The Franciscan Institute of Spirituality, part of the Pontifical Athenaeum known as the “Antonianum” provides academic, scientific and practical training for future teachers of spirituality, formation personnel and animators.

It is an Institute of general spirituality, with particular attention given to Franciscan spirituality and related fields of study. Established as part of the theology faculty, the Institute provides teaching for the academic degrees of Licence and Doctorate in Sacred Theology with a specialisation in spirituality.

The required attendance is for a period of two years, or four semesters, for a total of 56 hours, distributed into 12 hours of theological formation, 38 hours of specialisation – which in turn are divided into 22 hours of obligatory courses and 16 hours of optional courses - 4 hours of seminars and 2 hours of methodology.

The Institute is open to priests, religious men and women and lay persons who meet the requirements for admission to the second cycle of the Faculty of Theology.