March 2023 News Update

Sister Patricia (Pat) Keefe will be honored with a written memorial prepared by Sister Joyce Stemper. Each year the Hennepin County Bar Association (HCBA) holds a special session of the…

It’s Catholic Sisters Week! March 8-14, 2023 In recognition of Catholic Sisters Week, we asked several College of Saint Teresa (CST) alumnae and Saint Marys School of Nursing (SMSN) alumnae…

Justice and Peace Ministries – Statements of Commitment Climate Change Working Group Laudato Sí – Statement of Commitment We, Rochester Franciscan Sisters and Cojourners, recognize the great challenges of our…

Sister Marlys Jax was interviewed for the recent Human Trafficking Awareness program held at Lourdes High School, and co-sponsored by the Spirituality Center: https://news.yahoo.com/olmsted-county-works-eliminate-human-010400015.html   Bishop Robert Barron was interviewed…

Marion Kaple, Cojourner Marion Helena Keeler Kaple was born on November 9, 1939, in Watertown, South Dakota, the only child of Aleta and Charles Keeler. Her father was of Irish…

Dear Friends, Here’s hoping you had a Merry Christmas and best wishes for a happy and healthy 2023 from the Assisi Heights Spirituality Center! When the song of the angels…

Ground broken on new gazebo to continue tradition begun by the Sisters of St. Francis   For more than a century, a gazebo on the Saint Marys Campus in Rochester…

Sister Seton Slater, OSF Sister Seton Slater, 94, a Franciscan Sister of the Congregation of Our Lady of Lourdes, Rochester, MN died at Assisi Heights on Friday, November 18, 2022.…

Bishop Robert Barron states that Mother Alfred is his hero: https://www.wordonfire.org/articles/barron/mother-alfred-and-the-need-for-women-religious/   Scenes of the Season – Sister Anne Walch (r) assisted her sister, Louise (l), with a table of…