Current Gifts
...the gift acceptance committee. Gifts of securities meeting the criteria below will NOT be accepted: Securities which could create a liability to The Sisters. Securities which by their nature, may...
Sr. Helen Huewe Receives 2019 Matthew 25 Award
...passion project is working with the Marshallese community in Dubuque. She got involved with Dubuque Paradise Church in 2018 when she learned that the local Marshallese community was in danger...
Sisters’ billboards Promote Care of the Earth
...Virgin Mary, Dubuque Franciscan Sisters, Visitation Sisters and Trappistine Sisters, Dubuque. Sisters United News comprised of communicators from these religious communities created the “Care for our Common Home” message for...
Educational Resources
...the environment? Cotton and wool will decompose. See: https://www.plasticsoupfoundation.org/en/2021/03/the-invisible-threat-microplastics-from-your-clothes/ What are companies and scientists doing to improve the situation? Some companies and scientists are looking for ways to break down...
Coalition of Sisters, Lay People Lead Anti-Trafficking Effort in DBQ Area
...• Information on Human Trafficking in Iowa www.brakingtraffik.org • Four minute testimony, “I Am Miriam” www.against-humanity.org/watch • US Catholic Sisters Against Human Trafficking www.bakhitainitiative.com • National Human Trafficking Resource Center,...
Day of Peace Events Planned in Dubuque
...music and games. More information at www.bbqindbq.org or www.facebook.com/bbqindbq. Attendees may ride the Jule to and from these events on Sept. 19 with special event tickets. These tickets are available...
Corporate Stances
...framework to focus our compassionate responses to the cry of our Earth Community. Date of passage July 2019 Because we believe that… God created each person to have inherent dignity...
Upcoming Events at the Canticle of Creation Center
The Canticle of Creation Center (CoCC), a pilot project of the Dubuque Franciscan Sisters, is hosting these upcoming events: June 1, 2019 – Nature’s Ways: Healing and Spiritual Growth Through...
Sister Water Project Committee Creates Lenten Calendar
...the Sister Water Project website at http://www.osfdbq.org/sister-water-project-main/lenten-calendar/. “We invite everyone to use this calendar throughout their 2019 Lenten observance,” said Sister Kathy Knipper, OSF. “We hope the calendar helps others...
Sister Norma Jean Holthaus, OSF
...https://www.youtube.com/dubuquefranciscans. Viewing of the body will be from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 30 in the Francis House Chapel with a Mass of Christian Burial at 1 p.m....
