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Pray Stations Expressing St. Francis’ Love for Jesus Crucified

April 21, 2011

During this Holy Week, Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity share  Sister Victoria Masil’s paintings of how St. Francis may have experienced the Passion. The original inlaid, wooden, relief Way of the Cross is found at our Motherhouse, Manitowoc, WI.
St. Francis had great devotion to Jesus crucified and asked that the devotion be a special part [...]

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A Franciscan Take on Spring (Song of Songs 2:11)

April 19, 2011

While participating in a recent Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity HealthCare Ministry Leadership Enrichment Program in Zanesville, OH, Sister Anne Turba captured the beauty of  springtime. Enjoy this refreshing gallery of images illustrating this scripture text:
 For behold, the winter is past,the rain is over, the flowers have already appeared in the land.
-Song of Songs 2:11
(For [...]

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Here’s a Catholic School Children’s Liturgy for Palm Sunday

April 15, 2011

Franciscan Sister of Christian Charity Sister Kathleen Murphy and second grade students reacted the Palm Sunday Gospel at a recent St. Francis of Assisi School liturgy in Greenwood, MS. Enjoy a gallery of photos that reveal a whole class actively and creatively engaged in telling the story. Note the palm branches, their cloaks on the ground and the donkey! Details [...]

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View Daily Franciscan Lives by Photojournalist Priscilla Thomas

April 7, 2011

Photojournalist Priscilla Thomas (Prisca Photography) captures daily moments in the lives of Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity at St. Benedict Convent, Cambridge, OH,  and their service to God’s people at St. Benedict School and Christ Our Light Parish.
You are invited to view images of Sisterly lives dedicated to contemplation and action in the spirit of St. Francis and St. Clare. [...]

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Our Daily Lives in a Franciscan Convent

March 20, 2011

Ever wonder what Sisters do all day? Watch this gallery of some possible and often probable day to day happenings  of our Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity at St. Francis of Assisi Convent, Greenwood, MS. (Check out our Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity facebook page for other updates. Our Sisters are great at sharing the latest news.)
Our Sisters in the [...]

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Enjoy Spring’s Brother Aconite

March 15, 2011

Franciscan Sister of Christian Charity Sister Caritas Strodthoff captures this refreshing photo of  spring’s first aconite at the Motherhouse in Manitowoc, WI. It’s time to enjoy Jan Struther’s poem.
Earth has borne a little son;
He is a very little one.
He has a head of golden hair
And a grave, unwinking stare.
He wears a bib all frilled and green
Round [...]

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