Keeping Connected with Prayer
Prayers to Share: Week of June 1 Pentecost Prayer Service 2020 Week of May 25 Week of May 18 (See also Laudato Si Week 2020!) Week of May 11-17 Week…
Laudato Si’ Week – May 16-24, 2020
About Laudato Si’ Week Laudato Si’ Week honors the fifth anniversary of Pope Francis’ encyclical on care for our common home. The theme of the week is “everything is connected.”…
In Memory of Sister Monique Schwirtz
Sister Monique Schwirtz, a Franciscan Sister of the Congregation of Our Lady of Lourdes, Rochester, MN, died at Assisi Heights, May 7, 2020. Ellen Elise Schwirtz was born May 24,…
April 29, 2020 News Update
Franciscans in the News Sister Dawn Nothwehr contributed to the article in the April 27, 2020 issue of Global Sisters Report: With congregation-wide commitments, sisters are active in sustainable living.…
April 2020 News Update
Franciscans in the News WATCH THIS: “A Heartwarming Sunday Tradition” (Via ABC 6 NEWS) https://www.KAALtv.com/rochester-minnesota-news/pandemic-coronavirus-quarantine-rochester-sisters-of-st-fransis/5693515/?cat=10151 Sisters Mary Kay Mahowald and Arnold Ritchey are mentioned in this article: https://uscatholic.org/articles/202004/group-women-religious-proving-church-has-no-borders-32021…
In Memory of Sister Julia Tomsche
Sister Julia Tomsche (formerly known as Sister Dolorita), 86, a Franciscan Sister of the Congregation of Our Lady of Lourdes, Rochester, Minnesota, died at Assisi Heights on March, 14, 2020.…
Tours, Events, Meetings Tentatively Suspended – Mass for Sisters Only
According to the Olmsted County Department of Health, one case of the Coronavirus has been reported in Olmsted County as of Wednesday afternoon, March 11. Due to this reported case,…
March 2020 News Update
Franciscans in the News Sister Dawn Nothwehr was featured as a Life panelist for “Sisters use funds, microloans to empower women, small businesses” published by Global Sisters Report, February 24,…
Messages Received in Celebration of Catholic Sisters Week!
Here’s a video message from Tom Overlie, news anchor at KTTC-TV and member of our Communications Advisory Council: And a message received from another Communications Advisory Council member, Suzanne Leaf-Brock: “To…
Catholic Sisters Week: March 8-14, 2020
Sisters are active throughout the year, but for one week, March 8-14, the spotlight is on women religious. A message received from Suzanne Leaf-Brock: “To me, the Sisters are…