The Billion Dollar Saint
by Natalie E. White

THE STORY: Through an error, St. Francis of Assisi visits a Jesuit University instead of a Franciscan Monastery five miles up the road.

Jesuits and Franciscans are equally embarrassed, and both fear the publicity the supernatural visitor will being.

While they argue, St. Francis converts the Jesuit football team to the simple way of life and clad only in brown tunics which make them 20 pounds lighter on the field, they win a spectacular victory over their rivals.

But this game is televised around the world and the sight of American boys barefooted, in rags, causes international complications; Britain starts a “Bundles for America” campaign; other countries begin to pay their debts: Then the University Alumni, misunderstanding the situation, raise a billion dollars for their Alma Mater—which the Franciscans try to claim.