Br William J Short Ofm Stl StdBr. William Short, O.F.M, S.T.L., S.T.D., is a professor of Christian spirituality at the Franciscan School of Theology in Oceanside, California. A Franciscan friar, he has dedicated his scholarly work to a retrieval of the Franciscan tradition of sprituality and theology. The co-editor of a three-volume series of English translations of all the documents written by St. Francis of Assisi and his earliest biographers, he has published works on the history of the Franciscan movement and its spirituality. Read More Read Less