Body Freedom St. Francis Parade & Rally | SF

Submitted by the Event Organizer

San Francisco was named after Saint Francis who was a Catholic preacher and according to the body freedom activists, a noted nudist. Body freedom activists will stage a Saint Francis Parade on San Francisco’s 238th anniversary in front of the National Shrine of Saint Francis whom San Francisco was named after.

Walk down Vallejo Street to the National Shrine of Saint Francis of Assisi at 610 Vallejo from the dead end of Vallejo Street between Kearny and Montgomery Street.

Rally starts at 12 noon. Parade starts at 1 pm.

“I shall go naked to meet my naked Lord.”

These were the words St Francis of Assisi addressed to his father in one of the most well-known scenes from his life.

Francis had taken some of his merchant father’s finest materials to raise funds to rebuild the Church of St Damian. For this act, his father brought him before the court. The trial took place before the bishop and his court in the presence of merchants and townspeople.

In response to the charges laid against him, Francis proclaimed: “I return not only my money, but also my clothes. I shall go naked to meet my naked Lord.” At which he stripped off all his clothes, threw them to his father and walked off naked.

When he preached in the nude, the townspeople in Assisi first laughed at him, but then were won over by his words.

“The San Francisco nudity ban is a shameful act of outrageous hypocrisy especially in light of our cultural and spiritual history. We will be marching naked in solidarity with the holy man who was such a beacon of inspiration to our people that our city was name after him. Saint Francis was a nudist in the 12th century. It’s time that our society catch up with his ideals and his vision.”

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