From the yearly archives:

2008

Annunciations Continue to Happen

December 4, 2008

Stained Glass Windows:St. Mary Church, Appleton, WI; Holy Spirit Church, Kimberly/Darboy, WI; St. Gabriel Church, Neenah, WI; St. Mary Parish, Menasha, WI.
While contemplating magnificent stained glass images on the Annunciation theme, it is reasonable to think that Mary’s ‘yes’ opened the door of our world to God himself; she became the living Ark of the Covenant, in whom [...]

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Franciscan Sister Present at Conference of the Life and Papacy of Pius XII

December 2, 2008

Franciscan Sister of Christian Charity Sister Marie Kolbe Zamora, OSF ,studying for her doctorate at the Gregorian in Rome, Italy,  sent this message to her Sisters in the United States:
Here is a picture of my meeting the Pope that I thought that I would share with all of you. The fact that I was able to greet [...]

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BENDING TOWARDS THE LIGHT – Music Bob Kindred. Lyrics Anne Phillips & Henry Timm.

December 1, 2008

Aware that the child in each of us longs for a heart-felt Chrismas pageant each year, the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity feature a more than sentimental, truly spiritual song, Bending Towards the Light, music from Bob Kindred and lyrics from Anne Phillips and Henry Timm from Anne Phillips’ production Bending Towards the Light…A Jazz Nativity. Splendid stained glass windows from Fox Valley and Cudahy Catholic [...]

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Franciscan Sisters Serving at West Point, NE

December 1, 2008

At the threshold of the Advent Season, the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity serving and living among the people of West Point, NE are ready to to begin this new church year. How shall they hear St. John the Baptist’s call to ‘prepare the way of the Lord?’
Mother Agna in a letter dated November 27, [...]

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Do you get paid?

November 20, 2008

This was one of the questions posed by St. Mary Central High School, Menasha, WI students to Father Thomas Long, Diocese of Green Bay vocation director and other women religious representing the Racine Dominicans, School Sisters of Notre Dame, Elm Grove, WI, and the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity, Manitowoc, WI. on Wednesday, November 19, 2008.
Faculty [...]

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So Many Choices, One Life to Live by Sister Anne Marie Lom, OSF

November 17, 2008

“What will I do with this one, precious life I have?” This seems to be the underlying question I hear from my younger clients as I see them for spiritual direction. As a Franciscan Sister of Christian Charity, I have an inclination to turn to St. Francis for some guidance, myself, as I assist others [...]

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