I, Francis: 40th Anniversary Edition with a New Foreword by Jon M. Sweeney - by Carlo Carretto (Paperback)

About the Book

"The 40th anniversary edition of an Orbis classic-Francis of Assisi's spirituality and life explained in the inimitable voice of Carlo Carretto"--

Book Synopsis

The 40th anniversary edition of an Orbis classic--Francis of Assisi's spirituality and life explained in an inimitable voice that could only be his own, except that it was Carlo Carretto's. "I was born in Assisi, in Italy, eight hundred years ago. And eight centuries later I still remember a thing or two.... Thanks to my father's money and my mother's good taste I passed my childhood like the classic spoiled child.... Middle class rich boy that I was, I never would have thought that it would be the poor who would be my salvation..."

From the Back Cover

US$18.00

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY /

Religious RELIGION / Christianity / Saints & Sainthood

RELIGION / Spirituality

Cover design: Marco Gallo

Review Quotes

"One of the most poetic, most spiritual, and most instructive books I have read." --Messaggero di S. Antonio

"Carretto's life, like that of Francis, was a combination of action and contemplation. In his book, I, Francis, Carretto speaks in Francis' voice, combining biography with what Francis might say to us today." --Richard Rohr, OFM, Center for Action and Contemplation

About the Author

Carlo Carretto was a leader of Catholic Action in Italy and served as National President of Catholic Youth from 1946 to 1952. At the age of 44 he joined the Little Brothers of Jesus of Charles de Foucauld in the Sahara. He continued writing up until his death in 1988. His other books include Letters from the Desert.

Jon M. Sweeney is an award-winning contemporary spiritual writer whose books on Francis of Assisi, including The Complete Francis of Assisi and Feed the Wolf, have sold more than 200,000 copies.