Dr Leonardo Franchi

  • Lecturer (Pedagogy, Praxis & Faith)

telephone: 01413303433
email: Leonardo.Franchi@glasgow.ac.uk

R530a Level 5, St Andrews Building, Glasgow, G3 6NH

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975

Biography

Leonardo Franchi teaches on a range of undergraduate courses and supervises masters / doctoral dissertations. He is a member of the Executive of the Association of Catholic Institutes of Education (a reserach group of the International Federation of Catholic Universities). In September 2024 Leonardo was appointed co-convenor of the Scottish Catholic Historical Association.  

Leonardo is a Series Editor for Catholic Education Globally - Challenges and Opportunities (Springer) and Education and Integral Human Development (Catholic University of America Press).

Leonardo is Professor of Catholic Education in the University of Notre Dame Australia.

 

 

 

Research interests

Leonardo has made a significant scholarly contribution to the study of Catholic education. He has co-written and co-edited the Reclaiming the Piazza series. His scholarly interests include religious education, teacher formation and the potential of the liberal arts to shape higher education. He would be delighted to hear from prospective PhD students with an interest in the areas highlighted above.

NB: Please see our webpage on PhD studies for further information on how to apply for doctoral study at the University of Glasgow.

Publications

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2025

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2025) Catholic action in Scotland: the early years of the Guild of Catholic Teachers. In: Power, Maria and Bush, Jonathan (eds.) Lay Catholic Societies in Twentieth Century Britain. Series: Catholic record society: monograph series. Boydell & Brewer: Suffolk. ISBN 9780902832367

2024

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2024) Shared Mission: Religious Education in the Catholic Tradition, Revised Edition. Series: Education and integral human development. Catholic Education Press / Catholic University of America Press: Washington, D.C.. ISBN 9781949822403

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2024) Catholic social teaching and the role of the state in education. In: Booth, P and Azevedo Aves, A. (eds.) Freedom, Globalisation, Enterprise and Civil Society in 21st century Catholic Social Teaching. St Mary’s University Press: London.

2023

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2023) Lights for the Path, by John Sullivan. Heythrop Journal, (doi: 10.1111/heyj.14234)[Book Review] (Early Online Publication)

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2023) Thomas Shields and the Renewal of Catholic Education. Series: Education and integral human development. Catholic Education Press /Catholic University of America Press. ISBN 9781949822380

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2023) Editorial: Catholic education and the liberal arts. Religions, 14(4), 539. (doi: 10.3390/rel14040539)

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2023) Thomas Shields, music and character formation. International Journal of Evangelization and Catechetics, 4(1), pp. 45-61.

2022

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2022) The formation of character in education: from Aristotle to the 21st Century. International Studies in Catholic Education, 14(2), pp. 247-249. (doi: 10.1080/19422539.2021.1949155)[Book Review]

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 and Rymarz, Richard (Eds.) (2022) Formation of Teachers for Catholic Schools: Challenges and Opportunities in a New Era. Series: Catholic education globally: challenges and opportunities. Springer: Singapore. ISBN 9789811947261

2021

Convery, Ronnie, Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 and Valero, Jack (Eds.) (2021) Reclaiming the Piazza III: Communicating Catholic Culture. Gracewing: Leominster. ISBN 9780852449523

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2021) Brian Pedraza, Catechesis for the New Evangelization: Vatican II, John Paul II, and the Unity of Revelation and Experience. Innes Review, 72(1), pp. 97-99. (doi: 10.3366/inr.2021.0297)[Book Review]

Blackman, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9639-5569 and Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2021) Fratelli tutti and the dialogic spirit of Catholic Higher Education: a reflection on Christian Humanism and online learning. EducA: International Catholic Journal of Education, 7, pp. 50-58.

Davis, Robert ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5067-7357 and Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2021) Catholic education and the idea of curriculum. Journal of Catholic Education, 24(2), pp. 104-119. (doi: 10.15365/joce.2402062021)

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2021) Reshaping religious education. Review of Religious Education and Theology, 2021(1), pp. 127-140.

2020

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2020) Stephen Bullivant, Mass exodus: Catholic disaffiliation in Britain and America since Vatican II. Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2019. 309 pp. £22 hardback. ISBN 9780198837947. Innes Review, 71(1), pp. 134-136. (doi: 10.3366/inr.2020.0260)[Book Review]

2019

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2019) Anchoring authority. Church Life Journal(Oct 22),

Rymarz, Richard and Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2019) Catholic Teacher Preparation: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Preparing for Mission. Series: Emerald studies in teacher preparation in national and global contexts. Emerald Publishing. ISBN 9781787560079 (doi: 10.1108/9781787560062)

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2019) John Watts, A Beautiful Fragrance The Story of Margaret Sinclair in Words and Pictures, text by John Watts. Innes Review, 70(1), pp. 106-109. (doi: 10.3366/inr.2019.0219)[Book Review]

2018

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2018) Authentic religious education: A question of language? Religions, 9(12), 403. (doi: 10.3390/rel9120403)

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (Ed.) (2018) Catholicism, Culture, Education. L'Harmattan: Paris. ISBN 9782343162522

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2018) Educating in Christ: A Practical Handbook for Developing the Catholic Faith from Childhood to Adolescence for Parents, Teachers, Catechists and School Administrators. Catechetical Review, 4(4), p. 33. [Book Review]

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2018) RE and Catholic education: a Scottish perspective. In: Whittle, Sean (ed.) Researching Catholic Education: Contemporary Perspectives. Springer: Singapore, pp. 219-230. ISBN 9789811078071 (doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-7808-8_17)

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 and Robinson, Leon (2018) Religious and moral education. In: Bryce, T.G.K., Humes, W.M., Gillies, D. and Kennedy, A. (eds.) Scottish Education. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, UK, pp. 490-496. ISBN 9781474437844

2017

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2017) The importance of reading. Chéile: A Catholic School Ethos Journal, 28, pp. 15-16.

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 and Rymarz, Richard (2017) The education of teachers for Catholic schools: responding to changed cultural contexts. International Studies in Catholic Education, 9(1), pp. 2-16. (doi: 10.1080/19422539.2017.1286905)

Convery, R., Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 and McCluskey, Raymond (Eds.) (2017) Reclaiming the Piazza II: Catholic Education and the New Evangelisation. Gracewing: Leominster. ISBN 978085244899

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2017) Catholic schools and the new evangelisation. In: Convery, Ronnie, Franchi, Leonardo and McCluskey, Raymond (eds.) Reclaiming the Piazza II: Catholic Education and the New Evangelisation. Gracewing, pp. 73-88. ISBN 978085244899

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2017) Faith, mission and challenge in Catholic education: the selected works of Gerald Grace. International Studies in Catholic Education, 9(2), pp. 236-239. (doi: 10.1080/19422539.2017.1360615)[Book Review]

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2017) Jean-Baptise de La Salle and the education of teachers. In: Jamet, Christian and Nafti-Malherbe, Catherine (eds.) Éduquer Aujourd’hui: Mutations et Permanences. Contributions à la reflexion universitaire autour de l’éducation. Les Acteurs du Savoir: Angers. ISBN 9791097108106

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2017) Shared Mission: Religious Education in the Catholic Tradition. Scepter: Hounslow. ISBN 9781910644072

2016

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2016) Catholic education and intercultural dialogue. Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, 19(4), pp. 117-139. (doi: 10.1353/log.2016.0036)

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2016) Being open to others in Catholic schools. EducA: International Journal of Catholic Education, 2,

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2016) Initial teacher education in the university ‘My little ship, how ill-laden you are’. European Journal of Teacher Education, 39(2), pp. 147-158. (doi: 10.1080/02619768.2015.1116514)

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2016) Laudato Si’ and ecological education: implications for Catholic education. Pensamiento Educativo: Journal of Latin American Educational Research, 53(2), pp. 1-13.

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975, Conroy, James ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9311-8056 and McKinney, Stephen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8249-6067 (2016) Religious education. In: Wyse, D., Hayward, L. and Pandya, J.Z. (eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment. SAGE. ISBN 9781446297025

2015

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2015) Catholic Schools and the Future of the Church (Book Review). Journal of Catholic Education, 19(1), pp. 251-254. (doi: 10.15365/joce.1901132015)[Book Review]

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2015) Per riscoprire la lingua madre dell ‘Europa. Osservatore Romano, p. 6.

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2015) Rediscovering the mother tongue of Europe. Osservatore Romano: Weekly Edition in English, p. 3.

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2015) Dynamics of Catholic Education: Letting the Catholic School Be School by Louis DeThomasis. Journal of Catholic Education, 18(2), pp. 234-237. (doi: 10.15365/joce.1802122015)[Book Review]

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2015) Catholic education evolves with diversity. Flourish: Journal of the Archdiocese of Glasgow, p. 8.

Franchi, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975, Conroy, J. and McKinney, S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8249-6067 (2015) Religious education. In: Wyse, Dominic, Hayward, Louise and Pandya, Jessica (eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment. Sage Publications: London. ISBN 9781446297025

2014

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2014) La escuela católica como “atrio de los gentiles”. Palabra, pp. 54-57.

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2014) The Catholic school as a courtyard of the Gentiles. Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, 17(2), pp. 57-76.

Franchi, Leonard ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2014) Parish reorganisation - pruning for growth. Flourish, p. 13.

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 and Robinson, Leon (2014) Spiritual development. In: Carroll, Mike and McCulloch, Margaret (eds.) Understanding Teaching and Learning in Primary Education. SAGE: London. ISBN 9781446254820

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2014) Shining the light of Faith in teacher education. Scottish Catholic Observer, p. 10.

Convery, Ronnie, Franchi, Leona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 and McCluskey, Raymond (2014) Reclaiming the Piazza: Catholic Education as a Cultural Project. Gracewing: Leominster. ISBN 9780852448441

2013

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2013) Review of A Reason Open to God: On Universities, Education and Culture by J. Steven Brown, Ed. MarcatorNet, [Book Review]

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2013) The professional identity of the Catholic teacher. Chéile: A Catholic School Ethos Journal, 19, pp. 4-5.

Davis, R.A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5067-7357 and Franchi, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2013) A Catholic curriculum for the 21st century. International Studies in Catholic Education, 5(1), pp. 36-52. (doi: 10.1080/19422539.2012.754587)

Franchi, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2013) Catechesis and religious education: a case study from Scotland. Religious Education, 108(5), pp. 467-481. (doi: 10.1080/00344087.2013.835640)

Franchi, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2013) Words are not enough: the teacher in the writings of St. Augustine. In: McCluskey, R. and McKinney, S.J. (eds.) How the Teacher is Represented in Literature, History, Religion and the Arts: Cross Cultural Analysis of a Stereotype. Edwin Mellen Press: Lampeter, UK. ISBN 9780773445208

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2013) Review of Teaching the Tradition: Catholic Themes in Academic Disciplines (John Piderit and Melanie Morey, Eds.). Antiphon, 17(2), pp. 208-209. [Book Review]

2012

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2012) Review of Sacrosanctum Concilium and the Reform of the Liturgy Proceedings from the 29th Annual Convention of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars: Kansas City, Missouri September 22-24 2006 (Kenneth D. Whitehead, Editor). Usus Antiquior, 3(2), pp. 182-183. (doi: 10.1179/1757894912Z.00000000020)[Book Review]

2011

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2011) Review of Communicating Faith (John Sullivan Ed.). Flourish, p. 8. [Book Review]

Franchi, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2011) Healing the wounds: St Augustine, catechesis and religious education today. Religious Education, 106(3), pp. 299-311. (doi: 10.1080/00344087.2011.569656)

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2011) Review of First Communion: Ritual, Church and Popular Religious Identity (Peter McGrail). Usus Antiquior, 2(1), pp. 78-80. (doi: 10.1179/175789411X12887800389058)[Book Review]

Franchi, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 and McKinney, S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8249-6067 (Eds.) (2011) A Companion to Catholic Education. Gracewing: Leominster, UK. ISBN 9780852447574

Coll, Roisín ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2167-6854 (2011) Contributing to the pastoral and spiritual life of the Catholic school. In: Franchi, Leonardo and McKinney, Stephen (eds.) A Companion to Catholic Education. Gracewing: Leominster, Herefordshire, pp. 210-224. ISBN 9780852447574

Franchi, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2011) Active participation in the liturgy. In: Franchi, L. and MacKinney, S. (eds.) A Companion to Catholic Education. Gracewing: Leominster, UK. ISBN 9780852447574

Franchi, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2011) Can we have 'Second Spring' of Catholic Higher Education? Journal of Catholic Higher Education, 30(1), pp. 39-56.

Franchi, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 and McKinney, S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8249-6067 (2011) An introduction to Catholic theological thinking. In: Franchi, L. and McKinney, S. (eds.) A Companion to Catholic Education. Gracewing: Leominster, UK. ISBN 9780852447574

2010

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2010) Review of Why Choose the Liberal Arts? by Mark William Roche. MarcatorNet, [Book Review]

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2010) Review of Why the Dreyfus Affair Matters by Louis Begley. MercatorNet, [Book Review]

Franchi, Leonard ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2010) Review of Universal Father: A Life of Pope John Paul II (Garry O'Connor) and Labourers in the Vineyard: A Portrait of Pope Benedict XVI (Greg Watts). Expository Times, 121(8), pp. 425-426. (doi: 10.1177/00145246101210080827)[Book Review]

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2010) Liturgical reform. Scottish Catholic Observer,

2009

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2009) Review of Look at Me: Celebrating the Self in Modern Britain by Peter Whittle. MercatorNet, [Book Review]

Franchi, Leonard ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2009) Timely research informs faith schools’ fevered debate. Review of Faith Schools in the Twenty-first Century, edited by Stephen McKinney. Flourish, p. 19. [Book Review]

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2009) Continuity in Catholic education. Networking: Catholic Education Today, 10(3), pp. 6-7.

2008

Franchi, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2008) Summorum Pontificum and the Catholic primary school. Pastoral Review, 4(1),

2007

Franchi, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (Ed.) (2007) An anthology of Catholic teaching on education. Scepter: London. ISBN 9780906138694

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2007) Teacher education and the use of the compendium. Sower, 28(3), pp. 36-37.

2006

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2006) Review of People of the Gospel (Jerome Bertram). Sower, p. 37. [Book Review]

2003

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2003) Visions of Spain. Mentor Magazine, 8(3), pp. 36-37.

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2003) A visit to Fatima. Mentor Magazine, 8(1), p. 23.

2002

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2002) The vision of Dorothy L. Sayers. Mentor Magazine, 7(13), pp. 16-17.

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Articles

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2023) Editorial: Catholic education and the liberal arts. Religions, 14(4), 539. (doi: 10.3390/rel14040539)

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2023) Thomas Shields, music and character formation. International Journal of Evangelization and Catechetics, 4(1), pp. 45-61.

Blackman, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9639-5569 and Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2021) Fratelli tutti and the dialogic spirit of Catholic Higher Education: a reflection on Christian Humanism and online learning. EducA: International Catholic Journal of Education, 7, pp. 50-58.

Davis, Robert ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5067-7357 and Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2021) Catholic education and the idea of curriculum. Journal of Catholic Education, 24(2), pp. 104-119. (doi: 10.15365/joce.2402062021)

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2021) Reshaping religious education. Review of Religious Education and Theology, 2021(1), pp. 127-140.

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2019) Anchoring authority. Church Life Journal(Oct 22),

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2018) Authentic religious education: A question of language? Religions, 9(12), 403. (doi: 10.3390/rel9120403)

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2017) The importance of reading. Chéile: A Catholic School Ethos Journal, 28, pp. 15-16.

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 and Rymarz, Richard (2017) The education of teachers for Catholic schools: responding to changed cultural contexts. International Studies in Catholic Education, 9(1), pp. 2-16. (doi: 10.1080/19422539.2017.1286905)

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2016) Catholic education and intercultural dialogue. Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, 19(4), pp. 117-139. (doi: 10.1353/log.2016.0036)

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2016) Being open to others in Catholic schools. EducA: International Journal of Catholic Education, 2,

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2016) Initial teacher education in the university ‘My little ship, how ill-laden you are’. European Journal of Teacher Education, 39(2), pp. 147-158. (doi: 10.1080/02619768.2015.1116514)

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2016) Laudato Si’ and ecological education: implications for Catholic education. Pensamiento Educativo: Journal of Latin American Educational Research, 53(2), pp. 1-13.

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2015) Per riscoprire la lingua madre dell ‘Europa. Osservatore Romano, p. 6.

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2015) Rediscovering the mother tongue of Europe. Osservatore Romano: Weekly Edition in English, p. 3.

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2015) Catholic education evolves with diversity. Flourish: Journal of the Archdiocese of Glasgow, p. 8.

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2014) La escuela católica como “atrio de los gentiles”. Palabra, pp. 54-57.

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2014) The Catholic school as a courtyard of the Gentiles. Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, 17(2), pp. 57-76.

Franchi, Leonard ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2014) Parish reorganisation - pruning for growth. Flourish, p. 13.

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2014) Shining the light of Faith in teacher education. Scottish Catholic Observer, p. 10.

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2013) The professional identity of the Catholic teacher. Chéile: A Catholic School Ethos Journal, 19, pp. 4-5.

Davis, R.A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5067-7357 and Franchi, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2013) A Catholic curriculum for the 21st century. International Studies in Catholic Education, 5(1), pp. 36-52. (doi: 10.1080/19422539.2012.754587)

Franchi, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2013) Catechesis and religious education: a case study from Scotland. Religious Education, 108(5), pp. 467-481. (doi: 10.1080/00344087.2013.835640)

Franchi, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2011) Healing the wounds: St Augustine, catechesis and religious education today. Religious Education, 106(3), pp. 299-311. (doi: 10.1080/00344087.2011.569656)

Franchi, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2011) Can we have 'Second Spring' of Catholic Higher Education? Journal of Catholic Higher Education, 30(1), pp. 39-56.

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2010) Liturgical reform. Scottish Catholic Observer,

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2009) Continuity in Catholic education. Networking: Catholic Education Today, 10(3), pp. 6-7.

Franchi, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2008) Summorum Pontificum and the Catholic primary school. Pastoral Review, 4(1),

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2007) Teacher education and the use of the compendium. Sower, 28(3), pp. 36-37.

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2003) Visions of Spain. Mentor Magazine, 8(3), pp. 36-37.

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2003) A visit to Fatima. Mentor Magazine, 8(1), p. 23.

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2002) The vision of Dorothy L. Sayers. Mentor Magazine, 7(13), pp. 16-17.

Books

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2024) Shared Mission: Religious Education in the Catholic Tradition, Revised Edition. Series: Education and integral human development. Catholic Education Press / Catholic University of America Press: Washington, D.C.. ISBN 9781949822403

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2023) Thomas Shields and the Renewal of Catholic Education. Series: Education and integral human development. Catholic Education Press /Catholic University of America Press. ISBN 9781949822380

Rymarz, Richard and Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2019) Catholic Teacher Preparation: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Preparing for Mission. Series: Emerald studies in teacher preparation in national and global contexts. Emerald Publishing. ISBN 9781787560079 (doi: 10.1108/9781787560062)

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2017) Shared Mission: Religious Education in the Catholic Tradition. Scepter: Hounslow. ISBN 9781910644072

Convery, Ronnie, Franchi, Leona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 and McCluskey, Raymond (2014) Reclaiming the Piazza: Catholic Education as a Cultural Project. Gracewing: Leominster. ISBN 9780852448441

Book Sections

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2025) Catholic action in Scotland: the early years of the Guild of Catholic Teachers. In: Power, Maria and Bush, Jonathan (eds.) Lay Catholic Societies in Twentieth Century Britain. Series: Catholic record society: monograph series. Boydell & Brewer: Suffolk. ISBN 9780902832367

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2024) Catholic social teaching and the role of the state in education. In: Booth, P and Azevedo Aves, A. (eds.) Freedom, Globalisation, Enterprise and Civil Society in 21st century Catholic Social Teaching. St Mary’s University Press: London.

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2018) RE and Catholic education: a Scottish perspective. In: Whittle, Sean (ed.) Researching Catholic Education: Contemporary Perspectives. Springer: Singapore, pp. 219-230. ISBN 9789811078071 (doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-7808-8_17)

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 and Robinson, Leon (2018) Religious and moral education. In: Bryce, T.G.K., Humes, W.M., Gillies, D. and Kennedy, A. (eds.) Scottish Education. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, UK, pp. 490-496. ISBN 9781474437844

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2017) Catholic schools and the new evangelisation. In: Convery, Ronnie, Franchi, Leonardo and McCluskey, Raymond (eds.) Reclaiming the Piazza II: Catholic Education and the New Evangelisation. Gracewing, pp. 73-88. ISBN 978085244899

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2017) Jean-Baptise de La Salle and the education of teachers. In: Jamet, Christian and Nafti-Malherbe, Catherine (eds.) Éduquer Aujourd’hui: Mutations et Permanences. Contributions à la reflexion universitaire autour de l’éducation. Les Acteurs du Savoir: Angers. ISBN 9791097108106

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975, Conroy, James ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9311-8056 and McKinney, Stephen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8249-6067 (2016) Religious education. In: Wyse, D., Hayward, L. and Pandya, J.Z. (eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment. SAGE. ISBN 9781446297025

Franchi, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975, Conroy, J. and McKinney, S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8249-6067 (2015) Religious education. In: Wyse, Dominic, Hayward, Louise and Pandya, Jessica (eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment. Sage Publications: London. ISBN 9781446297025

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 and Robinson, Leon (2014) Spiritual development. In: Carroll, Mike and McCulloch, Margaret (eds.) Understanding Teaching and Learning in Primary Education. SAGE: London. ISBN 9781446254820

Franchi, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2013) Words are not enough: the teacher in the writings of St. Augustine. In: McCluskey, R. and McKinney, S.J. (eds.) How the Teacher is Represented in Literature, History, Religion and the Arts: Cross Cultural Analysis of a Stereotype. Edwin Mellen Press: Lampeter, UK. ISBN 9780773445208

Coll, Roisín ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2167-6854 (2011) Contributing to the pastoral and spiritual life of the Catholic school. In: Franchi, Leonardo and McKinney, Stephen (eds.) A Companion to Catholic Education. Gracewing: Leominster, Herefordshire, pp. 210-224. ISBN 9780852447574

Franchi, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2011) Active participation in the liturgy. In: Franchi, L. and MacKinney, S. (eds.) A Companion to Catholic Education. Gracewing: Leominster, UK. ISBN 9780852447574

Franchi, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 and McKinney, S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8249-6067 (2011) An introduction to Catholic theological thinking. In: Franchi, L. and McKinney, S. (eds.) A Companion to Catholic Education. Gracewing: Leominster, UK. ISBN 9780852447574

Book Reviews

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2023) Lights for the Path, by John Sullivan. Heythrop Journal, (doi: 10.1111/heyj.14234)[Book Review] (Early Online Publication)

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2022) The formation of character in education: from Aristotle to the 21st Century. International Studies in Catholic Education, 14(2), pp. 247-249. (doi: 10.1080/19422539.2021.1949155)[Book Review]

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2021) Brian Pedraza, Catechesis for the New Evangelization: Vatican II, John Paul II, and the Unity of Revelation and Experience. Innes Review, 72(1), pp. 97-99. (doi: 10.3366/inr.2021.0297)[Book Review]

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2020) Stephen Bullivant, Mass exodus: Catholic disaffiliation in Britain and America since Vatican II. Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2019. 309 pp. £22 hardback. ISBN 9780198837947. Innes Review, 71(1), pp. 134-136. (doi: 10.3366/inr.2020.0260)[Book Review]

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2019) John Watts, A Beautiful Fragrance The Story of Margaret Sinclair in Words and Pictures, text by John Watts. Innes Review, 70(1), pp. 106-109. (doi: 10.3366/inr.2019.0219)[Book Review]

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2018) Educating in Christ: A Practical Handbook for Developing the Catholic Faith from Childhood to Adolescence for Parents, Teachers, Catechists and School Administrators. Catechetical Review, 4(4), p. 33. [Book Review]

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2017) Faith, mission and challenge in Catholic education: the selected works of Gerald Grace. International Studies in Catholic Education, 9(2), pp. 236-239. (doi: 10.1080/19422539.2017.1360615)[Book Review]

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2015) Catholic Schools and the Future of the Church (Book Review). Journal of Catholic Education, 19(1), pp. 251-254. (doi: 10.15365/joce.1901132015)[Book Review]

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2015) Dynamics of Catholic Education: Letting the Catholic School Be School by Louis DeThomasis. Journal of Catholic Education, 18(2), pp. 234-237. (doi: 10.15365/joce.1802122015)[Book Review]

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2013) Review of A Reason Open to God: On Universities, Education and Culture by J. Steven Brown, Ed. MarcatorNet, [Book Review]

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2013) Review of Teaching the Tradition: Catholic Themes in Academic Disciplines (John Piderit and Melanie Morey, Eds.). Antiphon, 17(2), pp. 208-209. [Book Review]

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2012) Review of Sacrosanctum Concilium and the Reform of the Liturgy Proceedings from the 29th Annual Convention of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars: Kansas City, Missouri September 22-24 2006 (Kenneth D. Whitehead, Editor). Usus Antiquior, 3(2), pp. 182-183. (doi: 10.1179/1757894912Z.00000000020)[Book Review]

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2011) Review of Communicating Faith (John Sullivan Ed.). Flourish, p. 8. [Book Review]

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2011) Review of First Communion: Ritual, Church and Popular Religious Identity (Peter McGrail). Usus Antiquior, 2(1), pp. 78-80. (doi: 10.1179/175789411X12887800389058)[Book Review]

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2010) Review of Why Choose the Liberal Arts? by Mark William Roche. MarcatorNet, [Book Review]

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2010) Review of Why the Dreyfus Affair Matters by Louis Begley. MercatorNet, [Book Review]

Franchi, Leonard ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2010) Review of Universal Father: A Life of Pope John Paul II (Garry O'Connor) and Labourers in the Vineyard: A Portrait of Pope Benedict XVI (Greg Watts). Expository Times, 121(8), pp. 425-426. (doi: 10.1177/00145246101210080827)[Book Review]

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2009) Review of Look at Me: Celebrating the Self in Modern Britain by Peter Whittle. MercatorNet, [Book Review]

Franchi, Leonard ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2009) Timely research informs faith schools’ fevered debate. Review of Faith Schools in the Twenty-first Century, edited by Stephen McKinney. Flourish, p. 19. [Book Review]

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (2006) Review of People of the Gospel (Jerome Bertram). Sower, p. 37. [Book Review]

Edited Books

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 and Rymarz, Richard (Eds.) (2022) Formation of Teachers for Catholic Schools: Challenges and Opportunities in a New Era. Series: Catholic education globally: challenges and opportunities. Springer: Singapore. ISBN 9789811947261

Convery, Ronnie, Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 and Valero, Jack (Eds.) (2021) Reclaiming the Piazza III: Communicating Catholic Culture. Gracewing: Leominster. ISBN 9780852449523

Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (Ed.) (2018) Catholicism, Culture, Education. L'Harmattan: Paris. ISBN 9782343162522

Convery, R., Franchi, Leonardo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 and McCluskey, Raymond (Eds.) (2017) Reclaiming the Piazza II: Catholic Education and the New Evangelisation. Gracewing: Leominster. ISBN 978085244899

Franchi, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 and McKinney, S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8249-6067 (Eds.) (2011) A Companion to Catholic Education. Gracewing: Leominster, UK. ISBN 9780852447574

Franchi, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-0975 (Ed.) (2007) An anthology of Catholic teaching on education. Scepter: London. ISBN 9780906138694

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Grants

2018

£10,000 from Porticus UK (Commercial Grant) to support academics from developing countries to attend the ACISE 2018 conference.

Supervision

Leonardo welcomes applications for Masters and Doctoral supervision in areas related to Religion, Education and Culture.

Current Doctoral Research Supervision

  • To what extent are issues of professional identity essential for teachers in Catholic schools in Scotland in order to discharge effectively their responsibilities to the state and the Church? (Natalie Finnigan – PhD)
  • Music and Religious Education (Clare Fodey - PhD)
  • The Jesuit Charism in Education (Christiaan Hunt -PhD)
  • A liberal perspective on Catholic Education (Cath Browne -PhD)
  • Solidarity in Jesuit Higher Education (Laurien Nyiribakwe)

NB: Please see our webpage for information on how to apply for doctoral study at the University of Glasgow.

Completed Doctorates

  • The Perceptions and Views of Cypriot Teachers about a Cosmopolitan Future in Education (Frangis Frangopoulos - Ed D)
  • Music and Religious Education in Islam (Yusuf Ögretici - PhD)
  • Supporting non-specialist teachers of Music (Julie Carrie - Ed D)
  • COVID-19, Professional Identity and International Baccalaureate Programme Teachers (Diane Ciacoi - Ed D)
  • Religious Education and Inspection in Scottish Non-Denominational Schools, 1972-2017 (Stephen Scholes - PhD)

Recent Doctoral Examinations

  • Foundations for Senior Leadership in Catholic Education: Sacred or Secular? (Gerard Gaskin, John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family, Melbourne, Australia)
  • Towards a New Approach for Teaching Religious Education in Catholic Schools (Anne-Marie Irwin, Notre-Dame University, Fremantle, Australia)
  • ‘School-based career guidance programmes in junior colleges in Singapore: An interpretivist study. (He Jia Wen, University of Western Australia)
  • Integral and Holistic Catechesis for Children in the Third Millennium (William O'Leary, Notre-Dame University, Fremantle, Australia)
  • Teachers’ understanding of ‘Delivering Excellence and Equity in Scottish Education: A Delivery Plan for Scotland’ in an era of continuing curricular and assessment development: Developing excellence and equity or masking incoherence and inequality? (Rhona McFarlane, University of Glasgow, EdD)
  • The Experiences that Form and Sustain Generation Y Religious Education Coordinators (Dirk Gleghorn, University of Notre Dame, Australia, Ed.D)
  • A Cosmopolitan Defence of International Education (Kirsty Fuller, University of Glasgow, Ed.D)
  • Algerian Muslim Parents' Perspectives on the Purpose of Quranic Schools: A phenomenological study (Zeyneb Bouzaida, University of the West of Scotland), PhD.)

 

Teaching

Leonardo has many years experience of teaching in schools and universities.  He currently teaches on a wide range of courses and is a supervisor for students on our PhD and EdD programmes.

From 2013 until 2020, Dr Franchi was the School of Education’s representative on the University’s Access to Education initiative. This involved a high level of engagement with senior school pupils who had expressed interest in Initial Teacher Education. 

Professional activities & recognition

Editorial boards

  • 2019: Review of Religious Education, Formation and Theology
  • 2017: Studia Pedagogica Ignatiana
  • 2020: Educa-International Journal of Catholic Education
  • 2020: Review of Religious Education, Formation and Theology
  • 2022: Catholic Education Globally: Challenges and Opportunites, a Springer book series
  • 2022: Education and Integral Human Development, a Catholic Education Press / Catholic University of America Press book series

Professional & learned societies

  • 2019: Council Member, Scottish Catholic Historical Association
  • 2019 - 2022: Academic Adviser, Academic Advisory Forum for the Reform of Religious Education in England and Wales
  • 2016: Executive Member, Association of Catholic Institutes of Education
  • 2015 - 2018: Executive Member, Scottish Catholic Education Service

Selected international presentations

  • 2018: Keynote: Religious Education in a Change of Era (Australian Institute of Theological Education)
  • 2017: Public Lecture:National Religious Education Conference (Pontifical University of Maynooth, Ireland)
  • 2016: Keynote: Catholic Education as Public Theology (Radboud University, Holland)
  • 2015: Public Lecture: Catholic Teacher Education: Preparing for Mission.” (St Mary's University College, Belfast)

Supplementary

  • Appointed as Director of Mater Christi Multi Academy Trust, Lancaster Appointed as Professor of Catholic Education (0.5 FTE), University of Notre Dame Australia (2022)

Additional information

Academic Qualifications

1986   Master of Arts  - MA (Hons)  

1991   Post Graduate Certificate in Education  - PGCE   

1998   Master of Education - MEd          

2007   Post Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice - PGCAP

2013   Doctor of Philosophy - PhD

Academic and Professional Body Membership

  • General Teaching Council of Scotland (since 1993)
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (since 2008)
  • Executive Member, Association of Catholic Institutes of Education (since 2016)
  • Co-convenor of the Scottish Catholic Historical Association (since 2024)
  • Citywise Mentoring Ltd. (Trustee) (2014-2021)
  • Foundation Director of the Mater Christi Multi-Academy Trust in Cumbria (2021-2023)

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