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First Encounter with Francis of Assisi: Damien Vorreux, who died in 1988, was a French scholar who began to publish French translations of the early Franciscan documents in the early 1950s. His deep knowledge of those documents and his understanding of Francis were the inspiration for this classic presentation of Francis of Assisi. Published in French in 1973 and first offered in English by Franciscan Press in 1979, Jean-François Godet-Calogeras – who worked with Vorreux – combines the latest scholarship and the most current English translation of the Early Documents with his own translation of the writings of Francis in offering this new edition of First Encounter with Francis of Assisi. This short text is an excellent introduction to Francis and the world in which he lived.

“Although this little book is about 40 years old, it continues to deliver what its title promises: a first encounter with Francis of Assisi for those who do not know much about him, but after having seen or heard him mentioned somewhere – most of the time related to legendary stories – are intrigued by that man of a small Italian city who lived eight hundred years ago. “First Encounter with Francis of Assisi” does not have the pretention to be a biography, but is definitely a concise and solid introduction to Francis, describing the world of his time, the milestones of his journey of life, and the essential elements of his spirituality.

In addition to providing a basic outline of his life, the author explores major aspects of his continuing influence in our time. While many historic interpretations of events in his life have been uncovered since this was first published, the Franciscan Institute wants to keep this study available as a tool that can help many—particularly collaborators in Franciscan works and institutions—know this amazing Christian better.”

-Sr. Margaret Carney, President, St. Bonaventure University

ISBN 1-57659-337-1
EAN 978-1-57659-337-0
Tradepaper
2012

An English translation of François d’Assise ou le pouvoir en question. In this presentation, it is not the question of poverty that holds center stage as the cause of the controversies within the early Franciscan fraternity. Rather, paradoxically, it is the question of Francis’s humility.

ISBN 1-57659-142-5
EAN 978-1-57659-142-0
237 pages
Tradepaper
2007

$34.95

An English translation of Francesco: un passagio. Donna e donne negli scritti e nelle leggende di Francesco d’Assisi. Jacques Dalarun delivers a tight analysis of all the passages in the writings of Francis and his biographers that, in any way whatsoever, touch on aspects and instances of his attitude towards women and femininity, or even better, use categories that can be defined as feminine.

ISBN 1-57659-139-5
EAN 978-1-57659-139-0
375 pages
Tradepaper
2006

$34.95

The object of this work is to give readers the tools to gain a better understanding of the man from Assisi. It contains a reprint of a biographical sketch prepared for the Dizionario biografico degli Italiani, in which the story of Francis’s life was presented as succinctly as possible. Following this is a collection of texts whose purpose is to lead the reader back to the sources that serve as a basis for a historical reconstruction.

ISBN 1-57659-152-2
EAN 978-1-57659-152-9
128 pages
Tradepaper
2008

$19.95

Although Francis had no formal training in theology, he has left us a profound yet warmly human vision of the Christian life. In this study, the author breaks with custom and focuses not on the personality of Francis but on his message as we find it in his writings: a rich, balanced message that teaches a vibrant spirituality centered on God and humanity.

1997; reprint 2004: 208 p.
Pb 978-1-57659-127-7
$20.00

Originally published in German, this study was immediately recognized as a major contribution to the world’s understanding of Francis. This translation explains the Spirit of St. Francis to the English-speaking world.

ISBN 1-57659-067-4
EAN 978-1-57659-067-6
128 pages
Tradepaper
1986

$5.95

Translation of Saint Francois d’Assise, sa peronnalite, sa spiritualite, by Gratien Badin, O.F.M., Cap. The title of the English translation of this book is taken from one of the sayings of Saint Francis of Assisi: I know Christ, poor and crucified.

ISBN 1-57659-094-1
EAN 978-1-57659-094-2
80 pages
Tradepaper
1988

$5.95

An English translation of La malaventura di Francesco d’Assisi: per un uso storico delle leggende francescane

This first of three volumes by Professor Dalarun, each originally published in either Italian or French, represents a highly important and unique contribution to a series of viatal questions concerning the Franciscan movement in the Middle Ages. This publication will certainly generate lively discussion and a deeper understanding of the Franciscan phenomenon. In a tone that is profoundly personal and to the point, Dalarun offers to serve as a methodological guide in the renewed interest in the famous “Franciscan Question”: how best to read, interpret and relate the early biographies to the historical Francis.

ISBN 1-57659-181-6
EAN 978-1-57659-181-9
296 pages
Tradepaper
2002

ISBN 1-57659-175-1
EAN 978-1-57659-175-8
2001

The Salutation of the Virtues can be characterized as a poetic reminder or even a poetic testament which St. Francis composes so that the brothers may take to heart and never forget the virtues, Gods holy forces, that are to shape the brotherhood in its continuous struggle to build an alternative society against the forces of evil that are threatening the brotherhood and its original ideals.

2004: 276 p.
Pb978-0-8199-1008-0
$14.95

By Edith van den Goorbergh, OSC and Theodore Zweerman, OFM.
Translated from the Dutch.
Through a meticulous reading of his writing, one can discover Francis the Mystic. The authors pay full attention to what Francis has to say and pay special attention to texts from the liturgy of Francis’s time.

ISBN 1-57659-178-6
EAN 978-1-57659-178-9
435 pages
Tradepaper
2001

$29.95

Anglican Bishop and renowned medievalist John Moorman writes in his preface to this terrific, short biography of Francis of Assisi that Francis has something to say to people of all kinds. He was a mystic with a special interest in, and understanding of, nature. He was a poet, the first to write in verse in any modern language. He was a man of great courage, risking his life in carrying out his ideals, He inspired large numbers of men to give away all that they possessed and live as vagabonds, begging their bread from door to door, All these things were important, and all combine to make him a very remarkable man. But perhaps the thing about him which appeals to us most today is the challenge which he threw down to the standards and values of the ordinary, secular life of man.

A selection of a dozen essays on St. Francis from great twentieth theologians and historians commemorating the eighth century of the birth of St. Francis. This book is both a good characterization of the Spirituals and an interesting starting point for the study of Capuchin reform.

ISBN 1-57659-063-1
EAN 978-1-57659-063-8
194 pages
Tradepaper
1982

$10.00

These essays offer critical examinations of the historical event. They present contemporary interpretations of how the stigmata narration developed and its meaning for our time.
$24.95

ISBN 1-57659-140-9
EAN 978-1-57659-140-6
113 Pages
Tradepaper
2006

There was a passion, an intense energy of love that drove Francis to center his entire life in Christ. Christ was, indeed, the teacher of his heart. This book concentrates on the Christological dimension of Francis’s thought seen through the prism of his writings and against the background of the world in which he lived.

ISBN 1-57659-066-6
EAN 978-1-57659-066-9
253 pages
Tradepaper
1994

$14.95

Letters and Prayers features the scholarly work of Luigi Pellegrini, Jean- François Godet-Calogeras, Michael W. Blastic, Michael F. Cusato, Jay M. Hammond PhD, and Laurent Gallant.

2011: 336 pages. Pb 978-1-57659-230-4 $29.95
2011: 336 pages. Hc 978-1-57659-293-9 $34.95

Rules, Testament and Admonitions contains essays by William J. Short, Michael W. Blastic, Jay M. Hammond, PhD and JA Wayne Hellmann.
2011: 336 pages. Pb 978-1-57659-232-8 $29.95
2011: 336 pages. Hc 978-1-57659-294-6 $34.95

Saints Francis and Clare Press present a Songbook and CD combo of the Prayers of St. Francis.

NOW AVAILABLE: CHRISTMAS AT GRECCIO - Vocalist, Stacie Bert - Arranger, Joe Higginbotham, OFS

De Beer does not aim to examine the saint’s life from testimonies written once that life on earth had been concluded; rather he inquires how those who knew Francis first hand encountered him while he was still alive. He attempts to discover how Francis's contemporaries experienced him close up. How did they criticize him? How did they imagine him?

1983: 145 p.
Hc 978-0-8199-0803-2
$9.00