No
one can acquire any virtue unless he begins by dying to himself.
– Saint
Francis of Assisi
Saint
Francis of Assisi's
patronage: Against
fire; animals; Catholic Action; dying alone; ecology; environment;
families; fire; lacemakers; merchants; peace; zoos; Italy; Assisi,
Italy; Colorado; Santa Fe, New Mexico; archdiocese of San Francisco,
California; archdiocese of Denver, Colorado; archdiocese of Santa Fe,
New Mexico; diocese of Salina, Kansas.
