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Franciscanized World

Here’s a Franciscan Catholic College’s Blessing of the Land

April 16, 2012

Armed with the Catholic big book of blessings on Monday, April 16, 2012, Father Dan Felton, pastor of St. Francis of Assisi, Manitowoc, WI, blessed the land which will be the site of  a new 35,000 square foot Silver Lake College of the Holy Family Music Education and Performance Center. The future building will provide practice and performance space for the Silver Lake College music [...]

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How Franciscan Governance Forum Readies Leaders for the Future

April 15, 2012

On April 13-14, 2012, Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity Sponsored Ministries, Inc. invited Trustees from NE, OH and WI  to Manitowoc, WI for a two-day forum: “The Challenges are Here: Is Governance Ready?” Because our System’s name was recently changed to include both Catholic healthcare and Catholic higher education, this gathering was important for leadership education [...]

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How Catholic School Students Learn to Pray Always

April 13, 2012

Pray without ceasing. In all circumstances, give thanks for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.    -1 Thes 5:17
Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity serve at St. Peter Mission Parish and School, Bapchule, AZ on the Gila River Reservation.
Priscilla Thomas documents some of the spiritual dimension of our ministry as we strive to educate students [...]

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Franciscanized Spring Green Broccoli Salad

April 11, 2012

Franciscan Sister of Christian Charity Sister Carol Seidl shares a favorite broccoli salad recipe that was passed on to her and she in turn passes on to you. Green is the color of spring and resurrection.Â
Note from Sister Carol: “I don’t really like vegetables but broccoli tastes great this way. College age women need protein, thiamin, calcium [...]

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How to Support Catholic Diocese of Marquette in Lumen Christi Nominations

April 9, 2012

Franciscan Sister of Christian Charity Sister Margey Schmelzle, serving at St. Augustine, Republic, MI and Sacred Heart Parish, Champion, MI, invites all of us to vote for Diocese of Marquette’s nomination Room at the Inn for a Catholic Extension Lumen Christi award. Read the whole posting to find out how to help.
Our Diocese of Marquette has nominated Room at the [...]

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Called to Freely Download ‘Easter Song’ by Irene Walsh and Paul Finley

April 7, 2012

As St. Francis and the first followers prayed the words of the psalm ’sing a new song to the Lord’ throughout the  Easter Season, Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity invite you to freely download Easter Song by Irene Walsh and Paul Finley this Easter 2012.  “This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be [...]

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