From the monthly archives:

February 2008

Franciscan Sister Terrific Teacher

February 17, 2008

Franciscan Sister of Christian Charity, Sister Carol Juckem, was chosen Green Bay Channel 5 WFRV-TV “Terrific Teacher” for the month of February. Parents and Sister Mary Lee Schommer, principal of St. Peter the Fisherman School, Two Rivers, WI, nominated Sister Carol for her enthusiasm in directing the school’s classroom music, as well as band students.  Please watch [...]

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Creating the Third Order…Pope Benedict XVI

February 15, 2008

An excerpt from Pope Benedict XVI’s Jesus of Nazareth found while the Holy Father presents the first beatitude, “Blessed are the poor in spirit”, may be helpful when discerning whether the Third Order of St. Francis is where one is ‘called to be’…
“For Francis, this extreme humility was above all freedom for service, freedom for mission, ultimate [...]

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Walk a Lourdes Grotto Procession

February 10, 2008

On this eve of the Our Lady of Lourdes feast, walk with Camp Franciscan participants in a procession to the Lourdes Grotto on the Motherhouse grounds of the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity in Manitowoc, WI. If you would like to attend Camp Franciscan 2008, the Third Summer of the Sisterhood, please contact us.

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Our Own Lourdes Rose

February 9, 2008

Recently, a red rose was placed at the grotto of the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity by a young family visiting one of the Sisters. It was a reminder that a  plenary indulgence is being granted “from the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord on February 2, 2008 until the end of the Memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes on [...]

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Song of Bernadette by Jennifer Warnes and Leonard Cohen

February 1, 2008

During this 150th anniversary year of the Lourdes Apparition, the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity are pleased to feature the collaborative energies of Jennifer Warnes and Leonard Cohen in this beautiful song with an exquisite melody and meaningful lyrics. Jennifer, singer, songwriter and recording artist reflects:
I was given the name Bernadette at birth. But my siblings preferred the name [...]

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St. Bernadette with Lourdes Rose by Pat Benincasa

February 1, 2008

Pat Benincasa paints this portrait entitled St. Bernadette with Lourdes Rose. Pat writes: “How do you paint eyes that have seen Our Lady? How do you paint eyes that have witnessed what words cannot contain? These questions are what went through my mind when painting Bernadette Soubirous of Lourdes.”
From website:
My approach to being an artist is [...]

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