Immigration Education Events: Mexican Consulate in Manitowoc; A Journey to Hope Pilgrimage

Posted on May 28, 2008
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The United States Catholic Bishops acknowledge that the current immigration system is badly in need of reform and a comprehensive approach to fixing it is required. Silver Lake College of the Holy Family, sponsored by the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity, will host the Chicago-based Mexican Consulate on May 29-June 1, 2008. The Consulate will offer passports and concular identifications for Mexican citizens at the Silver Lake College Generose Enrichment Center.

The Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity, Manitowoc, WI, the Franciscan Sisters of the Holy Cross, Green Bay, WI, the Norbertines of St. Norbert Abbey, De Pere, WI and the Diocese of Green Bay are sponsoring A Journey to Hope, Justice for Immigrants and Refugees, an Immigration Awareness Pilgrimage on Sunday, September 7, 2008. Participants will gather at 12 noon at the St. Philip Church Parking Lot, Green Bay, WI and walk to St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Green Bay, WI (4 miles). Music and prayer stops are an important part of this experience. Bishop Robert Morneau will preside and continue to present the Catholic Church’s Social Teaching on Immigration at a concluding 4 p.m. liturgy at the cathedral. College, high school and junior high students have already expressed interest in participating in the pilgrimage, along with parish families. Please consider this opportunity and pray for a humane and just immigration system in the United States. More information regarding other groups’ involvement and registration is forth coming.

Franciscan Sisters Jubilees: Joy Abounds

Posted on May 24, 2008
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When Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity celebrate 75, 60, 50 and 25 years of religious profession joy is contagious and guests from all over the nation gather in Manitowoc. The following Sisters were recognized on April 27, 2008 for their 75th Jubilee: Sister Leovigild Spinner, Sister Marilyn Kloiber and Sister Loyola Romey. They were joined by Sisters celebrating 60 years of vowed life: Sister Dolores Goudreau, Sister Donna Marie Kessler, Sister Mary Golden and Sister Doris Mertens.

On Memorial Day weekend these Sisters commemorate Golden Jubilees: Sister Thereselle Arruda, Sister David Marie Long, Sister Margaret Ann Wallander, Sister Andrene Flasch, Sister Sara Hale, Sister Mary Beth Prinz, Sister Marie Voborny, Sister Jolynn Kohlbeck, Sister Judanne Stratman, Sister Ritarose Stahl, Sister Verone Leeman and Sister Adrianna Schouten. Sister Mary Frances Maher celebrates her silver jubilee.

Jubilee festivity typically commences with a Saturday afternoon liturgy practice and social for the jubilarians. On Sunday the Franciscan Sisters gather in community to honor those members celebrating their anniversary of profession at an elegant breakfast in the Motherhouse cafeteria. Later in the day, an afternoon Eucharistic Liturgy is prayed in St. Mary Chapel with proper solemnity and the jubilarians renew their vows. A festive meal follows for all guests.

Do you have any special memories of these women consecrated to God? Please feel free to share your heartfelt thoughts or blessings.

Building a Culture of Life in Women’s Healthcare

Posted on May 13, 2008
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The Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity feature the vocation reflections of Sister Renee Mirkes, OSF, director of the Center for NaProEthics, the ethics division of the Pope Paul VI Institute recognized internationally for building a culture of life in women’s healthcare especially in the field of natural fertility regulation and reproductive medicine.

Sister Renee offers workshops and presentations on the Catholic Church’s position on: marriage and procreation, infertility, embryonic stem cell research, sexuality, human personhood, feminine anthropology and more to a variety of audiences. Thomas W. Hilgers, MD founded Pope Paul VI Institute in 1985 in Omaha, NE. http://www.popepaulvi.com/

Franciscan Sisters Honored in Diocese of Omaha

Posted on May 12, 2008
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The Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity received a letter from the Family Life Office of the Diocese of Omaha thanking them for contributing “God-given talents and skills toward ministry in the Archdiocese.” All of the members of the Franciscan community that ever served in the Omaha Diocese over the years have been chosen to receive the Rural Aging Ministry Award, an award that recognizes service to the Catholic Church through service and concern for elders in the rural reaches of the Archdiocese. This year’s Outstanding Ministers Awards ceremony is on May 21, 2008 at St. Patrick Church in Fremont.

The Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity have been formally involved with outreach to the elderly in northeast Nebraska since 1905, and informally involved since their arrival at St. Mary’s Parish, West Point in 1885. The community sponsors Franciscan Care Services, West Point, NE. in which St. Joseph Retirement Community, a licensed assisted living community, is a vital part of the ministry. An exceptional mixture of supportive services combined with a warm, homelike setting, St. Joseph Retirement Community promotes maximum independence and well being of soul and body. http://www.fcswp.org/

21st Century SPIRITuality

Posted on May 7, 2008
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Sister Ruth Ann Myers, OSF, reflects on the topic of spirituality from her broad background in theology, psychology and spiritual direction.

What is happening in the 21st Century Spirituality? Significant, perhaps, is the enormous interest in spirituality that is emerging today. Some writers are calling it “The Spiritual Revolution”. New, too, is that the interest is coming from a broad spectrum of people, not just religious groups. Also, the “revolution” is rising from below, not from above.

William Johnson, the Jesuit theologian, says that within the last thirty years, spirituality has become democratized. Holiness is no longer viewed as an ideal state attainable for only the elite; instead, it is within the reach of the ordinary person.

This interest may not be surprising in the light of the rapid changes taking place in the 20th and 21st centuries, changes far exceeding preceding centuries. These changes are making demands on everyone, demands that stretch us beyond the human and push us into the spiritual.

We understand ourselves through the world around us, so as the world changes, we, too, change. We know ourselves through the culture and the scientific developments in our particular time in history. This understanding of ourselves influences how we perceive Christ. Christ is not out there someplace, detached from place and time. Instead, he is within our personal and communal experiences in the era in which we are living. http://www.fscc-calledtobe.org/backend/PDF_uploads/publication_file2_4.pdf

Immigration Education Events: Mexican Consulate in Manitowoc; A Journey to Hope Pilgrimage

Franciscan Sisters Jubilees: Joy Abounds

Building a Culture of Life in Women’s Healthcare

Franciscan Sisters Honored in Diocese of Omaha

21st Century SPIRITuality

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