Ice Cream In Denver Today

Each year on the Feast Day of St. Regis, Regis University (Denver, Colorado) celebrates Regis Day with an ice cream social and photo contest. At the 2012 celebration, over 400 people gathered for free root beer floats. Volunteers served over 18 gallons of root beer and 1,000 scoops of ice cream.

Jean-François Régis, known as Saint John Francis Regis and St. Regis, (31 January 1597 – 30 December 1640), was a French priest of the Society of Jesus, recognized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. His feast day is 16 June.

Parishes are dedicated to St. John Francis Regis in Arnaudville, Louisiana;^[9] Hollywood, Maryland;^[10] and Kansas City, Missouri.^[11]

Numerous elementary and high schools worldwide are named for this saint including Regis High School (New York City), Regis School of the Sacred Heart (Houston, Texas), Regis High School (Eau Claire, Wisconsin) and Regis Jesuit High School (Aurora, Colorado).

St. Regis Mohawk Reservation, where a Roman Catholic church named for him stands, is also named in his honor, due to his admiration for the native inhabitants of North America.

From 1633-40 he evangelized more than fifty districts in le Vivarais, le Forez, and le Velay.^[1] Regis laboured diligently on behalf of both priests and laymen. His preaching style was said to have been simple and direct. He appealed to the uneducated peasantry and numerous conversions resulted.  Regis's labors reaped a harvest of conversions. However, his boldness – perceived as arrogance in some cases – led to a conflict with certain other priests, a period of tension with the local bishop, and even threats of violence from those whose vices he condemned.^[6] Although he longed to devote himself to the conversion of the indigenous inhabitants of Canada, he remained in France all his life.  Regis walked from town to town, in rough mountainous areas where travel was difficult, especially in the winter.   He succumbed to pneumonia at age forty-three on 31 December 1640, at Lalouvesc (Ardèche), in France's Dauphiné region.

He started a hostel for former prostitutes where they learned the art of lace making to support themselves and their children.

John Francis Regis is the patron saint of lace makers, medical social workers, and illegitimate children.