patron saint francis

I have to do a saint report for my confirmation class(catholic) and I am doing it on Saint Francis of Assisi. I know he is the patron saint of animals and ecology-that is why i am doing it on him, but i need to know why he is the patron saint of animals and ecology.

He was a zoophile.

2007-12-22 14:52:43 by Ali

In this video we hear some music written by Saint Francis called #39;Canicle of the sun#39; which is also known as #39;Praise of the Creatures ...

Assuming you mean the one also known as

Apostle to the Far East
Francisco de Jaso y Azpilicueta
Franciscus de Xabier

his patronage includes

African missions
Agartala, India, diocese of
Ahmedabad, India, diocese of
Alexandria, Louisiana, diocese of
Apostleship of Prayer
Australia
black missions
Borneo
Cape Town, South Africa, archdiocese of
China
Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith
Dinajpur, Bangladesh, diocese of
East Indies
Fathers of the Precious Blood
foreign missions
Freising, Germany
Goa, India
Green Bay, Wisconsin, diocese of
Hpa-an, Myanmar, diocese of
India
Indianapolis, Indiana, archdiocese of
Japan
Joiliet, Illinois, diocese of
Kabankalan, Philippines, diocese of
Malindi, Kenya, diocese of
missionaries
Missioners of the Precious Blood
Mumbai, India, archdiocese of
Navarre, Spain
navigators
New Zealand
parish missions
plague epidemics

Many of his patronages are cleary associated with his extensive missionary work in the Far East.

If you mean

Francis Xavier Bianchi
Francis Xavier Can Nguyen
Francis Xavier Mau or
Francis Xavier Seelos

click on his name on the page at

http://saints.sqpn.com/saints-f/

for more information.

2009-04-08 16:18:25 by eileen c

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I've seen large statues of St. Francis of Assisi in the yards and gardens of people who are self avowed sport hunters. They kill for sport, not simply out of necessity. St. Francis loves animals and represents kindness to other creatures. How appropriate is it for him to be in the yard of someone who likes to kill?
I'm talking about killing for fun, not for necessity. It's the idea of recreational killing I'm getting at here - killing as a form of entertainment. St. Francis couldn't be pleased to be associated with it.

If it weren't for managed and controlled hunting - killing for food or sport - then the animal populations would get so large that it would tax the natural resources that they live off of. Then many would be sick and starving and that would be bad. Animals don't have the endless wilderness that they used to have, thanks to man. So since man put them in this mess, man needs to be responsible for helping them maintain a healthy environment so that they can be healthy, too.

Think of the animal shelters. Say you only have a capacity for 200 dogs. The incoming rate of dogs per day is so great (over the rate of adoptions out) that you have exceeded space, water, and food capacity and are running at above capacity. This means that the dogs all suffer from less food, stress, kennel cough, and other illness related to a crowded population. If the shelter does not receive enough funding to support the animal population, they have to kill animals to make room for the new ones. Man put them in this problem by not spaying/neutering, and not taking care of their pets, and man is responsible for managing them and trying to help them out.

The bible tells us man is responsible for caring for the land and for tending to the beasts.

2008-11-03 13:50:31 by aussiegenes

A. Wayward Girls
B. Greedy Merchants
C. All God's Animals
D. Farmers

C I think. If I remember right.

2007-09-04 15:48:13 by ♫ Bubastes, Cat Goddess♥

Think about it!
Saint Joseph Francis, the Patron Saint of Real Naked College Girls!

So how about it, my Catholic friends? :]
You'd have many, many new converts!

His follow-up video series, "Nuns Gone Wild: Out of the habit and into the chronic" didn't sit well with the Pope.

2009-02-18 01:45:53 by .