Walking With Saints: Illustrated Lives
The Life of St. Francis of Assisi
An Illustrated Story of Faith, Humility, and Peace
Discover the remarkable life of St. Francis of Assisi through a beautifully illustrated visual story of faith, transformation, humility, and peace.
Born into a prosperous family, Francis once dreamed of honor, adventure, and worldly success. But a series of powerful experiences gradually changed the direction of his life, leading him to leave behind wealth and privilege and embrace simplicity, prayer, service, and complete trust in God.
Through richly detailed, full-color imagery and engaging narration, this illustrated volume follows defining moments in Francis’s journey—from his youthful ambitions and experiences of war, to his encounter with a leper, his call to rebuild the Church, his embrace of radical poverty, and the growing community that gathered around his example.
Readers will discover a man transformed by faith whose love for Christ changed the way he saw the poor, the forgotten, his fellow human beings, and all of God’s creation.
What's Inside
🎨 Beautifully illustrated scenes from the life of St. Francis of Assisi
✝️ Engaging narration that follows the defining moments of his spiritual journey
🕊️ Themes of faith, humility, peace, simplicity, compassion, and trust in God
📖 A timeline highlighting important moments throughout Francis’s life
✨ A beautiful full-color keepsake for reading, reflection, and inspiration
A Visual Journey Through His Life
From his youthful dreams of honor and adventure to his radical decision to follow Christ, Francis’s story is one of extraordinary transformation.
Born into comfort and privilege, he gradually turned away from worldly ambition and discovered a very different path—one centered on prayer, poverty, service, and love for those whom society often overlooked.
His journey led him to rebuild ruined churches, care for the poor and sick, gather a community of brothers, preach peace and repentance, and embrace a life of remarkable simplicity and trust in God.
Walking With Saints: Illustrated Lives – The Life of St. Francis of Assisi brings these defining moments together in an accessible visual story, allowing readers to encounter Francis’s life one scene at a time.
A New Illustrated Series
Walking With Saints: Illustrated Lives brings the lives of the saints to life through beautiful imagery, accessible narration, and thoughtful visual storytelling.
Unlike the Walking With Saints 30-day devotional books, each Illustrated Lives volume is a short visual journey through the life of a saint, following important moments from childhood, conversion, vocation, ministry, and legacy.
Designed for readers of different ages, the series offers an engaging and accessible way to discover the lives, faith, and enduring witness of the saints.
Why St. Francis Still Matters Today
More than eight centuries after his death, St. Francis continues to speak to a world often shaped by ambition, division, materialism, and distraction.
His life reminds us that fulfillment is not found simply in possessions, status, or success. Francis discovered a different kind of freedom through simplicity, humility, service, and complete trust in God.
His compassion for the poor and forgotten, his desire for peace, and his love for God’s creation continue to resonate across generations.
His example invites us to consider what truly matters—and to discover the joy that can come from living with greater faith, simplicity, gratitude, and love.
Perfect For
• Catholic families and young readers
• Catholic homeschool families
• Religion classes and faith formation
• Parish and school libraries
• Catechists and Catholic educators
• First Communion and Confirmation gifts
• Readers who love St. Francis of Assisi
• Anyone discovering the lives of the saints
• Catholic birthdays, holidays, and special occasions
Continue Your Journey with St. Francis
Deepen your journey with St. Francis through the companion 30-day devotional:
Walking with St. Francis of Assisi: 30 Days of Reflection and Prayer
Featuring daily reflections and prayers inspired by Francis’s life and spiritual witness, this companion devotional offers a deeper opportunity to explore his example of humility, simplicity, compassion, peace, and complete trust in God.