Earth Day & St. Francis of Assisi Ceramic Tree Decoration

St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) wrote simply but eloquently about the relationships among God, nature, and humankind. For this reason, in 1979 Pope St. John Paul II named him “Patron Saint of Ecology”, making St. Francis a fitting icon for Earth Day. Earth Day is celebrated worldwide on April 22 each year. + Front Image Credit (BK 002): Antique image of St. Francis of Assisi from a late 19th-early 20th century chromolithographic devotional print (Ser. 1055), originally published by B. Kühlen, Mönchengladbach, Germany, from the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. + Back Image Credit (World): 3D Earth Globe by GDJ, Openclipart, Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Public Domain License