https://padlet.com/priscillab3/gfyuus7k8hwn en-us 2018-11-13 20:26:54 UTC 2019-01-23 20:30:11 UTC hello@padlet.com priscillab3 https://padlet.com/priscillab3/gfyuus7k8hwn/wish/304020990 St.Francis was a Francis was born in Assisi,Italy in 1182. He grew up leading a privileged life as the son of a wealthy cloth merchant. Francis loved to learn and sing songs as a boy. His father wanted him to become a businessman and taught him about the French culture. At the age of about 19 St.Francis went to war in Perugia. Francis was taken and held prisoner, he was in dungeon for a year before his father payed his ransom.Over the next few years Francis began to see visions from God that changed his life. The first vision was when he was sick with a high fever. At first he thought that God had called him to fight in the Crusades. However, he had another vision that told him to help the sick. Finally, when praying in a church, Francis heard God tell him to "repair my church, which is falling in ruins." 
Francis gave all his money to the church. His father became very angry with him. Francis then left his father's home and took a vow of poverty. ]]> 2018-11-13 20:30:21 UTC https://padlet.com/priscillab3/gfyuus7k8hwn/wish/304020990 priscillab3 https://padlet.com/priscillab3/gfyuus7k8hwn/wish/304025486 Believing in the visions that God gave him, St.Francis had a vocation to serve God through people in the way he did not.He vowed to poverty so he could help others in a way that satisfied his calling for God.]]> 2018-11-13 20:40:07 UTC https://padlet.com/priscillab3/gfyuus7k8hwn/wish/304025486