Disciplines of the Beloved Community
Br. Clark Berge SSF, Guardian of the Friary of St. Francis at Hilfield in Dorset, UK and a priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia, WA, was educated at Whitman College and The General Theological Seminary. He joined the Society of St. Francis in 1989 and has served in friaries in New York, California, The Solomon Islands, and is now serving a six year term in the United Kingdom. As a brother, he has worked as a University Chaplain, as Clinic Director of a mobile medical unit, manager in a shelter for adolescents, and founded a program for social justice on Long Island, NY. Within the community he has served as Guardian, Assistant Minister Provincial and Minister General of the order from 2007-2017. He is the author of two books, the most recent Running to Resurrection published by Canterbury Press in 2019.