Felician Volunteers in Mission Returns! https://www.feliciansistersna.org/join-us/volunteers-in-mission/deo-gratias-volunteer.html Do you know a compassionate young adult who believes in the fundamental dignity of each person? We are offering men and women the opportunity to volunteer in direct service with the poor while living a simple lifestyle in community with other volunteers. Volunteers In Mission offers formation in the Felician- Franciscan…
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Saint Charles Lwanga
In 1885, the king of Uganda gave his countrymen and women a choice: They could follow him, or they could follow Jesus, but they could not do both. Charles Lwanga and his companions chose Jesus. For their defiance, 22 Ugandan Christians, including Saint Charles Lwanga, were martyred. May we remember their courageous and unshakable faith…
Felician Sisters Take Action to End Gun Violence
Collaborative Statement Calls for End to Gun Violence Felician Sisters Take Action to End Gun Violence The Leadership Team of the Felician Sisters of North America joined congregations representing over 23,000 Catholic women religious, associates, and partners in mission in a collaborative call to end gun violence.The undersigned communities represent over 23,000 Catholic women religious,…
Catholic Sisters Against Human Trafficking – June 2022
Sisters Against Trafficking Newsletter June, 2022 June’s Issue: Armed Conflict Focus: This month’s newsletter focuses on the vulnerability to human trafficking for those living in areas of the world involved in armed conflict. Enfoque: Este número se centra en la vulnerabilidad a la trata de personas para aquellos que viven en áreas del mundo involucradas en conflictos…
Felician Sisters Visit the Ukraine/Poland Border
Justice and Peace News
Congregational Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation Commission Meet
CJPICC Congregational Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation Commission “We have to realize that a true ecological approach always becomes a social approach; it must integrate questions of justice in debates on the environment, so as to hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor.” (Laudato Si’49). Felician Sisters from…
“it is the ‘child’ of ‘Laudato si’”
Amazonia: New Paths for the Church and for an Integral Ecology Pope: isolationism and populism lead to war.In an interview with the Italian daily La Stampa-Vatican Insider, Pope Francis says that Europe needs to respect identities of peoples without closing itself in. He touches upon several issues such as politics, migrants, the Synod on the…
Felician Sister Shares Her Story
Felician Sister Maria Louise Edwards at the Border St Anthony Messenger June/July 2022
Laudato Si’ Week 2022
is an eight-day campaign held May 22-29 to mark the seventh anniversary of Pope Francis’ landmark encyclical on creation care. Sponsored by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, this global celebration will unite Catholics to listen and respond together to the cry of creation, rejoice in the progress we have made in bringing…
Prayer for World Day of Prayer for Vocations
This special day, also liturgically known as “Good Shepherd Sunday”, invites the Church to publicly pray for and promote vocations in all its forms. Many parishes and religious institutes commemorate this day with prayer for vocations and vocation promotion events. Considering that 73 percent of women and men professing final vows participated in one or more parish…
National Day of Prayer – May 5
The First Thursday of May The National Day of Prayer is an annual observance held on the first Thursday of May, inviting people to pray for the nation. It was created in 1952 by a joint resolution of the United States Congress, and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman. Our Task Force is…
Teaching Children to Save the Earth
Przedszkole Sióstr Felicjanek Warszawa Żywiczna ” Śmieciaki ratują świat” – spektakl teatralny z elementami języka angielskiego. “Garbage men save the world” – theatrical play with elements of the English language.