In the dimly lit church, a Franciscan habit lay on a makeshift bier, with the Easter candle behind it symbolizing Christ’s resurrection from the dead.
Jubilee of St. Francis
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Each year on Oct. 3, followers of St. Francis mark the globally popular saint’s journey from life to death through special community commemorations of the Transitus.
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Each year on Oct. 3, the followers of St. Francis of Assisi — friars; nuns; laypeople — mark the saint’s journey from life to death, his “Transitus” as it is …
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A spokesman for the Assisi basilica, invited churches around the world to ring their bells at the same time to commemorate the saint’s death.
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On Earth Day, a look at St. Francis of Assisi as patron of the environment
by Katie Yoderby Katie Yoder(OSV News) — St. Francis of Assisi was declared a saint nearly 800 years ago, just two years after his death. Not until much more recently — about 50 years ago …
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(OSV News) — Bells rang out over the hilltop town of Assisi on the night of March 22 as Franciscan friars closed the monthlong public veneration of the bones of …
