From the monthly archives:

January 2009

Attentive Consideration of Poverty that Builds Peace

January 8, 2009

When walking in San Miguel High School, Tucson, AZ, one is not necessarily whacked by a special solicitude to poverty. Rather, one is immediately overwhelmed by the peace and friendliness of students, faculty and administration.  Here are young people, some former students of San Xavier Mission School and Santa Cruz School of which the Franciscan Sisters of Christian [...]

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Begin Mission of Passion

January 3, 2009

January 3 is the third day on the Gregorian calendar. It is also the third day that Father Anthony Cirignani, OFM, is serving as the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity chaplain. A Franciscan Friar of the Assumption Province, Father Tony is presently serving the Franciscan Sisters while living in fraternity  in a house recently established in Manitowoc, WI. A friar is [...]

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January Song by Catherine MacLellan

January 1, 2009

‘As winter hits’ seasonally and metaphorically in this 2009 new year, the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity feature Catherine MacLellan’s January Song from the album Church Bell Blues. Catherine MacLellan’s compelling voice, honest lyrics and expressive acoustic guitar are all neatly framed by the empathetic production of longtime collaborator James Phillips. (Photo: Patrick Nichols)
With this album I was [...]

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Happy Birthday Rio de Janeiro by Osmar Shineidr

January 1, 2009

Providing a complimentary vision of January in the southern hemisphere, the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity focus on  this breathtaking photo by Osmar Shineidr.

I really don’t have much to say about the picture, it’s just a representation to the immense love I have for my city, with the many aspects that makes it beautiful: the religions, our [...]

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Eye-Witness Reporting from St. Clare Convent, Manitowoc, WI

January 1, 2009

Mary Hennessy was born May 11, 1872 in Wexford, Ireland. After growing up in Ironwood, MI, Mary entered the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity at age 25 in 1898. Sister Clarence was professed in 1900.
Sister Clarence is an eye witness to all that happened in the first 40 years of Holy Family Hospital (now Holy [...]

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