From the monthly archives:

March 2010

Find Important Resource in Franciscans International

March 3, 2010

Being Franciscan means speaking on behalf of the voiceless. Franciscans International is one way that the brothers and sisters influence decision makers on behalf of the most vulnerable at the U.N. and other international organizations. Heather Metcalfe, FI’s New York director of development in fund raising and awareness raising, visited the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity on [...]

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Taking a Franciscan Grand Tour of Grand Rapids

March 1, 2010

Unlike the classic definition of Grand Tour (essentially an academic’s pilgrimage to Rome by upper-class young Europeans searching for art, culture, fashion and increased language skills), a  present day Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity Grand Tour is all about respecting and building relationships.
Franciscan Postulants, Kara Martin and Marie Wilhelm along with Vocation Directors, Sister Mary Ann Spanjers, OSF and [...]

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Now Is The Time…Franciscan On-Line Lenten Retreat Continues

March 1, 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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Download Rickie Lee Jones’ ‘His Jeweled Floor’

March 1, 2010

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From the 2009 album Balm in Gilead, a title heavily implying healing at work, a once Grammy Award New Artist, Rickie Lee Jones collaborates this month with the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity to offer His Jeweled Floor. Enjoy the gorgeous ambience of this inspirational song calling to mind John’s Gospel “in my Father’s house there are many dwelling [...]

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