Francis: a Saint's Way

Places the reader in the geographical, cultural, and historical context unique to the great saint of Assisi. James Cowan reveals various facets of Francis, from his experience of stigmatism on a mountain in Tuscany to his reconstruction of the chapel of San Damiano to the monastery of Fonte Colombo in Gaza. He is a saint who cleared a path for ordinary people to live a spiritually committed life in the world and who established a strong, ascetical relationship with God. In this work Saint Francis is encountered in a new and refreshing manner.