Frances Schervier lived a unique live of holiness and service. She was beatified on April 28, 1974. The Cause of Canonization moves forward.
Blessed Frances Schervier radiated beauty as she walked through the streets of Aachen, Germany, in the 1850s, totally loving the poor and seeing God in and through their suffering. Like St. Francis of Assisi, was passionate about serving those most in need.
After joining a group of lay Franciscans and receiving advice from a close friend, she gathered together several likeminded women and began a religious Congregation on the Feast of Pentecost. They dedicated themselves to loving and serving the poor.
As hundreds of women joined the new group of Sisters, Frances remained focused and had the courage and confidence to move the new Congregation wherever the Spirit led.
That is why she traveled twice to the U.S. and experienced the suffering of the new immigrants. As a result she dispatched many Sisters to the U.S. where they established (five) hospitals before the turn of the century.
Frances is also one of the few women in spiritual history that was instrumental in founding a men’s Congregation, the Brothers of the Poor of St. Francis .
The Daughters of Blessed Frances, in addition to Germany and Belgium, have begun new roots in the U.S., Italy, Brazil, Senegal and the Philippines.
The Sisters along with their lay Associates and friends minister on five continents and are walking together to support Frances’ sacred journey to sainthood.
We celebrate with joy the anniversary of the Beatification of Frances Schervier, Mother of the Poor. In this world of ours in continuous evolution, in this world of ours crossed with so much suffering and poverty, the testimony of Frances...
Schematically we retrace the history of the Canonization of Mother Frances path: 1876 Frances Schervier dies in Aachen, Germany, on December 14.
1934 Apostolic Process opened in Rome. Decree issued for Introduction of the...
A candidate is declared a saint, that is, the Church declares what already is... In official Church procedures there are three ‘steps’ to sainthood:
Venerable the title given to a deceased person recognized formally by the pope...
We have received some good news – our Postulator, Fr. Gianni Califano, OFM, has informed us that the Decree of Validity has been granted in the Cause for Canonization of Blessed Frances Schervier. This decree signifies that all of the...
The journey towards the Canonization of Mother Frances continues! This article is an update about this beautiful pilgrimage we are all making together. During these weeks and months I have felt a keen sense of the prayers and support of ...
The Closing Session of the Diocesan Inquiry for the Cause of Canonization of Blessed Frances Schervier was celebrated 242 days after the Opening Session with Solemn Vespers. As the Sisters, Tribunal, Brothers, Associates and friends ...
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It was an historic moment in our Congregation and in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati as we celebrated, in the context of Solemn Vespers, the Opening Session of the Diocesan Inquiry for the Cause of Canonization of Blessed Frances...
