St Francis of Assisi – Part 14 – Welcome Sister Death
Published on: 17 September, 2018
By: David Torkington
Two years before his death St Francis received the stigmata which we celebrate on the 17th September.
St Francis of Assisi – Part 13 – The Canticle to Brother Sun
Published on: 19 November, 2017
By: David Torkington
After St Francis h received the Stigmata he travelled all the way back to Assisi on a donkey for he could not walk. Nor could he see or hear much, because he was filled with such sublime joy …
St Francis of Assisi – Part 12 – Francis Receives the Stigmata
Published on: 3 November, 2017
By: David Torkington
Francis set out for La Verna, the mountain which had been given to him by Count Orlando dei Cattani as a place of retreat ten years before. It was here that he began to pray as never before…