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Brother Francis

Name: Brother Francis
Author: Eileen Douglas

Eileen Douglas

Read by Tom Hirsch (1947-2022) · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Preface (5:09)
Assisi and Francis (9:59)
A Change (13:00)
A Lonely Struggle (13:08)
Victory Without and Within (14:18)
Francis' Call (19:08)
Francis' Early Disciples (18:50)
Francis Called To Be a Saint (22:05)
Francis as a Leader of Men (14:06)
Establishment of the Order (17:14)
The Story of Clara (11:21)
The First Chapter (21:58)
Some of Francis' Converts (24:03)
The Story of the Martyrs (16:08)
First Foreign Missions (21:12)
Francis' Visit To the Sultan: Discouragements (20:37)
Brethren of the Militia of Jesus Christ (20:27)
Clouds (19:14)
Last Days (18:38)