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Page 14 from 23rd December 1937Preparation For Christmas Fr. Woodiock's Empire Broadcast Throughout the cycle of her ecclesiastical year, which began on the first Sunday of......
Try A New Year Venture In The Spiritual Life
Page 4 from 26th December 1958By Dr. Irene Marinoff A LL the gifts of God to men take the shape of small beginnings. A promise given at the beginning of time is repeated till......
The Secret Beauty Of An Ugly Little Man
Page 5 from 2nd October 1981For the 800th anniversary of the birth of St Francis, Fr Eric Doyle 0.F.M. looks beneath his popular image to find a lesson for all. MOST PEOPLE......
Money Made Francis Feel Sick
Page 9 from 26th May 2000Timothy Wilson-Smith enjoys a readable new biography of a flamboyant but orthodox saint Francis of Assisi by Adrian House, Chatto & Windus £20 I......
La Verna And Tortoni) In 8 Few Words
Page 4 from 1st May 1959By Jotter IT is curious that one's keenest A memories of a trip abroad are usually of the unexpected. Having to spend some lime in Assisi and......
One (busy) Gentleman Of Verona
Page 10 from 5th December 1980Bits of tin, part of an old washing machine, and a few mirrors create a new Christmas marvel every year. Timothy Mime crawls about under......
A History Of Cribs This Week The Christmas Cribs Were
Page 4 from 17th December 1965going up in many of the big city stores. Today's crib is generally accepted as having been originated by St. Francis of Assisi, though adoration at......
A Roadshow Of Religious Art
Page 5 from 10th January 1997ARTS WATCH PETER BROWN T IS CHRISTMAS I was fortunate to be invited to spend the feast in Provence — fortunate, that is, until the weather changed......
St Francis: Teaching By Example
Page 7 from 24th January 1997/ WAS DELIGHTED to be asked to give a retreat in Franciscan Italy later this year. It has already encouraged me to re-read the life of St Francis......
Christmas Roman Fashion
Page 5 from 21st December 1979• Right: the fabulously adorned crib scene at the Church of Aracoeli and (below) the Fransiscan Father brings tlw carved figure of the Christ Child......