Ep. 51 St Francis of Assisi

Saint Stories for Kids

Shining Light Dolls

Kids & Family

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2019

⏱️ 6 minutes

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St Francis of Assisi is well known for his love of animals...but did you know that he envisioned and created something that you see in every church you visit this time of year? He was a visionary, and brought us the...well, the...oh, just listen now and hear the story! Merry Christmas! St Francis, Pray for Us! www.shininglightdolls.com www.instagram.com/shininglightdolls www.facebook.com/shininglightdollsllc

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Saint Stories for Kids, a weekly podcast full of fun stories and
0:05.1	facts about the holy men and women that have come before us. I'm your host,
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0:28.3	Welcome to our very special Christmas episode.
0:31.2	Today we'll be telling the story of St. Francis of Assisi and the very first Christmas
0:35.0	crush, or Nativity scene. St. Francis of Assisi, the well-known and loved patron saint of animals,
0:41.6	was the first person to recreate the scene of Christ's
0:43.8	birth with live animals. State Francis, who lived during the 12th and 13th
0:48.6	centuries, gave up his inheritance to live a life of material poverty. He had a very strong devotion
0:54.7	to the Eucharist and so many people were impressed by his devotion to Christ and
0:58.9	his way of life that he founded four religious orders.
1:02.6	The Men's Order of Friars Minor,
1:04.6	the Women's Order of St. Clair,
1:06.6	the Third Order of St. Francis, which was for lay people,
1:10.0	and the custody of the Holy Land.
1:12.3	After St. Francis made the first living nativity,
1:14.6	it became so popular that towns all over Italy
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