A_YYA_Timeline-ACC

*A YOUTH/YOUNG ADULT TIMELINE*

*FRANCIS was*	*born into the merchant class of Assisi in 1182*
	*a playboy at the age of 18*
	*a soldier at the age of 20*
	*a prisoner of war at the age of 21*
	*bedridden with illness at the age of 22*
	*a crusader at the age of 23*
	*converted by Christ at the age of 23*
	*declared mentally incompetent at the age of 23*
	*brought up on charges of theft at the age of 23*
	*a runaway at the age of 23*
	*poor and homeless at the age of 24*
	*an itinerant preacher at the age of 26*
	*followed by others at the age of 26*
	*a writer at the age of 27*
	*a Middle-Eastern back-packer at the age of 37*
	*religious diplomat at the age of 37*
	*a stigmatist at the age of 43*
	*a poet always, but published at the age of 43*
	*dead at the age of 44*
	*canonized a saint only two years after his death*

A YOUTH/YOUNG ADULT TIMELINE

CLARE was born a noble woman in Assisi in 1193

lives in Perugia between the ages of 6-12

leaves home through "the door of the dead" at age 19

is followed by others at the age of 19

becomes an abbess at the age of 22

is granted the "privilege of poverty" at the age of 23

is severely ill at the age of 31

receives last letter from her friend and mentor, Francis

and grieves over his subsequent death at the age of 33

becomes a correspondent at the age of 41

sends sisters throughout Europe at the age of 42

repels an invading army in Assisi at the age of 47

is a writer of a Rule at the age of 54

is deathly ill at the age of 57

has her Rule approved at the age of 59 (on her deathbed!)

has a miraculous liturgical experience at the age of 59

is dead at the age of 60

is canonized a saint only 2 years after her death

*A YOUTH/YOUNG ADULT TIMELINE*

*CLARE*	*was born a noble woman in Assisi in 1193*
	*lives in Perugia between the ages of 6-12*
	*leaves home through "the door of the dead" at age 19*
	*is followed by others at the age of 19*
	*becomes an abbess at the age of 22*
	*is granted the "privilege of poverty" at the age of 23*
	*is severely ill at the age of 31*
	*receives last letter from her friend and mentor, Francis*
	*and grieves over his subsequent death at the age of 33*
	*becomes a correspondent at the age of 41*
	*sends sisters throughout Europe at the age of 42*
	*repels an invading army in Assisi at the age of 47*
	*is a writer of a Rule at the age of 54*
	*is deathly ill at the age of 57*
	*has her Rule approved at the age of 59 (on her deathbed!)*
	*has a miraculous liturgical experience at the age of 59*
	*is dead at the age of 60*
	*is canonized a saint only 2 years after her death*