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Join Pope Francis, the Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities and Christians around the world in praying and taking action for our common home throughout the September 1 – October 4 Season of Creation. […]
The Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities urge you to join us, along with mayors and those of all faiths in praying for the more than 100,000 souls lost during the coronavirus pandemic. At noon on Monday, June 1, please take a moment to bow your head in prayer for the dead and [...]
The nine days between the Feast of the Ascension and Pentecost is often considered to be the first novena. NCR invites us to join them in a nine-day Novena for Pentecost created by NCR board member and composer Dan Schutte. The entire Novena for Pentecost can be found here.
By S. Joanne Gangloff New beginnings.....our convent in Timau is now a novitiate and novice mistress S. Mary has already moved in with five second-year novices. Here they are with Fr. Moses, the very dynamic parish priest. May they enjoy the house and surroundings as much as many of our sisters have over past years. [...]
Throughout our Community, several sisters have earned the title of “Merry Mask Maker” during this pandemic. Sister Barbara Ann Sansone is the gifted mask magician at the Villa St. Francis in Peekskill, NY. Working steadily at her sewing machine S. Barbara has completed 60 masks for a hospital or health care facility in need. Sister [...]
Jesus the Healer, Emmanuel By Sister Marion Moeser, OSF The Covid 19 global pandemic reveals our vulnerability; the mitigation efforts make us aware of community around us and all over the world. At this time we naturally turn to prayer and ask for help and healing from our God. Our situation calls to mind Jesus’ [...]
By Sister Margaret Carney OSF, STD Published on the Franciscan Media website “He died alone!” “We were not with her!” These lamentations are heard daily as people recount the most bitter experience of losing a loved one to COVID-19. This cry from the heart expresses the deep suffering the crisis creates. But dare we ask [...]
By Sister Marianne Ferguson We might wonder why John, the beloved disciple, was the first to recognize Jesus at Lake Tiberius. There must have been a close relationship fostered by many conversations during which they revealed much about themselves to each other so that they came to know each other on a human level. John [...]
The following reflection is written by Joyce Rupp - writer, international retreat leader, and conference speaker. You can subscribe to Joyce Rupps Newsletter here. Shortly after the Covid-19 virus reached our state, an incident in the supermarket troubled me. A stranger spoke at length about the details of his work at a water bottling company, his [...]
By Sister Marion Moeser In 2002, I gave a presentation on Mary in the gospels. During the discussion, one person remarked that she had heard that the blood and water coming from the side of Jesus on the cross in John 19:34 was a birthing image – the amniotic fluid and blood involved in human [...]
April 22 marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, what is considered by many people to be the start of the modern environmental movement. Initiated by a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, Earth Day’s public education about challenges to the environment led to the creation of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Clean Air, [...]