by Tablet Staff

Students at St. Francis Prep honored their patron with their bishop.

Bishop Robert Brennan celebrated Mass on Oct. 2 at the Queens school in honor of the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi.

This year is extra special because the Church is celebrating the 800th anniversary of St. Francis’ death with a jubilee year.

Bishop Brennan said the saint is exactly who young Catholics should look up to. You can celebrate this jubilee year by making a pilgrimage to any Franciscan church in the world.

If you go and follow specific conditions, you can get a plenary indulgence and be free from the temporal punishment of your sins.