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Vocations / Discernment

Follow Postulant and Novices in Community Ministries

January 3, 2012

At the dawn of 2012 Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity Novices Sister Monica, Sister Regina Rose and Sister Leslie and Postulant Regina traveled by train, plane and car for a one week visit to diverse locations of our Community’s apostolic ministries.�

Why are they going?
The week long scheduled visit  is not meant to provide technical or professional training, but it allows Novices and Regina another look at Franciscan community life. They will encounter [...]

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Salve Regina Important to Franciscan Insignia Ceremony

December 8, 2011

Regina is now an ‘official Postulant’.  On this feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity couldn’t help but smile as we joined Regina in singing the  ‘Salve Regina’ as part of her Franciscan Insignia Ceremony.Â
Regina chose this tradional hymn bearing her own name,  along with another Marian favorite as part of this significant Communal Rite of [...]

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How Franciscan Sister Came to Be a Diocesan Director of Religious Education

December 2, 2011

In a recent Diocese of Green Bay Connection to Education insert, Christine Corbett Conklin, Special Projects Writer, writes about Franciscan Sister of Christian Charity Sister Jacqueline Spaniola coming on board as Director of Religious Education. We share it one more time here.
Called to Be a Nurse?
If life had gone a little differently, the Diocese of [...]

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Podcast Alert:Franciscan Sister Pamela Catherine’s Vocation Journey

November 17, 2011

Desiring to understand the feelings involved in someone called to be a Franciscan Sister? We invite you to view Franciscan Sister of Christian Charity Sister Pamela Catherine’s discernment  journey from a Franciscan Vocation Discernment Retreat to her current life in community with our Sisters at St. Peter Mission, Bapchule, AZ.Â
Originally from Grand Blanc, MI, Sister Pamela Catherine made first vows in June [...]

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Novices’ Community History Presentation includes Challenge

November 11, 2011

For our Founders’ Day, November 9, 2011, Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity Novices Sister Regina Rose and Sister Leslie reflected on our early Sisters’ example of a humility born from complete obedience to God’s will, a poverty mirroring the lowliness of Christ, and a foolishness that, even today, many would call disturbing. After highlighting  individual Sisters of [...]

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Use a Mirror for Franciscan Discernment

November 6, 2011

During the November 4-6, 2011 Vocation Discernment Retreat at the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity Motherhouse, young women were encouraged to use the image of a mirror as they reflected on their relationship with God and explored their life’s vocation.Â
Looking to Clare
This very feminine ‘mirror’ idea comes from St. Clare who was not a woman who [...]

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