Feast of St. Francis: Patron of Our Parish, Model of Faith

10-05-2025Weekly ReflectionFr. Dan Connealy

Happy Sunday!

This weekend we celebrate the Feast of our patron Saint Francis of Assisi. His feast is October 4th and since he is our patron we are able to celebrate it as a solemnity on Saturday and Sunday. Thus, if you typically follow along with the readings in your missal, you'll notice the readings are different today. St. Francis was born around 1181/82 in Assisi, Italy to a wealthy family of textile merchants.

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