April 2021 News Update

Franciscans in the News This article references the author’s mentor, the late Msgr. John Tracy Ellis, who taught at the College of St. Teresa in Winona, Minnesota at one time:…

Merciful God, I pray for the discernment to recognize injustice when I witness it, and the strength to speak out and take action against it. Help me to foster unity…

Sister Yvonne Elskamp, 86, a Franciscan Sister of the Congregation of Our Lady of Lourdes, Rochester, MN, died at Saint Marys Hospital, Mayo Campus, on March 17, 2021. Yvonne Lorraine…

Years ago, Sister Dominique Pisciotta started a food program in Colorado Springs, which now serves the hungry throughout Southern Colorado, and employs 40 people and hundreds of volunteers. The current…

It’s Catholic Sisters Week! March 8-14, 2021 In recognition of Catholic Sisters Week, we asked several CST* alumnae to share their memories of the Sisters serving at CST and the…

Healing As I take a gander out my frosted window Pondering What is healing? I realize that sunrise came for breakfast, While the night eagles silenced their singing. My dream…

Sister Mary Eliot Crowley was interviewed about Human Trafficking on RealPresence Radio on Tuesday, February 23, 2021. To listen to the broadcast, click here:  https://yourcatholicradiostation.com/node/53394 The next Human Trafficking Awareness…

Sister Merici Maher, 94, a Franciscan Sister of the Congregation of Our Lady of Lourdes, Rochester, Minnesota, died at Assisi Heights, February 15, 2021. Patricia Ann Maher was born on…

What’s up at the Heights? Christmas at Assisi Heights – Arrangements were made for the Rochester area Sisters to receive Eucharist and/or a Christmas dinner at Assisi Heights. Sister Karen…

PRAYER TO END A PANDEMIC Help us, Mother of Divine Love, to conform ourselves to the will of the Father and to do what Jesus tells us. For he took…