in the Capuchin Franciscan Order,†in Alessandra Aula and Michael Mutzner (eds.), World Poverty: Franciscan Reflections (Geneva: Franciscans International Press, 2007), pp. 7-16; 
    • “Lo Sviluppo dell’economia raternal nelle lettere circolari di Fra John Corriveau,†Italia Francescana 81 (2006), pp. 5-11;
    • “Seminarians and Globalization,†Seminary Journal 13:1 (Spring, 2007), pp. 71-78;
    • “When Religious Leadership Fails: The Psychology of Administrative Scandals,†Human Development 28:1 (2007), pp. 5-11; 
    • “Hope and Security: New Foundations,†Horizon 32:1 (Fall, 2006), pp. 11-16; 
    • “Religious Life at a Crossroads,†Origins 36:12 (August 31, 2006), pp. 181-188; 
    • “How Importing Foreign Born Members is affecting Vocation Ministry and the U.S. Church,†Horizon (Summer, 2005), pp. 3-9; 
    • “Formation Advising in Seminaries: The Impact of International Enrollments,†Seminary Journal 11:3 (Winter, 2005), pp. 21-29; 
    • “WspÏŒlnota miÄ™dzynarodowego wspÏŒlczucia: Formacja ponowicjacka w relacyjnej ekonomii kapucyÅ„skiego sposoby, Assisi, September, 2004, www.ofmcap.org/ pl/formazionepostnovidoc.htm;
    • “Sytuacje ekstremalne: Formacja Franciszkanska I antropologia ekomii braterskiej,†Assisi, March 2004.
    • Les Communautés de Compassion Internationale: La Formation en Post-Noviciat dans L’économie relationelle en la vie Capucines.†www. Ofmcap.org/doc/david_couturier-international_compassion-fr.pdf. 
    • “Itinerario nas Situacoes Estreme: Formaçao Franciscana e Antropologica da Economia Fraterna,†Analecta 120: 2 (September, 2004), pp. 710-720; 
    • “Itinerario nelle Situzioni Estreme: La Formazione Francescana e Antropologia dell’ economia Fraterna,†Analecta 120:2 (September, 2004), pp. 700-709; 
    • “Itineraro de la Situaciones Extremas: FormaciÏŒn Franciscana y Antropologia de la Economia Fraterna,†Analecta 120:2 (September, 2004), pp. 689-699; 
    • “Itinerarium in Extremis: Franciscan Formation and the Anthropology of the Fraternal Economy,†Analecta 120:2 (September, 2004), pp. 679-688; 
    • “At Odds with Ourselves: Polarization and the Learning Cultures of Priesthood,†Seminary Journal 9:3 (Winter, 2003), pp. 64-71; 
    • “Intercongregational Cooperation in Matters of Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation,†Franciscan International Publications, www. Franciscansinternational.org/ news /article.php?id=252 (November 27, 2003);
    • “Prophetic Preaching after a War,†Touchstone 18:4 (Summer, 2003), pp. 13-25; 
    • “Minority and Poverty Eradication: The International Dimensions of Christ’s Compassion in 21st Century Franciscan Communities,†May 2003 www. Capuchin.net; 
    • “Franciscans International and the United Nations after the Iraqi War,†(2003), www. Capuchin.net; 
    • “Una Guerra Giusta in Tempo di Terrorismo: Una Prospettiva Francescana,†Franciscans International Publications. www. Franciscansinternational.org;
    • “Franciscans International and a Commitment to the Poor in an Age of Terrorism,†The Bulletin XXXIX 10 (Winter, 2002), pp. 1-9; 
    • “The Learning Cultures of Religious Life,†InFormation 6:5 (November/December 1998), pp. 1-10; 
    • “Whole System Change and the Cultures of Obedience in Religious Communities,†CMSM Forum (Summer, 1997), p. 1-5;
    • “The Re-Invention of Work in Religious Communities of Men,†New Theology Review 11:3 (August 1998), pp. 22-35;
    • “Complaints about Treatment in Religious Communities,†Human Development 18:2 (Summer, 1997), pp. 10-15; 
    • “Structures of Ambivalence: The Institutional Dilemma of Religious Formation,†InFormation 141 (April/May 1992), pp. 1-9; 
    • “The Anthropology of the Christian Vocation: A Book Review,†Review for Religious 50:4 (July/August 1991), pp. 629-630;
    • “Structural Sin, Structural Conversion and Religious Formation,†Review for Religious 50:3 (May/June 1991), pp. 406-417;
    • “A Spirituality of Refounding,†in Gerald A Arbuckle and David L. Fleming (eds.), Religious Life: Rebirth through Conversion (New York: Alba House, 1990), pp. 81-104; 
    • “From Diversity to Disparity: The Structural Conversion of Religious Life,†Horizon 14:4 (Fall, 1989), pp. 23-28; 
    • “Religious Community and Structural Conversion,†CMSM Forum 54 (Fall, 1989), pp. 19-24; 
    • “Life in Minority: From Trans-Cultural to Trans-Economic Formation II,†The Cord 38:11 (December, 1988), pp. 326-333; 
    • “Life in Minority: From Trans-Cultural to Trans-Economic Formation I,†The Cord 38:10 (November, 1988), pp. 293-304; 
    • “Franciscan Minority and Prophetic Presence: A Psychological Perspective,†in E. Covi, Francescanesimo e Profezia  (Rome, 1985), pp. 664-673; 
    • “The Capacity to promote Justice,†Human Development 63 (Fall, 1985), pp. 34-40; 
    • “Seminarians and Social Justice: A Psychological Investigation of Criteria for Admission to Orders,†Laurentianum 26 (1985), pp. 31-72.
    TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
    CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS/PROJECTS
    The psychology of globalization, consumerism, human trafficking, the Franciscan imagination, the millennial generation.
    PERSONAL INTERESTS/COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
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