Remembering Student Life

Conventual Franciscan Friar Jacob Carazo is the parochial vicar at St. Paul Church in San Pablo, California. From 1998 to 2003 he was a student working on his Theology degree at the Seraphicum in Rome, Italy. The Seraphicum is the Conventual Franciscans’ Pontifical College. It is connected to the Pontifical Theological Faculty of St. Bonaventure where Friar Jacob also studied.

In his video, Friar Jacob reminisces about his time as a student in Rome. At the Seraphicum he studied with and got to know his Franciscan brothers from 25 different countries – all men whom God was calling to Franciscan life.

The Conventual Franciscans are connected to Assisi where we live in the Sacred Convent and maintain the awe inspiring Basilica of St. Francis. Rome is home to our Order’s administration. At the Friary of the Twelve Holy Apostles – just a short walk from the Piazza Venezia – Minister General Friar Marco Tasca and the general definitory live and work to ensure that our Order best reflects St. Francis and travels to ministries around the world where it is needed.