Sisters Use Goats to Help Clear Invasives on Property
...also in line with the sisters’ mission to “live in right relationship with all of creation.” “The invasive species in our woods will in time damage the trees. Humans can...
Sister Lois Tilkes, OSF
...commercial dishwasher, little storage space, minimal cooler capacity, and never enough counter space. Sister Lois once commented, “I enjoy cooking and providing meals for the people who come to the...
Volunteers Reflect on Sister Water Project Trip to Honduras
...get nervous. “I told my husband, ‘put the wills on the counter top and tell the kids we love them,’” she recalled while laughing. Jane, along with her husband Dave...
Land Ethic
...relationship of mutuality within a Community of Care and strengthen the diversity and health of the whole community. the Gospel value of the Common Good of the Earth Community as...
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...
Ministries
The Franciscan Sisters live and work in 10 different states in the United States, as well as Canada, Honduras, and St. Lucia. We are educators in schools and colleges, as...
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.”...
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 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...
