From the monthly archives:

February 2010

Guess Who West Point, NE Awarded the Community Service Award

February 26, 2010

How often is a community service award actually presented to another community? Here’s one example.  West Point, NE Chamber of Commerce’s 2010 Community Service Recognition was awarded to the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity.
Although the current Franciscans serving at Franciscan Care Services, Guardian Angels Catholic School and Central Catholic High School were enthusiastically present for a dinner on February 21, 2010, the [...]

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How Often May I See Family

February 20, 2010

Being retro is really a lifetime movement when it comes to family. Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity are not alone in needing quality time of just hanging out with parents, grandparents, sibblings, and other relatives. So just how often can a young woman expect to see family in the process of becoming a Sister?
Here are some short, simple responses. Feel free to ask for [...]

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How Did the Church Begin Hospital Ministry

February 17, 2010

Franciscan Sister of Christian Charity HealthCare Ministry, Inc.  CEO, Sister Laura Wolf, OSF, answers this question from a perspective that “Catholic health ministry does not belong to me or to our congregation alone. It is Christ’s ministry.”
While Catholic health care organizations comprise the largest provider of not-for-profit health care in America today, they have all [...]

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Now Is The Time: Franciscan On-line Lenten Retreat

February 15, 2010

Welcome to Franciscanized World’s first Lenten On-Line Retreat. We, Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity, invite you not only to be inspired by the seasonal Sunday Scriptural readings, the sharings of Sister Anne Marie Lom, OSF and Father Paul Gallagher, OFM, but to be visually introduced to dedicated people of St. Raphael, Oshkosh, St. Mary, Omro [...]

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Discern ‘How I Long to Love You’ on Valentine’s Day

February 14, 2010
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Boarding a plane with final destination a convent for February 14? On a weekend traditionally focused on love, young women truly arrived at the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity’s Motherhouse for a discernment retreat entitled: How I Long to Love You.Â
Apart from a totally cool Valentine theme, Friday’s Opening Ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Olympics was a jumpstart for sharing introductions. Even simple [...]

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Who is the Most Popular Saint in the Whole Catholic Church

February 11, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI did it again. After calling St. Francis “an authentic giant of holiness” at a recent Vatican audience, a few weeks later he characterizes St. Anthony of Padua as “one of the most popular in the whole Catholic Church”. Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity and all Franciscans are standing tall and joyously following in the footsteps of Jesus Christ with these [...]

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