Fr Francis Maple
Fr Francis Maple OFM Cap, MBE, is a Capuchin friar and priest.
He is
known in the north-west as The Singing Friar.
He has recorded 40 albums and written several religious books, the most popular being his 20 Stations of the Cross, Were you There?; his Rosary booklet, Pray the Rosary without distractions; his three volumes of Thought for the Day and his homilies Years A, B and C.