From the monthly archives:

January 2008

Abundance of Heart

January 24, 2008

Francis’ mouth spoke out of the abundance of his  heart, and the fountain of enlightened love that filled his whole being bubbled forth outwardly. Indeed, he was always occupied with Jesus; Jesus he bore in his heart, Jesus in his mouth, Jesus in his ears, Jesus in his eyes, Jesus in his hands, Jesus in [...]

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UW Stevens Point Peruvian Mission Trip

January 23, 2008

On January 7, 2008, Sister Mary Ann Spanjers and Sister Marlita Hensler, two Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity who once served in Lima Peru, met twelve UW Stevens Point students and one campus ministry representative at Jorge Chavez International Airport. This was the first leg of the Catholic Mission experience, a work of the Marianist Congregation, that led [...]

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Franciscan Sister is Green Bay Packer Playoff Essay Contest Winner

January 15, 2008

Sister Sean Marie Tobin, a Franciscan Sister of Christian Charity, won a recent Green Bay Packer Playoff Essay contest that awarded her the privilege to attend the Packer/Seattle Seahawk game January 12, 2008 and to be the Honorary G-Force Captain of the game. As the Honorary G-Force Captain she walked the field with the Packers’ [...]

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Tohono O’odham Commemorate Sister Lucia’s First Year Death Anniversary

January 15, 2008

On January 12, 2008 the family of Sister Lucia Antone, the Tohono O’odham Nation  and the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity gathered to observe Sister’s first year death anniversary in Ge Oidag (Big Fields), AZ. Fr. Stephen Barnufsky, OFM,  pastor at San Xavier Mission, and Deacon Alfred Gonzales from Santa Rosa village presided at an [...]

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Prayer Song by Danny Flowers

January 1, 2008

Danny Flowers may be best known for having penned the classic, “Tulsa Time” (Don Williams, Eric Clapton), or as author of such soulful cuts as, “Before Believing” (title cut for Emmylou Harris’s Pieces Of The Sky) and “Gulf Coast Highway” (Nanci Griffith, Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson, Evangeline), among others, but as a solo artist, [...]

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Conversion of St. Paul

January 1, 2008

Caravaggio (1573-1610), born Michelangelo Merisi in Caravaggio, Italy, was known for his realistic and dramatic paintings. Receiving papal praise during his life time, Cravaggio  also suffered public brutal criticism at age 24 for his artistic works on the life of Matthew in the church of San Luigi Dei Francesi. Today these portrayals are acclaimed for their magnificence. [...]

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