ON A MISSION
Nov 25, 2021
2 minutes
the first two decades of the 13th century, the monastic life was turned on its head by two reformers: Saint Dominic (died 1221) in France, and Saint Francis (died 1226) in Italy. Both men saw a scope for clergy who would live together like monks but, rather than shutting themselves from the world, would go into it to spread the gospel by
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