Official website of Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church and Saint Joseph Catholic School. Features include parish & school news, Mass and Confessions schedule, bulletins, parish & school calendar, podcasts, descriptions of all parish programs and much more! Discover the life, legacy, and feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan order and lover of nature and poverty. Official website of Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church and Saint Joseph Catholic School. Features include parish & school news, Mass and Confessions schedule, bulletins, parish & school calendar, podcasts, descriptions of all parish programs and much more! Founder of the Franciscan Order, born at Assisi in Umbria, in 1181. In 1182, Pietro Bernardone returned from a trip to France to find out his wife had given birth to a son. Far from being excited or apologetic because he'd been gone, Pietro was furious because she'd had his new son baptized Giovanni after John the Baptist. Emergency Care is available at our hospital locations. The Pediatric Emergency Center is located at Saint Francis Hospital. Well Connected by Warren Clinic helps you find doctors based on what matters most to you. Because the right care starts with the right fit. Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone (c. 19 August 1181 – 3 October 1226), known as Saint Francis of Assisi, [b] (Italian: Francesco d'Assisi) was an Italian [c] mystic, poet and Catholic friar who founded the religious order of the Franciscans. St. Francis of Assisi was the founder of the Franciscan orders of the Friars Minor, the women’s Order of St. Clare (with St. Clare of Assisi), and the lay Third Order. He was a leader of the movement of evangelical poverty in the early 13th century and is one of the most venerated religious figures of Roman Catholicism.