12 MAY 1928, Page 16

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI .

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—It is proposed to hold a Franciscan Studies Summer School at Oxford next August 3rd to 10th. The general subject of study will be the life and teaching of St. Francis in reference to the needs of present-day life.

The school will be interdenominational, but under the direction of Father Cuthbert, O.S.F.C., Principal of the House of Franciscan Studies at Oxford.

The success of the Franciscan Festival under the direction of Miss Maude Royden at the Guildhouse in London emboldens us to believe that many will welcome the opportunity of gaining a further knowledge of the Saint of Assisi.

Information concerning the summer school can be obtained from the Secretary of the St. Francis Committee, The Guild- house, Eccleston Square; London, S.W. 1.—I am, Sir, &c., The Guildhouse, Eccleston Square, S.W.1. 0. HAms.