Date: 26 September 1997
To: RichMailList
Subject: [RichMailList 166]: Italian earthquake


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Good Evening Friends,

Marcy sent me the following bizarre coincidence ... or is it??

There is also a CNN link for this story with pictures and movies at http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9709/26/italy.quake.11a/index.html


Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 14:46:19
From: Marcy 
Subject: [Fwd: Saint Francis of Assisi tomb is rocked by Italian earthquake]

This just struck me as more than coincidental this week.  God bless you.
Marcy

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Subject: Saint Francis of Assisi tomb is rocked by Italian earthquake
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 9:21:21 PDT

  	  				 
   ASSISI, Italy, Sept 26 (AFP) - An earthquake measuring 5.5 on  
the Richter scale which hit central Italy damaged the church holding 
the tomb of Saint Francis of Assisi, one of the greatest Christain 
saints known for his humility and love. 
   While praying on Monta della Verna, Francis had a vision and was  
afflicted with wounds of the Crucifixion in 1224, the first known 
and best attested appearance of the Stigmata. 
   Pope Gregory IX cannonized Francis two years after his death on  
October 3, 1226 which is celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church on 
October 4. 
   Born Giovanni di Bernardone in 1182, Francis earned his name  
from his father's frequent travels to France as a wealthy Italian 
merchant. 
   Francis participated in and was taken prisoner in the wars  
between Assisi and Perugia when he was 20 and after being released, 
joined the wars in Apulia until an illness forced him to return 
home. 
   Shortly thereafter, he converted to Christianity, renouncing the  
worldly evils that he had once participated in. Leading an ascetic 
existence, Francis dressed in rags, set out for Rome on a pilgrimage 
in 1206. 
   He heard his calling during a 1209 mass in which the words of  
the Gospel (Mat.10.7-10) quoted Jesus as urging the apostles to go 
forward on their mission and, later followed the order, preaching 
while still a layman. 
   Pope Innocent III granted permission to his followers to live in  
the manner he had, thus starting the Franciscan order of friars. 
   The order expanded rapidly as the friars travelled around Italy  
preaching the Gospel and doing small deeds to meet their needs. 
   Following travels to Dalmatia, France and Spain with the friars,  
Francis returned to deal with dissent within the order. He stepped 
down as head of the order in 1221 because he considered it too 
unwieldly. 
   The famous prayer of Saint Francis, a great lover of nature who  
even preached to sparrows at Alviano, preaches to sow love where 
there is hate and misunderstanding. 

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