Hawaii Catholic Herald Hawaii’s Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities welcomed members of the congregation’s leadership team last month as they celebrated 20 years of unity for the Sisters of St. Francis. The sisters marked the occasion during a special Mass July 21 at St. Ann Church in Kaneohe. Franciscan sisters from across […]
Franciscan Sisters welcome all to celebrate 20 years of unity
Hawaii Catholic Herald The Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities are continuing their celebration of 20 years of unity of their three New York congregations. Previously known separately as the Syracuse, Buffalo/Williamsville and Hastings-on-Hudson communities, the sisters in each location came together on July 11, 2004, to confirm their new status as one […]
Franciscan Sisters celebrate 20 years of unity
By Celia K. Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Isle Catholics might recall that Mother Marianne Cope, whose tireless and loving ministry to Hansen’s disease patients in Hawaii helped elevate her to sainthood, was a Franciscan sister of the Sisters of St. Francis of Syracuse, a city in upstate New York. St. Marianne didn’t just personify the […]