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 Mendicants - beggars + priests, monks who were not set in a particular monastery

• Test

  • 2 worksheets

  • 3 slideshows

  • 2 prayers

  • 2 bios

  • 12 stories

Groups of Mendicants

• Dominicans ( Black Friars / Order of Preachers (O.P.) )

• Founded by St. Dominic de Guzman

• Effects

  • Excellent Preaching

    • Countered Heretics

• Well-Educated

  • Ex: Basil, Benedict

• St. Thomas Aquinas

  • 1^st Educated at Benedictine Abbey (Monte Cassino)

    • Scholar in philosophy (based on Aristotle)

• Wrote Summa Theologia

  • Influenced seminary training + church thinking

• Franciscans ( Order of Friars Minor (O.F. M.) )

• Founded by St. Francis of Assisi

1. Poverty (Lady Poverty)

2. Peacemaker (Islam x Christianity)

3. Nature

• 3 Vows Franciscans Live By

1. Poverty - humble imitation of Christ

2. Chastity- wed to Lady Poverty, focus on service and love to all 

3. Obedience - secures intention of action for other’s good

St. Francis of Assisi (1181 - 1226)

• Key aspects of St. Francis

  • Peacemaker

    • Interaction with Muslims

      • Met with respect

      • Franciscans given control over all Christian sites in Jerusalem

• Environment

  • Green

  • Prevention

• Poor / Poverty

• Early Life

  • Born 1181 - 11982 in Assisi (Town), Umbria (Province)

• Francesco translates to The French Man

• Dad (Peter Bernadone)

  • Wealthy cloth Merchant

  • Spoils him with ‘noble crowd’

• Sent to war at age 20

  • In Perugia for 1 year

  • Returns home ill

• Doesn’t return to wildlife, is more withdrawn

  • More reflective, seeks True Self

• Plans to return to war with General Walter de Brienne

  • Hears God’s voice, “Serve the Master rather than the servant”

  • Returns home, converts

• Conversion

1. Meets a Leper

• Normally repulsed, but he sees Christ in him

• Francis embraces and helps

• Lady Poverty - Symbolic of him giving his life to poverty like Jesus

2. Rebuilds Church of St. Damian

• Hears God, “Francis repair my house, which you see is falling down”

• Begins to repair, forced to sell dad’s cloth to buy supplies

3. Repairs chapel of St. Mary

• Hears reading of Mt 10:7-19

  • “Freely you have received, freely give… Take neither gold nor silver”

• Later Life

  • St. Clare

    • Peer + childhood Friend of Francis from Assisi

• Drawn to Francis’ true self

• Attack by Fredrick II

  • She hold Eucharist out window

  • His troops turn back

• Poor Clares

  • Group of women who live in poverty, pray often

• Wolf of Gubbio Story

  • Wolf terrorizes town of Gubbio

• Francis wants to counteract the wolf

  • “Hell is worse than fighting a rabid wolf”

• He walks out of town toward the wolf

  • He makes sign of cross, speaks to the wolf

  • The wolf bows its head and closes its mouth

• The wolf is welcomed into town

• Francis gives a sermon

  • ”You feared the wolf”

• The wolf lives for 2 more years

  • Reminds residents of St. Francis

• Francis meets with Sultan

  • Meets with respect during the Crusades

  • Effect: Franciscans given governing power over all Christian holy sites

• Receives Stigmata at Mt. Laverna

  • 2 years before death

  • Only few could see it

• Francis’ Letter to All the Faithful

  • Background

    • One of the first things published in vernacular Italian

    • Sent because Francis was too sick to preach

• Jesus chose Poverty (simple, humble life)

• Death approaches, be ready

• Repay Christ for saving you

• Practice Virtues

  • Washes away effects of sins

  • Turn from vices + sins

  • Be at peace

• Pray, Read Scripture, Meditate, Visit Churches, Receive Eucharist 

• Sign of the Tau

  • Francis would trace it

    • On people after healings

    • On top of his papers

• Similar to shape of cross

• Last letter of the Hebrew alphabet

• Pope Francis

  • Derives name from St. Francis of Assisi

• Priority to the poor

  • Opened showers for the poor, St. Peter’s Square

• Lived simply

  • Not in Papal Palace, no Limos

• Care of Planet

  • Laudato Si - care of our home / earth

• Peace among nations

  • Fratelli Tutti - help refugees + immigrants to stop wars

  • Kisses feet of South Sudan leaders to urge peace (April 2019)

12 Stories of St. Francis

1. No Famines during his Lifetime

• Francis talked to a friar

• Realizes a secret from Holy Ghost

  • As long as he lives, there will be no famine

2. The Table Arrayed and Adorned

• Francis visited eastern Friars in desert

• He believed they were living too lavishly

• Dressed as a beggar to test them

• Helped them understand their rich lifestyle, poor man didn’t feel welcome

3. A Mortal Battle in Arezzo

• Francis visits Arezzo, sees demons

• Francis inspires Sylvester to cast them away

  • He yells and successfully casts them out

4. Sylvester’s Vision of the Golden Cross

• Sylvester had a dream

  • Golden Cross comes out of his mouth

5. He Receives the Stigmata

• Francis receives the stigmata

  • Francis had a vision

    • Angel (Seraph) was crucified

• He then received the Stigmata himself

• Rogier of Apulia receives the stigmata

  • He had doubt that Francis really got the Stigmata

• He felt a spiritual arrow in his hand

  • No hole in his silver glove

  • Hole in his hand

• He prayed for two days

  • Healed

6. Man Healed from Sword Wounds

• Devout man of Francis is mistakenly attacked

  • He is stabbed in the throat

• He still goes to church with sword in his throat

  • Everyone prays to St. Francis for him to be healed

• He receives stigmata, is healed

• The sword flies out

• His skin is patched back together

7. He Changes Water into Wine

• St. Urban Monastery in a desert

• Francis is very sick

• Given water

  • Turned it into wine

  • Wine made him strong

8. The Knight’s Last Confession

• Francis is visiting a knight (Host who invited him to dinner)

• Francis tells him to confess his sins

• The Knight confesses his sins

  • He dies at the table soon after

  • Sent to heaven

9. The Purse and the Serpent 

• Francis passes through Apulia

  • With another Franciscan Friar

• Friar finds large sum of money on the ground

  • He first looks for its owner

• Shows it to Francis

  • Venomous Serpent (Devil) is inside

  • Money can become evil

• If any part of the path (Begin, Middle, End) is evil, the entire action is evil

  • Ex: 100% on a test is good, but cheating to get it is evil

10. His Death

• Francis Gives all Friars bread and wine

  • Similar to Jesus

• Asks to be laid upon the bare ground

  • Sister Earth

• A monk sees his soul after death, looks like a star

11. A Lady Saved from Hell’s Cruel prison

• Religious woman who is devout to Francis dies

• While being carried to her grave, she comes back to life

  • She was headed to hell, a prison

  • St. Francis was praying for her

• She went to confession, laid down, died again

12. The Child Who Fell From a Window 

• Roman child falls out of a window and dies

• People pray to St. Francis for help

• He is brought back to life

• Common Theme: St. Francis like Christ

  • Turned water to wine

  • Raised people from dead

  • Healed people from wounds + illnesses

2 Prayers

• Prayer of St. Francis

• Canticle of Brother Sun and Sister Moon

  • Brothers

    • Brothers Wind + Air

    • Brother Fire

• Sisters

  • Sister Moon + Stars

  • Sister Water

  • Sister Death

Bonus: Examen Prayer

Feast Day: October 4th