Joseph Parkes, president of Cristo Rey New York High School, which he helped found and has led since its inception in 2004, is this year's recipient of Catholic Extension's Spirit of Francis Award, named in honor of Pope
Francis, St. Francis of Assisi and Catholic Extension founder Fr.
* Harper Barnes discusses his book Standing on a Volcano: The Life and Times of David Rowland
Francis, St. Louis County Library Florissant Valley, 195 N.
If we are to believe
Francis, St. Therese and Jesus, however, the path of the meek, weary, burdened and heavy-laden, while not the way of the world, is the way that leads to life.