Author: Tomie DePaola
Publisher: Magnificat-Ignatius
ISBN: 9781621643692
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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First edition published under the title, "Francis, the poor man of Assisi" in 1982.

Author: Ignacio Larrañaga
Publisher: Médiaspaul
ISBN: 9782894202463
Category : Assisi (Italy)
Languages : en
Pages : 460

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Here, told in a vivid and original way, is the full story of the life of St. Francis of Assisi. This story has been told many times before, but Fr. Larranaga tells it with a new spirit, seamlessly combining a modern spirit with the freshness and sense of wonder of the Fioretti. When Francis Bernardone was held as a prisoner of war at the age of 20, he never dreamed that he would become a knight in the service of Lady Poverty. By the time he died 25 years later, he had become the Poor Man of God, the living image of the Crucified Savior.

Author: Saint Francis (of Assisi)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church history
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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Author: Katherine Paterson
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452105790
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35

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In Brother Sun, Sister Moon, award-winning author Katherine Paterson re-imagines a hymn of praise originally written by Saint Francis of Assisi in 1224. Illuminated with the exquisite illustrations of cut-paper artist Pamela Dalton, this picture book offers a stunningly beautiful tribute to nature.

Author: Augustine Thompson
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 0801464269
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 311

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Among the most beloved saints in the Catholic tradition, Francis of Assisi (c. 1181-1226) is popularly remembered for his dedication to poverty, his love of animals and nature, and his desire to follow perfectly the teachings and example of Christ. During his lifetime and after his death, followers collected, for their own purposes, numerous stories, anecdotes, and reports about Francis. As a result, the man himself and his own concerns became lost in legend. In this authoritative and engaging new biography, Augustine Thompson, O.P., sifts through the surviving evidence for the life of Francis using modern historical methods. The result is a complex yet sympathetic portrait of the man and the saint. Francis emerges from this account as very much a typical thirteenth-century Italian layman, but one who, when faced with unexpected crises in his personal life, made decisions so radical that they challenge his own society-and ours. Unlike the saint of legend, this Francis never had a unique divine inspiration to provide him with rules for following the teachings of Jesus. Rather, he spent his life reacting to unexpected challenges, before which he often found himself unprepared and uncertain. The Francis who emerges here is both more complex and more conflicted than that of older biographies. His famed devotion to poverty is found to be more nuanced than expected, perhaps not even his principal spiritual concern. Thompson revisits events small and large in Francis's life, including his troubled relations with his father, his contacts with Clare of Assisi, his encounter with the Muslim sultan, and his receiving the Stigmata, to uncover the man behind the legends and popular images. A tour de force of historical research and biographical writing, Francis of Assisi: A New Biography is divided into two complementary parts-a stand alone biographical narrative and a close, annotated examination of the historical sources about Francis. Taken together, the narrative and the survey of the sources provide a much-needed fresh perspective on this iconic figure. "As I have worked on this biography," Thompson writes, "my respect for Francis and his vision has increased, and I hope that this book will speak to modern people, believers and unbelievers alike, and that the Francis I have come to know will have something to say to them today."

Author: Helen Walker Homan
Publisher: Ignatius Press
ISBN: 9780898705171
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194

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A Vision Book about St. Francis and St. Clare, the two very popular saints of Assisi. Helen Homan has captured all the excitement and beauty of the lives of these saints from their childhood growing up together in Assisi to their profound conversion and lifelong influence�indeed centuries-long influence�on the whole world through their radical living of the Gospel and founding of two great religious orders, the Franciscans and the Poor Clares. Combining the stories of Francis and Clare in one volume makes for a book that will be of great interest to both boys and girls of a wide age span. Illustrated. Cover art by Chris Pelicano This book is now part of Renaissance Learning's Accelerated Reader program. Quizzes are currently available.

Author: Silvia Vecchini
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781860825620
Category : Christian saints
Languages : en
Pages : 24

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Read the story of the world's best-loved saint! Discover his message of joy, forgiveness and peace, and his love for all of God's creation.

Author: Julien Green
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060634642
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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This warm, richly detailed biography brings the beloved saint alive in all his human and profoundly spiritual dimensions.

Author: Roderic Petrie
Publisher: Franciscan Media
ISBN: 9780867163650
Category : Christian saints
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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In the very early days of the Franciscan Order, Brother Leo, a priest of Assisi, joined Francis of Assisi and became his close companion. Brother Leo, often performing the duties of a secretary, would offer Mass for those of the group who, like Francis, were not ordained to the priesthood. Along with two other early friars, Leo is believed to have written a collection of accounts of their experiences with Francis. Brother Leo Remembers Francis is a fictionalized tale of life with Francis, presenting events that might have happened and words that might have been spoken -- and a Francis that might have been. This book is a companion to The Autumn of Saint Francis of Assisi, also by Roderic Petrie, O.F.M. Father Roderic, himself an itinerant preacher, takes us on a journey through the Italian towns and hills where Francis and Leo lived and walked. Through the voice of Brother Leo we come to know how Francis was called to rebuild the Church, how he created the first Christmas crib at Greccio and how he received the stigmata, the imprint of Jesus Christ's wounds.

Author: Jay Stoeckl
Publisher: Paraclete Press
ISBN: 9781612611594
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 137

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This graphic representation of the life of Saint Francis show his spiritual growth though his friendship with Brother Duck.