churches sometimes featured fancy artistic renditions of Christ as an infant, they did not present any realistic manger scenes. Francis decided that he wanted to make the extraordinary experiences of...
St. Francis and the Nativity Scene


churches sometimes featured fancy artistic renditions of Christ as an infant, they did not present any realistic manger scenes. Francis decided that he wanted to make the extraordinary experiences of...

...was buried in the mud and began to rust. The shingle loosened and rain began to leak into the beautiful building. The water stained the pews, pulpit, walls and carpet…...

...the people around us. What I learned in my ministry at the school was that the children wanted most was my attention, then they felt the love that comes through...
for Simon to enter the picture and show us how desperately God wants us to help those in need. In a way, Simon is a mysterious figure. He was pressed...