Dec 14, 2023 Dec 14, 2023 Updated Jan 17, 2025 0 The light inside the church is different now. Where once the nave of the historic St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in downtown Bend was lit by ...

St. Francis is the medieval Catholic saint whose spirituality focused on loving the poor, creation, and peace.

St. Francis was accepted into the church by the bishop as an advocate of the poor and went on to found a religious order that’s still active globally today, the Franciscans. For Assisi’s ...

St. Francis was accepted into the church by the bishop as an advocate of the poor and went on to found a religious order that’s still active globally today, the Franciscans. For Assisi’s ...