Franciscan Inspirations: A Foundational Faith
One of the beautiful characteristics of Jesus’ teachings is that his examples are easy to understand and down to earth.
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Saint Who? Rasso of Andechs
Page through a history book for epic, decisive events, such as battles, treaties, and technological advances. Besides the major players, consider the others who helped make these things possible, most of whom are not even a footnote.
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Saint Who? Pietro Parenzo
Saint Pietro Parenzo • d. May 21, 1199 • Canonized: 1879 • Memorial: May 21 An hour north of Rome, beyond the dreamily bucolic countryside of Lazio and Umbria, stands the fairytale town of Orvieto. One moment all that lies before the ...
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Saint Who? Fiacre
When we think of saints, we think of, well, people who were perfect. They didn’t hold grudges or stereotype people. Well, Saint Fiacre is proof that God can write straight with crooked lines.
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St. Anthony of Padua: His Beginnings
Anthony was born in 1195 (13 years after St. Francis) in Lisbon, Portugal, at the mouth of the Tagus River, from which explorers would later sail across the Atlantic.
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Dinnertime with St. Andrew, Fisher of Men
Like his father before him and his grandfather before that, Andrew spent his days in and around the Sea of Galilee.
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