Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity

Holy Name Province

Announcements and What's New

Convocation of Board Members of the Sponsored Ministries

of the Sisters of St. Francis January 23, 2010

Members of the Boards of Francis Center, Center of Renewal, Stella Niagara Education Park and Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart gathered to hear a presentation by Sister Mary Elizabeth Imler, osf, a Franciscan from Frankfort, Illinois. Using examples from the lives of Francis, Clare, Bonaventure and Dun Scotus, Mary Elizabeth related the values of awareness, service, simplicity and growth to the challenges facing the respective Boards in the years ahead.

Center of Renewal Celebrates 35th Anniversary!

Thirty five years ago the Sisters of St. Francis began the ministry of a retreat center at Stella Niagara. Over the years, the Center has expanded its mission of hospiality to include private retreats, sponsored programs as well as  providing meeting space for many different religious congregations. At the  anniversary celebration, Niagara University was recognized for its varied ways of collaboration in helping the Center achieve its mission.

Sisters of St. Francis Annual Tribute Dinner

The Chiapas Connection

Click here for the Autumn 2009 newsletter (in pdf format) describing the history of the Chiapas Mission; the latest news and fundraising events.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE JUBILARIANS 2009!

Golden Jubilarians: Sisters Nancy Illig, Gerry Nowak, Barbara Pfohl,

Joan Marie Coleman, Regina Marcum

 

 

 

 

Celebrating 60 years of religious profession: Sisters Clara Galagher, Mary Lacaria and Owen Doody

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Celebrating 65 years of religious profession: Sisters Joan Nelson, Marie Davis and Catherine Tronolone. Sister Carmen Paris is also celebrating her Jubilee

Celebrating 70 years of religious profession: Sisters Lucy Hasler, Joanne Fawls and Laura Garges

                            Diamond Jubiarian: Sister Maureen Mackin

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The Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity gathered June 28, 2003 - July 1, 2003 at Stella Niagara, NY and discussed ways they could make a more visible corporate commitment to peace.

The Provincial Council, the governing body of the Sisters, has been empowered to financially support the work of Franciscans International and Pax Christi USA and each Sister and associate of the community has been encouraged to do the same.

The leadership may endorse documents  for peace written by Franciscans International, Pax Christi USA, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, the Franciscan Federation and/or the other provinces of the Sisters of St. Francis throughout the world. To spread this message, materials on peace will be included in the various publications of the Congregation.

Sisters and associates will make personal commitments to working for peace in their ministries. The leadership of the sponsored institutions of the Sisters will be challenged to implement this commitment.

We invite you to light a candle and pray with us the prayer of St. Francis of Assisi:

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace;

Where there is hatred, let me sow love;

Where there is injury, pardon;

Where there is doubt, faith;

Where there is despair, hope;

Where there is darkness, light, and

Where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek 

to be consoled as to console;

to be understood as to understand;

to be loved as to love;

for it is in giving that we receive'

it is in pardoning that we are pardoned

and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen

We wish you peace and all good,

Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity

Holy Name Province, Stella Niagara, New York

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