https://padlet.com/kdaley9/ah33n53lnwpj Made with help from Catholic Online. To learn more about St. Francis, go here. https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=50 en-us 2018-10-03 12:19:26 UTC 2018-10-08 14:53:22 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Brightnessdown.png kdaley9 https://padlet.com/kdaley9/ah33n53lnwpj/wish/288571597 Francis wasn't actually  originally named Francis. His real name was Giovanni, after John the Baptist. His father Pietro didn't like that, so the father changed Giovanni's name to Francesco, which means Frenchman.]]> 2018-10-03 12:28:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kdaley9/ah33n53lnwpj/wish/288571597 kdaley9 https://padlet.com/kdaley9/ah33n53lnwpj/wish/288572648 Francis was a "man of sin" while he was a teenager. He went to parties every night and got drunk.]]> 2018-10-03 12:30:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kdaley9/ah33n53lnwpj/wish/288572648 kdaley9 https://padlet.com/kdaley9/ah33n53lnwpj/wish/288573670 As a young man, Francis wanted glory. Just as he was about to join the 4th Crusade, God told him to return home. As humiliated as Francis was, he obeyed.]]> 2018-10-03 12:32:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kdaley9/ah33n53lnwpj/wish/288573670 kdaley9 https://padlet.com/kdaley9/ah33n53lnwpj/wish/288575378 While he was traveling home, Francis came across a leper. After Francis kissed the leper, the leper disappeared, leading Francis to believe that it was a test from God.]]> 2018-10-03 12:36:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kdaley9/ah33n53lnwpj/wish/288575378 kdaley9 https://padlet.com/kdaley9/ah33n53lnwpj/wish/289550100 The final part of Francis's conversion happened in the dilapidated church of San Damiano. God called to Francis, "Rebuild my church." Assuming God meant the church Francis was in, he took money and cloth from his father.]]> 2018-10-05 11:36:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kdaley9/ah33n53lnwpj/wish/289550100 kdaley9 https://padlet.com/kdaley9/ah33n53lnwpj/wish/289617317 Francis's father considered this as an act of theft. Pietro dragged Francis before the bishop and demanded that Francis return the money and renounce his inheritance]]> 2018-10-05 13:54:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kdaley9/ah33n53lnwpj/wish/289617317 kdaley9 https://padlet.com/kdaley9/ah33n53lnwpj/wish/289620192 Francis willingly did this. Francis also took the clothes off his body until he was weaning just a rough cloth tunic.]]> 2018-10-05 13:59:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kdaley9/ah33n53lnwpj/wish/289620192 kdaley9 https://padlet.com/kdaley9/ah33n53lnwpj/wish/289623128 Francis was never a priest. Still, he preached God's word. Francis preached about obedience to the Church and returning to 
God.]]> 2018-10-05 14:04:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kdaley9/ah33n53lnwpj/wish/289623128 kdaley9 https://padlet.com/kdaley9/ah33n53lnwpj/wish/289625554 Over time, Francis gained  companions. Their rule? Live by the Gospel. Francis never officially founded a religious order. Still, Franciscans today live by the same rule of Francis's companions.]]> 2018-10-05 14:08:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kdaley9/ah33n53lnwpj/wish/289625554 kdaley9 https://padlet.com/kdaley9/ah33n53lnwpj/wish/290326765 During Francis's final years,  he received the stigmata on his hands, feet, and side. Francis also went blind. Still, he responded with joy. Francis wrote the Canticle of the Sun during this time.]]> 2018-10-08 14:41:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kdaley9/ah33n53lnwpj/wish/290326765 kdaley9 https://padlet.com/kdaley9/ah33n53lnwpj/wish/290328988 Francis died on October 4, 1226 when he was 45. Francis was made a saint just 2 years later by Pope Gregory IX. (Yes, there were at least 9 Pope Gregories) St. Francis is the patron saint of ecologists, merchants, and animals.]]> 2018-10-08 14:45:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kdaley9/ah33n53lnwpj/wish/290328988