Saint Francis of Assisi is an important saint. His feast day is celebrated in various ways throughout the Catholic Church and among Francis' followers. These include prayers, masses, processions, and charitable activities.

Please accept our warm invitation to celebrate the feast of St. Francis at the Minorite Monastery in Prague. This year, we will also celebrate the 800th anniversary of the famous Canticle of the Creatures.

Basilica of St. James

• 4:30 p.m. Franciscan devotion Transitus
• 5:00 p.m. Vigil Mass at the end of Creation Time with a new Mass formula for the care of creation

The hall of John Lucembourg

• 6:00 p.m.Seminar on the musical tradition of the Minorite friary in Prague on the occasion of the 800th anniversary of St. Francis' Canticle of the Creatures
  Program: Welcoming guests: Saint Francis and his Canticle of the Creatures
                     
• Lectures:   Ecological ethics and beautiful music – Albert Schweitzer among the Minorites
                                              St. James's Choir – yesterday and today
                                              Youth near the St. James Organ