"In Franciscan circles, they make Saint Francis the 'birdbath saint.' You put his statue in your yard. He's holding a birdbath. Sparrows come. It's beautiful, but there's so much more, right? Like any saint, there's so much more."

Father Rick Martignetti is a Franciscan priest who earned a Masters of Divinity degree from Weston Jesuit school of theology in 1996 and was ordained for the Order of Friars Minor in 1997.  In 2002, he was awarded a doctorate in Sacred Theology and Franciscan Spirituality from the Pontifical University Antonianum in Rome. He has done years of preaching, teaching, campus ministry, spiritual direction, retreat ministry, formation work, youth conferences, and pilgrimage work. He is currently the Director of Campus Ministry at Ave Maria University in Florida.

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Father Rick's book of meditations: Hidden Beauty: Reflections on Saint Bonaventure's Tree of Life

Father Rick's blog: fatherrick.wordpress.com

Father Rick on YouTube.