This year is the 800th anniversary of Saint Francis’ composition of The Canticle of the Creatures. The inauguration of this anniversary took place in Assisi on January 11, 2025. (Learn more here)
Brother Solanus Mary offers us a reflection on St. Francis’ preaching to the birds from the Canticle of the Creatures in this podcast episode from The Franciscan Podcast.
(The Franciscan Podcast is the English-language format of Parole Povere, the podcast produced by the Friars Minor Conventual of the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi.)
For another reflection on this image of Saint Francis’ Sermon to the Birds, check out ‘Human Migration: Bird Watching or Encounter‘ by Friar Michael Lasky.
And, here’s a fun, short video about Friar Valentine who tends to about 30 chickens in his backyard – valuing them as God’s creatures while they in turn offer him a steady supply of eggs –
