Sister Dorothy Rolfes, OSF, 80, died Wednesday, February 15, 2017, at Clare House in her 57th year of religious life. Dorothy Caroline was born on February 5, 1937 to Bernard and Caroline (Reuther) Rolfes in LeMars, Iowa. She grew up…
Sister Annette George, OSF, died Friday, February 3, at Mercy Hospital in Dubuque in the 51st year of her religious life. Annette, the youngest of eight daughters of Albert Joseph and Anna Regina McDermott George, was born on January 27,…
According to Living Water International, 1.1 billion of the poorest people in our world lack safe drinking water. Being aware of the needs in our world, and acting on those needs, the Sisters of St. Francis’ Sister Water Project Committee…
Sister Norita Tranel, OSF, 92, died Saturday, January 28, 2017, at Clare House in the 75th year of her religious life. On August 2, 1925, Sister Norita was born on a farm in East Dubuque, Illinois at 2:20 a.m. to…
By Joanne Fox of the Catholic Globe The director of Clare Guest House in Sioux City puts a different spin on the “What Would Jesus Do” slogan. “I think what we provide is ‘What Jesus Would Do,’” said Dubuque Franciscan…
The Sisters of St. Francis, Dubuque, Iowa, commend to your charity the soul of their beloved Sister Lucy Kurt, OSF, who was born, June 1, 1925, and who departed this life, December 30, 2016 in the 71st year of her…
Sisters Pat Farrell and Nancy Meyerhofer have often dreamed of the Associates from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala coming together. On the weekend of December 2-4, 2016, they made that dream a reality by hosting the first retreat for the…
Briar Cliff University unveiled a permanent display honoring its faculty emeriti on November 18 during a ceremony on campus. Fourteen of Briar Cliff’s 26 faculty members with emeriti status were in attendance to witness the unveiling, which took place in…
Sister Solano Breuer, OSF, died on November 29, 2016, in the 75th year of her religious life. Coletta Magdalen Breuer was born at her family’s farm home in Glen Haven, Wisconsin on January 14, 1918. She was the second youngest…
Sister Karla Kloft, OSF, traveled to North Dakota protest with the Standing Rock Sioux, who oppose the Dakota Access pipeline's construction, near the Sioux reservation on November 17 and 18. "What is going on there is absolutely horrible and those…
