Franciscan Sisters Emmaus Day at Madera Canyon
What do Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity in Arizona do to celebrate the Easter Season? The Emmaus Scripture read a couple times during this time of year is one that motivates one to plan a road trip. In remembrance of the disciples walking to Emmaus, Sisters...
CHOPPED Franciscan Sisters St Francis School in Yuma Benefit
Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity Sister Mary Beth Kornely and Sister Hannah Johnecheck are competing in a St. Francis of Assisi School Chopped Benefit, Yuma, Arizona. This video is a teaser for the online auction which opens April 12, 2021. We won't know the...
Yuma Franciscan Sisters Run with the Nuns
Franciscan Sister of Christian Charity Sister Mary Beth Kornely reports from Immaculate Conception Convent, Yuma, Arizona. Saturday was the eighth annual Run with the Nuns fundraiser for Immaculate Conception School, Yuma, Arizona. It was a great success. Many...
San Xavier Mission Sisters Narrate the Stations of the Cross
You are invited to pray the Stations of the Cross with our Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity at San Xavier Mission, Tucson, Arizona! As we journey, we pray for one another. If you would like, please pass this on to whom ever you believe would like to pray the...
Franciscan Sister’s Second Grade Create New Word
Teacher Franciscan Sister Hannah Johnecheck tells about an exciting new venture of her second grade class. One day in phonics class the Second Grade was blending word sounds. We were taking the word “point” and changing it into “joint”. Just then, one of the...
Franciscan Sisters Craft Gingerbread Houses
What do Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity do when the teachers among them are officially on vacation for Christmas? Among the usual cleaning and decorating around the convent, Sisters at San Xavier Convent together frosted gingerbread houses and used various...
St. Francis School’s Christmas Sweater Day
St. Francis of Assisi School faculty, Yuma, Arizona felt the need to create an uplifting community spirit and clear the air of a purely pandemic focus. They asked everyone, including the students, to dress a little differently. Everyone was to wear a Christmas sweater...
St. Francis Students Light Up the World
Advent is a time, just like birthdays, when lighting candles is a tradition. The Advent wreath is not complete without the ritual of lighting the appropriate number of tapers. Franciscan Sister of Christian Charity Sister Mary Beth Kornely was inspired in another way...
Franciscan Sisters’ Thanksgiving Abundance
Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity at St. Peter Indian Mission in Bapchule, AZ didn’t invite a lot of people to share their meal time, but they did reach out broadly to their neighbors on the Gila River Reservation before they sat down to eat.
St. Teresa of Calcutta and Franciscan Sister Juana Lucero
During this month of saints and thinking more seriously of our own journey to eternal life, Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity serving at St. Peter Mission, Bapchule, Arizona share a favorite memory of Sister Juana Lucero and a favorite saint. Sister Juana died...