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Podcasts

3 Franciscan Podcasts : 100th Anniversary of Catholic Education in Ohio’s Guernsey County

June 30, 2011

During 2011 Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity are celebrating with Christ Our Light Parish, Cambridge, OH, the  100th Anniversary of Catholic Education in Guernsey County.
Join us in keeping this commemoration alive.  Find photos of the actual celebration in Cambridge, OH in early June. Click here.Â
To read  Sister Maureen Anne Shepard’s response to the people of the parish at the celebration click here.
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How Tucson Catholic Cathedral Inspires Faithful Through Artforms

April 26, 2011

As the Roman Catholic Church anticipates the beatification of yet another person of faith (John Paul II) on May 1, 2011, Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity share photos of sacred and significant saintly artforms represented in recent extensive renovations of St. Augustine Cathedral, Tucson, AZ.  A beautiful, peace-filled place of prayer, the Cathedral’s impressive statues of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, St. Katherine Drexel, St. Juan [...]

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Watch Franciscan Community’s ‘Heritage of Hope’ Video

February 2, 2011

You are invited to watch our Fraciscan Sisters of Christian Charity Heritage of  Hope video. Sister Martin Flavin, OSF and Scott McConnaha, Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity Health Care Ministry Inc., collaborated to complete the project for the 25 year celebration of our community’s health care system office. Â
Learn about our call to be consecrated women religious and the dedicated service of our Sisters for over [...]

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Catholic Advent Podcast: ‘An Advent Shower Psalm’ by Edward Hays

December 4, 2010

With the beginning of a new liturgical year, Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity invite you to watch our latest podcast reflection An Advent Shower Psalm from Prayers for a Planetary Pilgrim by Father Edward Hays.
Click here to view the podcast.
Sister Martin Flavin, OSF, directed our Postulants (Rose, Leslie, Holly and Lindsey) in the recitation of the poem.
Rose, a harp student of [...]

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Pray with a Franciscan Icon of Saint Monica

August 24, 2010

In anticipation of  the August 27 feast of St. Monica, watch a podcast of Franciscan Sister of Christian Charity Novice Sister Monica Martin, OSF, who shares her reflections on her personal patron while writing an icon of this woman of God. Â
Click here to watch this video.
Join us in prayers of intercession to the this mother of St. Augustine.
St. Monica, [...]

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View Franciscan Icon Writing Podcasts

August 3, 2010

Icon writing, not painting (although writing does mean using a brush, not a pen or pencil), was a summer spiritual experience for Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity Novices, Temporary Professed Sisters and others. Learn from Community iconographer, Sister Mariella Erdmann, OSF, some basic information about this art form called a  ‘window to heaven’, a way to pray.
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