From the monthly archives:

February 2009

Bishop David L. Ricken Welcomed to Franciscan Sisters’ Home

February 26, 2009

While about 90 miles away the Archdiocese of Milwaukee prepares to bid farewell to Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan, a man in the news soon to lead the Diocese of New York, the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity on February 26, 2009, welcomed Bishop David L. Ricken , Bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay, on his [...]

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For Me, Life is Christ

February 22, 2009

On February 20-22, 2009, ten young women ages 21-33 from CO, IA, MN and WI arrived in Manitowoc, WI,  for a Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity ‘For Me, Life is Christ’ (Phil.1:21) Discernment Retreat Weekend. Sister Mary Ann Spanjers, OSF, and Sister Julie Ann Sheahan, OSF, guided the retreatants focusing on the conversion stories of St. Paul, St. Francis and St. Clare.
Paul was [...]

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What Do College Students Want to Know?

February 18, 2009

Maximizing on a winter break Assisi experience, UW Whitewater travelers to Europe and other members of the Catholic Student Coalition invited the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity on February 16, 2009 to reflect on Franciscan Spirituality.
Here are words and phrases that the students themselves offered to describe this way of relating to God:

charity
serenity
peace, working in our every day lives to [...]

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Day in the Life

February 16, 2009

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Do you ever wonder just what someone else does all day? On Monday, February 16, 2009, Benjamin Wideman, the originator of a series of ‘Day in the Life’ articles for the Herald Times Reporter, Manitowoc, WI and Jaslyn Gilbert, an award winning photographer of the same mid-size daily Wisconsin paper, were on assignment at Holy Family Convent, home of about two hundred Franciscan Sisters of [...]

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On the Road Inspirations: Roundabouts

February 14, 2009

The Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity Vocation Directors offer the second of a series of ‘On the Road Inspirations’ gleaned from their experiences. Sharings from other travelers are welcome.
Francis: In whatever way it seems better to you to please the Lord God and to follow His footprint and poverty do it with the blessing of the Lord God and my [...]

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Visitation: Popular Catholic Word

February 7, 2009

Some words have several meanings. While sentences determine the meaning of words, people and  events determine the popular usage of specific words. ‘Visitation’ seems to be a currently recurring Church expression.

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