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The captivating story & many adventures of St. Francis Solano for children 10 and up: his converting the slaves on a sinking ship & 9,000 Indians with one sermon, healing the sick, finding a spring in the desert, etc. Impr. 205 pgs 19 Illus,

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Publié par	TAN Books
Date de parution	01 janvier 1946
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781618902993
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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BOOKS BY MARY FABYAN WINDEATT
A Series of Twenty Books
Stories of the Saints for Young People ages 10 to 100
THE CHILDREN OF FATIMA
And Our Lady’s Message to the World
THE CURÉ OF ARS
The Story of St. John Vianney, Patron Saint of Parish Priests
THE LITTLE FLOWER
The Story of St. Therese of the Child Jesus
PATRON SAINT OF FIRST COMMUNICANTS
The Story of Blessed Imelda Lambertini
THE MIRACULOUS MEDAL
The Story of Our Lady’s Appearances to St. Catherine Laboure
ST. LOUIS DE MONTFORT
The Story of Our Lady’s Slave, St. Louis Mary Grignion De Montfort
SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS
The Story of “The Dumb Ox”
SAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA
The Story of the Girl Who Saw Saints in the Sky
SAINT HYACINTH OF POLAND
The Story of the Apostle of the North
SAINT MARTIN DE PORRES
The Story of the Little Doctor of Lima, Peru
SAINT ROSE OF LIMA
The Story of the First Canonized Saint of the Americas
PAULINE JARICOT
Foundress of the Living Rosary & The Society for the Propagation of the Faith
SAINT DOMINIC
Preacher of the Rosary and Founder of the Dominican Order
SAINT PAUL THE APOSTLE
The Story of the Apostle to the Gentiles
SAINT BENEDICT
The Story of the Father of the Western Monks
KING DAVID AND HIS SONGS
A Story of the Psalms
SAINT MARGARET MARY
And the Promises of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
SAINT JOHN MASIAS
Marvelous Dominican Gatekeeper of Lima, Peru
SAINT FRANCIS SOLANO
Wonder-Worker of the New World and Apostle of Argentina and Peru
BLESSED MARIE OF NEW FRANCE
The Story of the First Missionary Sisters in Canada

Nihil Obstat:     Francis J. Reine, S.T.D.     Censor Librorum Imprimatur Joseph E. Ritter, D.D.     Archbishop of Indianapolis     Feast of St. Francis Solano     July 13, 1946
Copyright © 1946 by Sheed & Ward, Inc.
Retypeset by TAN Books, an Imprint of Saint Benedict Press, LLC. The type in this book is the property of TAN Books, and may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, without written permission from the Publisher. (This restriction applies only to this type, not to quotations from the book.)
ISBN: 978-0-89555-431-4
Library of Congress Catalog Card No.: 93-61380.
Printed and bound in the United States of America.
TAN Books An Imprint of Saint Benedict Press, LLC Charlotte, North Carolina
2012
For Jane Vollmuth
CONTENTS
   1. The Mayor’s Son
   2. Friar John’s Temptation
   3. The Secret
   4. Michael Faces Death
   5. The Father
   6. Fighting the Plague
   7. To America!
   8. Miracles at Sea
   9. Trouble on Shore
10. Southward the Course
11. A New Home In Talavera
12. The Cruel Mountain Tribes
13. The Wonder-Worker
14. A Year in Trujillo
15. The Great Sermon
16. Three Words … and Some Others
17. The Passing Years
18. The Song
CONFESSION ITS FRUITFUL PRACTICE
1. The Blessings of Confession
2. The Five Things Necessary for a Good Confession
Examination of Conscience
False Consciences and Their Remedies — The Lax Conscience — The Scrupulous Conscience — The Doubtful Conscience — How to Make a Good Examination of Conscience.
Contrition
The Qualities of Contrition — Interior Contrition — Supernatural Contrition — Perfect and Imperfect Contrition — Universal Contrition — Sovereign Contrition — Relapses into Former Sins.
Purpose of Amendment
Occasions of Sin — Purpose of Amendment Must Be Specific.
Confession and Absolution
The Confession of Sins — Qualities of a Good Confession — Confession of Venial Sins — Sacrilegious Confessions — General Confession — Frequent Confession — The Absolution of the Priest.
Satisfaction
The Sacramental Penance — Voluntary Penances — Indulgences.
3. How to Make a Good Confession
The Examination of Conscience
Beginning Prayer — Points for the Examination of Conscience — The Ten Commandments of God — The Six Precepts of the Church — The Seven Capital Sins — Duties of Particular States of Life — Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy.
Considerations to Excite Contrition
The Enormity of Sin — God’s Benefits to Me — The Love of Jesus Christ.
Prayers Before Confession
Act of Contrition and Purpose of Amendment — Prayer before a Crucifix — Prayer of St. Gertrude — A Short and Efficacious Act of Contrition.
An Easy Method of Going to Confession
Prayers After Confession
Psalm 102 — Prayer of Thanksgiving — Prayer before Performing the Sacramental Penance.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The author is deeply grateful to the Reverend Marion A. Habig, O.F.M., Secretary of the Francis can General Delegation in New York City, for the use of books, pamphlets and original manuscripts concerning the life and times of Saint Francis Solano, Patron Saint of the Franciscan Missionary Union. Without his helpful comments and suggestions, this little book could not have been written.
SOUTH AMERICA AND CENTRAL AMERICA

CHAPTER 1
THE MAYOR’S SON
S CHOOL WAS over in the little Spanish town of Montilla on a sunny day in the year 1566. As the doors of the Jesuit college opened, a crowd of eager students poured down the steps and into the spacious grounds.
“Anybody want to go fishing?” cried one boy, tossing a battered textbook into the air and catching it with one hand.
A companion stared in mock dismay. “ Fishing? After sitting down all day? Don’t be silly, Peter. Let’s have a ball game.”
At once the would-be angler began to argue his case. Fishing was a restful pastime after six hours in a classroom. There was a little boat he knew, moored in a secret place down the river. It could hold five boys, maybe six. As for tackle and bait …
“No, no!” cried the others. “We want action!” And as someone threw a ball high over a tree, there was a mad scramble to catch it. Shouting and laughing rang from all sides, and soon even Peter had forgotten his previous interest in fishing.
“Ball game!” he called, as a fellow student came slowly down the front steps of the college. “Hurry up, Francis Solano. We’re going over to the far field.”
A smile lit up the newcomer’s face, but he shook his head. “Thank you, Peter, not today. I have to look after some very important business.”
Peter shrugged his shoulders and trotted off to join his companions, who had almost reached the main gate. Soon the carefree group had disappeared, and comparative quiet descended upon the deserted school grounds.
For a moment the newcomer stood looking after his friends, his dark eyes thoughtful. He had told the truth about his important business. Today, this very afternoon, he was going to tell his parents of the decision he had reached after weeks of prayerful thought: that God was calling him to be a priest.
“A Franciscan priest,” he told himself happily, and here in the friary in Montilla.”
As he made his way toward the gate, the boy’s mind was busy with the wonderful thought. Then another consideration presented itself, and some of the eagerness faded from his face. For instance, what would his father say when he learned the news? Matthew Sanchez Solano was mayor of Montilla, a good Christian man, one whose home was always open to the sick and needy—and yet it was very possible that he might be disappointed because his son had no wish to pursue a worldly career. After all, Francis had done well with his school work. He had the makings of a good lawyer, possibly even of a doctor or a professor.
“Oh, but he must understand!” thought the boy. “I’m just not called to have a career in the world. God wants me for His own service.”
Concern for his father’s opinion gave way, however, as Francis realized that at least his mother would be pleased about his vocation. For years she had been devoted to the Franciscan Order. Before his birth she had recommended him to the care and protection of the Poor Man of Assisi. Indeed, the very fact that he now bore the name of Francis was due to his mother’s love of the saint.
“She’ll help me,” the boy told himself. “She’ll make Father understand. I know it!”
Absorbed in his thoughts, the young student walked slowly homeward, scarcely noticing the fresh beauty of the country landscape. God willing, in a few weeks’ time he would ask for the Francis can habit. He was seventeen years old, in good health, and since childhood he had longed to be a priest—facts which spoke well for his being accepted as a novice. Of course it was true that he had also thought of entering the Society of Jesus. His teachers at school were Jesuits, and many of them were his close friends. One or two had even suggested that he teach a while at the college, then enter the Society. But in the end the thought had always persisted that he was not meant to serve God as a Jesuit teacher. He was meant to work out his salvation as a Franciscan friar.
There were two reasons for this. First, the poverty of the Franciscan Order appealed to him especially. How fine it was to have nothing of one’s own, to rely upon God’s Providence for the very necessities of life! Then again there was the possibility of going to Africa as a missionary. For a long time now the Franciscans had been connected with this work. Almost every year a little group of friars left home and family to labor among the bloodthirsty Moors.
“That’s what I’d like best,” Francis told himself as he walked along, “to be a missionary priest in Africa.” Then he smiled at his own words. What was he saying? If he became a Franciscan, no one would be concerned with what he liked. The superiors would give him the work they thought he was fitted to do. That was all he had to remember. And after all, wasn’t that the best way of fulfilling God’s Will?
As he was considering this, the clamor of voices raised in anger suddenly struck his ears from a field close by.
“Oh! So I’m a coward, am I?” There was a curse, followed by a groan.
The boy stopped short and looked quickly in the direction from which the sounds had come. There he saw two men, armed with swords, about to rush at each other. One of them was staggering, whil