The Franciscan Hermitage - Friar Justin Belitz, is a member of the Order of Friars Minor, founded in 1223 by St. Francis of Assisi. He is the founding director of The Franciscan Hermitage. Proceeds from his public seminars support the development and work of The Hermitage in providing a center devoted to the spiritual, emotional, physical and intellectual growth of persons from all walks of life, all creeds and all ages. His dynamic, enthusiastic and yet compassionate presentations are constantly in demand by business and professional groups. He has been Chaplain Lecturer on 20 ship lines. Fr. Justin holds academic degrees in Philosophy, Theology, Music Education, and a Doctoral Certificate in Psychorientology. He is also a distinguished and award winning Silva Mind Development instructor. His book "SUCCESS: Full Living" is a response to the requests of tens of thousands of participants in his various business and personal development programs spanning twenty years and presented all over the world. This beautiful and inspirational book prompted Gerald Jampolsky, M.D., "Love is Letting Go of Fear", to write the Foreword and Stephanie Simonton, "Getting Well Again", to lend promotional support and encouragement. It has been translated into six languages. His 2nd book, "SUCCESS: FULL THINKING" (an indepth presentation of the theory and practice of meditation) was published in the Fall of 2006, both in the USA and in Australia. A European-French edition will also be out soon. - His next book will be "SUCCESS: FULL RELATING". He has also authored 20 volumes of audio meditations.. All of these publications are available from the Hermitage and/or online through this website. - www.frjustin-hermitage.org