In 2007 Bishop John Du of the Diocese of Dumaguete City invites the Congregation to establish a healing mission in the Philippines. Dumaguete City is the capital of Negros Oriental province. There is a lack of support and social services...
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. "From his aboundance we have all received one gracious blessing after another...
Apostolic experience of the novices in the Communities: "This time has helped me to grow spiritually, as well as a humanly. It also helped me to better understand religious life with its joys, difficulties and needs...
The Kasambahay Human Development program is a training course offered by the University of Saint Paul in Dumaguete. This year it is celebrating its tenth anniversary. The program lasts one year and classes are held every Sunday...
Known for her quiet joy, her soft and gentle manner of speech, and her ready smile, Sr. Maris Stella loved being a nurse and a Franciscan Sister of the Poor. Kathryn was born to Joseph and Mary Clare Footen in Frostburg...
In 1968 the Congregation had 480 Perpetually Professed members: 410 in the United States; 25 in Brazil; and 45 in Italy. By December 2000, there are 186 Sisters in the Congregation, fewer than half the number thirty years before.
In 1968 the Congregation had 480 Perpetually Professed members: 410 in the United States; 25 in Brazil; and 45 in Italy. By December 2000, there are 186 Sisters in the Congregation, fewer than half the number thirty years before...
For 60 years Sr. Norma Meyer, Sr. Yvonne Fackler and Sr. Bernadette Sullivan and for 50 years Sr. Teresita Samson have been serving the people of God as daughters of Mother Frances. Each of them reminds with her heart full of joy the steps...
