Sisters of St. Francis

of Penance and Christian Charity

In the United States since 1874

"Trusting in God and open to risk

we walk with courage"

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Stella Niagara Centennial 1908-2008

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SISTER JUBILARIANS FOR 2008

Celebrating 50 years:

Sisters Mary Michael Hill, Celia Kiesel, Marcyann Kowalczyk and Marie Louise Pohlman, Jeanne  Marie Chavez (SFP)

Sister Anisia Schneider, General Minister of the sisters, is also celebrating her golden jubilee!

Celebrating 65 years:

Sisters Dolores Marie Schmidt, Gertrude Fawls, Rita Lane, Rosella Gillespie and Estelle Laufersweiler, Brigid Convoy, Monica Asman (SFP), Dolores Cota (SFP), Miriam Provo (SFP), Bernard Meyer (SHP), Miriam Rubel (SHP), Kathleen Ann Clancy (SHP)

Celebrating 70 years:

Sisters Lois Marrah, Henrietta Schwagler, Sarah Doran, Corinne Haberstetter (SFP), Kathryn Leahy (SHP)

Celebrating 75 years:

Sisters Kathleen Cost and Robertine Saunders

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2007 SISTER JUBILARIANS

                                Celebrating 50 years

(l to r) Sisters Marcella Kiesel, Nancy Grassia, Christina Pecoraro, Catherine Gale,  Lois Badding, Mary DiLeone, (front) Marilyn Sue Hopkins and Therese Kinsel.

                Celebrating 60 years

(l to r) Sisters Arthur Wingerter, Mary Frances Welch, Marion Karl, Karen Allen, Marie Altier,  Agnes Marie Stuhler and (seated) Helen Welch. Missing is Sister Patrick McEneany.

                Celebrating 65 years

Sisters Verona Weber, Barbara Holtzinger, Rosemarie Stuhler, Justine Lyons, Agnes Lucille Schubert and Patrice Holahan.

                                                    Celebrating 70 years

                                            Sisters Rosalita Hitchcock, Maurice Huebsch

Deepening Our Knowledge of Islam

As an outcome of the 2004 General Chapter of the Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity, held in Rome, Italy, sisters and associates of Holy Name Province have begun a study of Islam. We invite you to accompany us on our journey through readings and discussion.

As an international community, the Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity gathered in Rome in October of 2004 for their General Chapter. Following their gathering the Sisters issued the following statement:

In this time of violence and war,

we are women of peace and hope.

Contemplating our good and

we, from diverse cultures and continents,

affirm a planetary vision to live

as sisters and brothers in one God,

caring for all of life as sacred.

Faithful to our heritage, we take risks to

Go where the Spirit is sending us.

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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