As Laudato Si Week concluded on May 25, a new project focused on religious communities was launched- the Creation Care Prayer Network! This project is a world-wide effort of the Catholic Church to unite religious and lay communities who will commit to pray for the healing of our common home. Major sponsors include:
Our congregation has joined the Creation Care Prayer Network as a means of living up to our Chapter Direction Statement in two ways: “to be in solidarity with those who suffer” and to make “intentional choices to steward the gift of creation and respond to the threat of climate change”. By joining the Prayer Network we are giving public witness to our commitment, along with more than 200 congregations in over 35 countries on 5 continents.
For more information and to join the network - www.laudatosipray.org
Please join us in praying for the following intention during the month of March:
For the people of Ukraine who are suffering unexpected climate effects from the Russian invasion in the form of vast amounts of greenhouse gases released from the bombs, and methane gas released when oil depots and power plants explode. |
We, the Franciscan Sisters of Peace, continually respond to the call to be servants and to enter into solidarity with the “Minores” of our time - called to make the concerns of the poor and powerless our own. The most recent grant from the Minores Fund was for support of Seafarers & International House in New York city. Since 1873, Seafarers, operating under the auspices of the Lutheran Church, has responded to the urgent needs of vulnerable seafarers and immigrants. Funds were sent to the organization in support of the annual ‘Christmas At Sea’ program, which provides satchels of warm clothing to seafarers who are confined to ships due to long term contracts, and more so this year due to the lengthy delays in getting ships into port. We view these seafarers as “unseen essential workers” during the current pandemic, which keeps them separated from family during the holidays. |
Sister Francis Goguen, FSP, formerly known as Sr. Francis Joseph, died peacefully at St. Cabrini Nursing Home on August 17, 2022.
Sr. Francis was born in Rhinebeck, NY to George and Florence White Goguen. She attended St. Peter’s Elementary School in Albany, NY and Rhinebeck Central High School, graduating in 1949. Francis entered the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart in Peekskill, NY and professed her first vows in 1953. Sister Francis pursued higher education at Ladycliff College in Highland Falls, NY graduating with a BA degree in English. Later, she studied at New Paltz University where she earned an MS in General Education followed by studies at New York University earning an MA in Learning Disabilities.