Journeys for your Heart and Soul!
A pilgrimage is a gift to yourself, a form of self-care. When you embark on a pilgrimage, you are taking part in a voyage that is both heartwarming and soul-warming, and not just simply a vacation. Give yourself a gift and enjoy all the benefits …
Also known as The Canticle of the CreaturesBy St. Francis of Assisi Most High, all-powerful, good Lord,all praise is yours, all glory, all honor,and all blessing. To you, alone, Most High, do they belong.No mortal lips are worthy to pronounce your name. All praise be …
FRANCIS OF ASSISI, FRIAR D. 1226 PATRON OF ANIMALS AND OF ECOLOGY St. Francis was born in the hill country of central Italy in the town of Assisi around 1181. He was the only child of a prosperous cloth merchant and grew up among the …
BY Gretel Ehrlich | MAY 1, 2000 Gretel Ehrlich walks in the footsteps of St. Francis through the Umbrian countryside and ponders the life of a saint who was “radical without bitterness, vital yet gentle, dramatic—even outrageous at times—without narcissism.” The road to Gubbio veers north …