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United...despite the differences
On July 31st and August 1st, the employees of Apai - various programs for needy childern and adolescents in Pires do Rio, Brazil - gathered for a meeting. They planned activites for the next two-month period and the discussed a series of methods for...
Jubilee Sr. Judith Ann Nagy
For 50 years, Sr. Judy Nagy has served the people of
God as a Franciscan Sister of the Poor. A native of Erie, Pennsylvania, Sr. Judy entered the
Congregation from her home parish of Blessed
Sacrament. From her early youth, she had a sense of ...
Spreading Our Charism to Senegal
In the early 1970s the Congregation explored the possibility of starting a mission in Africa. The Oblates of Mary Immaculate, good friends of the Sisters in Italy, already had an established presence in Africa. Sisters Rose Margaret Delaney and...
Blessed In Gratitude
On August 22, 2017, the feast of the Queenship of Mary about 50 Sisters, staff, friends and gardeners gathered for the dedication of the Marian Garden on St. Clare Campus for those Sisters who pioneered or maintained our healing presence ...
TransFormAction
The theme of the 2017 Brazilian Area Assembly was TransFormAção, meant to be an invitation for us to leave our comfort zones in order to meet the needs of our brothers and sisters, in yet another annual celebration and formation...
Wishing to grow together
I first met the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor in 1991. I offered to help Sr. Giuliana by spending some hours volunteering for a Caritas project on behalf of Roma people. As it turned out, I ended up volunteering for almost ten years...
Jubilee Sr. Grace Frances Strauber
Sr. Grace Frances Strauber celebrates 70-years as a
follower of our foundress Frances Schervier as a
Franciscan Sister of the Poor. Born and raised in New York, Sr. Grace Frances entered the Congregation in 1947 and made ...
Marian Pilgrimage
For the 129th time, the Church’s family of God in Senegal, made a Pilgrimage of Faith and Penitence on the hills of Our Lady of the Deliverance in Poponguine. The occasion was in remembrance of the 25th anniversary of the visit of St. Pope...
