Michael Crosby

Father Michael Crosby is a Capuchin Franciscan. He lives in community with other friars in a downtown Milwaukee parish that serves the urban poor, homeless and marginalized.

Since 1973, Fr. Crosby has been a pioneer among Catholics in promoting corporate reform through socially responsible investing. He was influential in getting Catholics to work with the Protestant and Jewish communities in this effort at the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR).

Fr. Crosby's preaching and writing on contemporary biblical discipleship has taken him around the world. Toward this end he gives retreats, workshops and parish missions. He has written seventeen books. His book on the Beatitudes, published in 1981, has had more than 20 printings. All of his latest books have received awards from the Catholic Press Association of Canada and the United States, including a first place award for "Can Religious Life Be Prophetic? "and a second place award for his book on Spirituality in 2008 entitled "Finding Francis, Following Christ" (Orbis, 2007). Fr. Crosby has also published "The Paradox of Power: Moving from Control to Compassion in a Violent World" (Crossroads, 2008) and "Spirituality of the Beatitudes" (Orbis, 2005).