Francis, founder of the of Order of Friars Minor, is the patron saint of animals, animal welfare societies, ecology and ecologists, Italy, Italian merchants & Paddington Parish. To celebrate the feast day of St Francis, our Parish Patron, you are warmly welcomed to join with Friars of the order, and members of neighbouring Franciscan parishes of St Joseph’s, Edgecliff and Mary Immaculate, Waverley for a special liturgy.