The Common Good and the Global Commons
...common home, the “global commons,” and we are a single family. This principle gives rise to others: “In the present state of global society, where injustices abound and growing numbers...
Area Sisters Support Pope Francis’ Environmental Call in National Ad
Area Catholic Sisters are sharing their support for Pope Francis’ environmental message through a national commemorative edition of USA Today. The Sisters who signed the ad include 12 communities from...
Ministry Grant Helps Schools in St. Lucia
...Sister of St. Francis. I am so proud, happy, and blessed of the fact that I’m in a community that allows us individually, with community support, to fulfill something personally.”...
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Sister LaVonne Herrig, OSF
...concerts in the summer on Wednesday nights, which were generally considered shopping night for many farmers. After completing high school, Leona wanted to follow her three sisters, Joanne, Yvonne, and...
Sister Water Project Helps Honduran Villagers
...ministers in Gracias. Sister Pat attended a special ceremony the villagers held in honor of the water project’s completion. “Thanks to the water committee for helping this community have a...
Volunteers Reflect on Sister Water Project Trip to Honduras
By Jessi Russo, Communications Director On a Friday night out with her girlfriends Erin McGrane of Cedar Falls asked her friends to let her know of any mission trips they...
Coalition Against Human Trafficking Hosts Speaker
By Jessi Russo, Communications Director “The title of this talk is ‘Am I a Human Trafficker?’ and the answer is not all that dramatic to say, ‘yes, I am,’ said...
Sister Eunice Hittner, OSF
...his next call. The severity of the storm was realized when the horse, upon its return, died.Another daughter and four sons completed this close-knit, religious family. Eunice wrote, “As a...
Sister Norita Tranel, OSF
...her mother had attended the old I.C. Academy and loved the “brown Franciscans”. On August 8, 1941, Anna Elaine entered the community and a year later, on August 12, 1942,...
