Blood of Saint Francis – La Verna
Stigmata of Saint Francis
Dono Doni
Late-Renaissance Franciscan devotional painting
1566
Crucifixion of Saint Francis
Dono Doni
Late-Renaissance Franciscan devotional painting
St. Francis of Assisi – Cenni di Peppo (Cimabue)
Attributed to Cenni di Pepo, known as Cimabue
Tempera and gold on panel, 1290
Breviary of St. Clare
Liturgical manuscript associated with Saint Clare
Veil of St. Clare
Textile relic associated with Saint Clare
St. Francis – Adamo di Cladaro
Devotional image of Saint Francis
St. Francis Watched over by the Angels
Anonymous, seventeenth century
Exhibition Details
Location: Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption (1111 Gough St, San Francisco, CA)
Dates: October 16 – November 28
Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (daily during regular cathedral business hours; closed on applicable holidays)
Highlights: This marks the first time these treasures and sacred relics — including the wooden protective cover of St. Francis (coperchio di Cimabue), his habit and breviary, the horn of the Sultan, and locks of St. Clare’s hair — are leaving Assisi for the United States.
We badly need a huge return to Christianity and to the Catholic Faith in California. Gov. Gavin Newsom just signed AB 2017 into law, putting two major Muslim holy days on the State calendar. This bill was introduced by SF Democrat Assemblyman Matt Haney. It is estimated that over 500,000 people, 1.3% of California’s population, are Muslims. It is estimated that California has 21-22 million Christian residents, who comprise 55-60% of the state’s population. Approximately 10-12 million Californians are Catholics, comprising 26-30% of the state’s population. California has 1.1-1.2 million Jewish residents, comprising 3% of the state’s population. The politicians and governor of California should be serving the people of California. Not their pet favorite ethnic/religious groups. This political evil of celebrating Muslim holy days, along with a pagan, foreign Hindu holy day called “Diwali,” on the CA state calendar, all need to be abolished. And these holy days, or holidays, must not be celebrated and taught in CA public schools. Christmas and Easter must be highly respected and celebrated, along with respect and protection for the Jews, welcoming Hanukkah and Passover for them.
Before Vatican II we used to get homilies or sermons all the time on faith and moral issues. A priest was never allowed to just go wild and preach a bunch of made-up, immoral nonsense. To prayerfully assist at Mass was the norm for laymen. You had to be properly prepared for reception of Holy Communion and did not receive it at every Mass. The emphasis was on God and holiness, spiritual growth, sanctification, and preparing your soul for Heaven. Authority in the Catholic Church– as well as other places in society– may have been too heavy at times. But you need authority that is good and strong yet intelligent, understanding, merciful and caring to properly lead people– and kids. With good leadership and the true authority of Christ, our Church, along with other churches, all guiding millions of people in our society, could eradicate the many horrible sins of the liberal, lawless 1960s hippie era, like pre-marital sex and abortion, drugs, LGBT deviant, disordered gay sex sins, gay “marriage” and adoptions, sex-ed in schools taught by deviant, dirty school teachers, filthy pornography, assisted suicide/euthanasia, and much more. Christian marriage and family could then be re-established, and God would again– with great respect and worship of our Creator– bestow many blessings from Heaven on our Church, all the other churches, and society. We could have a much better future.