In 2016, the Diocesan Caritas movement in collaboration with the Municipality of Assisi, opened a charity store called “Seven Baskets” (“7 Ceste”). I was involved, as a volunteer, from the very beginning. Prior to its opening...
This year, as Franciscan Sisters of the Poor, we celebrate 160 years of presence in the United States. With joy and gratitude we share our prayer. "Loving God, we are very blessed today by those who journey and share with us...
As I boarded the small plane from Cebu City, Philippines to Dumaguete City to meet the Sisters, I was excited and a bit anxious to experience the Sister's ministries in a different culture and environment. I retrieved my bag...
Filled with gratitude to God, we announce with joy that the 15th General Chapter of the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor, which was held in Aachen, Germany, after discernment and prayer, has elected a new Leadership...
It is with great joy and profound thanks to God that we announce that Sister Licia Mazzia, SFP, has been selected as Congregational Minister for a five-year term. Let us give thanks to God for the life given during these past five years...
Many of us have heard for the first time the concept of Ubuntu during the Congregational Conference, which took place in Rome in 2016. In this concept, we identify a style of life in which evangelical values can be found...
On the evening of September 11th, we meet together --all of the members of the Chapter together with a substantial group of Poor Sisters of St. Francis hailing from different communities -- inside the Chapel of the Motherhouse...
Ciao, comment vas-tu? Tudo bem and you? This sentence definitely sounds strange and it is perhaps even grammatically incorrect. Why choose it, then, as the opening of this written piece? In order to express the magic...
