Hi, I finally got a chance to read our blog and didn't see any mention of some of the special occurrences that took place in Assisi as the town prepared for the Feast of St. Francis. Many of us who were in Assisi before the Chapter were delighted to see street painters drawing free hand images of Jesus, and Mary in familiar settings on the streets, coloring them in with brighhtly colored chalk. My favorite was a drawing of the Madonna of the Streets. It was so well done and so like the original.
Elsewhere we came across what appeared at first to be a newly-placed statue of St. Francis that was so real looking, it actually moved and breathed, and bowed to us with a smile when we made a donation. Near the Basilica of St. Clare we found an angel writing blessings for visitors to Assisi and not far from there, a flutist played magnificently. As we left Assisi after the Transitus celebration, on October 3, we headed for Rome to open our Chapter while other pilgrims continued arriving in Assisi for the rest of the celebrations there.
Peace and all good,
Nancy Miller (now one of two Nancys here at the Chapter)
Elsewhere we came across what appeared at first to be a newly-placed statue of St. Francis that was so real looking, it actually moved and breathed, and bowed to us with a smile when we made a donation. Near the Basilica of St. Clare we found an angel writing blessings for visitors to Assisi and not far from there, a flutist played magnificently. As we left Assisi after the Transitus celebration, on October 3, we headed for Rome to open our Chapter while other pilgrims continued arriving in Assisi for the rest of the celebrations there.
Peace and all good,
Nancy Miller (now one of two Nancys here at the Chapter)
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