Francis of Assisi

St Francis is one of the most beloved saints of all time. St. Francis was born in 1181 in Assisi, Italy. He was the son of a wealthy cloth merchant, Peter Bernadone. Francis grew up leading a privileged life with the finer things that money could buy. At the age of 14, Francis left school, started partying, and drinking with his friends and had dreams of becoming a knight. At the age of 19, he joined the military and went to battle against the nearby town of Perugia, France. Becoming a…

Saint Francis performed many acts of charity and service to the people he encountered within his lifetime. His life was based upon serving other. Although in his early life he did not care for the needs of others, as he grew older he saw the importance and worth of every life. Every person that Saint Francis encountered mattered to him. He saw the greatness in all creation as he truly believed that all creation was God’s creation. He lived out his life like Jesus did, in a life of poverty and…

Saint Bernard was born in 1090 and was bore to his parents, Tescelin Lord of Fontaines and Aleth of Montbard. Bernard was 1 of 7 children and he was the third child of the family. In Saint Bernards early life he was very academic and his studies got the admiration of his teachers. Bernard wanted to excel in literature so that later he could study the bible, he had a special devotion to mary and would later write about mary naming her ¨Queen of Heaven¨. Bernard preached an untraditional faith in…

(Davies, 279) The subject matter of this painting is St. Clare of Assisi, one of the first followers of St Francis of Assisi. Her portrait, which is in the center of the painting, is surrounded by eight small frames which narrates important episodes of her life. She was raised by wealthy parents, but devoted her life to prayer and unselfishness as a young child. At age 18, she left home, gave up all her possessions, and joined St. Francis in Service. (Web.) I chose this piece of art…

by William J. Short, tells the story of two important figures in Christian history: Saint Francis and Clare of Assisi. Francis began living his life in a way no other Christians imagined living. He willingly sacrificed all his belongings to live in poverty, not because he believed belongings were the root of all evil but because he knew he could still find happiness in poverty. Clare of Assisi found Francis' way of life moving and decided to also dedicate her life to poverty. "Clare and her…

St. Francis de Sales was born near Annecy in Savoy, in 1567. He was the eldest of 12 children. He died in 1622 with the word “Jesus” on his lips. He was canonized in 1665. St. Francis de Sales is the patron saint of writers and journalists. Francis was a very smart man because Francis’s parents wanted him to become a lawyer and enter politics. At age 12 Francis went to college de clermont in paris. He also went to study philosophy and theology. Francis did not want to become a lawyer but wanted…

of the holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:19-20) Saint Francis accomplished many great things in his life. He had so many miracles that a biographer said: “of quite an ordinary occurrence” (Guiley). UNFINISHED Saint Francis Xavier was born on April 7th 1506, in the Spanish kingdom Navarre at the castle of Javier. His father, Juan de Jasso, was a king’s counselor. His mother was an…

Francis, born and raised in Paris, France, attended Jesuit College Louis-le-Grand. Voltaire left school at age seventeen claiming to only learn “Latin and the Stupidities” and quickly became friends with Parisian Aristocrats. Voltaire was born November 21, 1694 to an upper-middle class family and was the youngest of five. Despite of his sickly childhood, Francis was able to obtain a lively life until May 30, 1778. Francis grew closer to his free-thinking god-father, Abbé de Châteauneuf, after…

Did you know that genetically engineered bacteria is used to create human insulin? The medication Humulin is given to diabetic people who lack insulin. Scientists used enzymes to “cut” the section in our DNA that codes for creating insulin. They detached the gene and inserted it into the DNA of the bacteria. It resulted in a bacteria that carries human insulin. We’ve all seen genetic engineering succeed, like Dolly the sheep for example, the first ever mammal to be cloned, but will we see it…

Throughout my Education years, I’ve always wondered if the schools that I attended, will I really learn everything about America history? I feel like the school system has been hiding so much that they think we as students should not know about. I even noticed that some teachers or even most teachers do not like to teach the curriculum that was given. I remember reading my history textbook about the Holocaust and my teacher would get mad at the text because not all the information that happened…