MERIDEN, CT (05-13-2016) Sister Rosario Ongayo, FSE was awarded a Masters degree in Theology with a concentration in Scripture from Holy Apostles College and Seminary, Cromwell, Connecticut at the graduation ceremonies. Sister Rosario presented her Special Project in April in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Masters degree. Sister Rosario's Special Project was a book of meditations on the 20 mysteries of the Rosary, illustrated with Scriptural references and poignant examples from her work as a certified nursing assistant. Sister Rosario has a profound devotion to the Rosary as indicated by her name. Congratulations, Sister Rosario!

LOWELL, MI (05-04-2016) - Sister Theophane Wurzer, FSE, entered eternal life on Thursday evening, May 4, 2016 at the Franciscan Life Process Center where she has lived for the past 25 years. An avid worker and dedicated professional, Sister Theophane tirelessly contributed her talents to the Church and the Franciscan Community as a professed religious, maternal-child nurse, gardener, quilt-maker and wholehearted card player. Sister Theophane was born on June 27, 1921, in St. Lucas, Iowa, the fifth of twelve children of Konrad and Barbara Wurzer. She was named Theonilla. After attending St. Luke School in St. Lucas, she finished her junior and senior years at Aquinas High School in La Crosse, Wisconsin. In 1940, she entered the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in La Crosse, and in 1941, as a novice, was named Sister Theophane. She professed first vows in 1943. In 1973 Sister Theophane became a founding member of the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist. Sister Theophane attended Viterbo College in La Crosse and the Catholic University of America from where she received a Bachelor of Nursing degree in 1952 with a focus on pediatrics. She obtained a Master of Science in Nursing Education from Indiana University in 1967. She spent a total of 21 years in La Crosse teaching pediatrics and maternal-child nursing in St. Francis School of Nursing and Viterbo College. Her post-graduate work was at the University of Windsor. From 1959 to 1966 she was the medical and pediatrics supervisor at Sacred Heart Hospital in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Her nursing experience also included four years as an instructor in the St. Luke Nursing School, Duluth, Minnesota, and six months in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. As a motivated, goal-oriented [...]