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BRIDAL VEIL, OREGON (06-02-2024) – Sister Dorothy Hood, FSE entered eternal life after suffering an unexpected episode of choking the evening of June 1, the Vigil of the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) while the Community was gathered for a meal. The entire Franciscan Community mourns her death and lives profoundly with the reality of Christ’s words, “But of that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, [...]

Sister Mary Mercy Lee, FSE Sister Amaris Salata, FSE MERIDEN, CT (05-26-2024) - Over 300 guests filled the Chapel of Saint John at the motherhouse of the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist to witness Sister Mary Mercy Lee and Sister Amaris Salata profess perpetual vows on Holy Trinity Sunday. Mother Miriam Seiferman, Mother General, received the Sisters' vows in the presence of the Most Reverend Christopher J. Coyne, Archbishop of Hartford, sixteen priests and deacons, family, [...]

MERIDEN, CT (03-31-2024) - The Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist wish you a blessed Easter Season! May the fulness of the Season when we celebrate the miraculous Resurrection of Christ bring you hope and life!

MERIDEN, CT (03-23-2024) - Sister Josina Marie Rocero completed her two-year novitiate and professed first vows in the Meriden Community's Chapel of Saint John on the Saturday before Palm Sunday. Mother Miriam Seiferman, FSE, Mother General, imparted her religious wisdom in affirmation of Sister Josina Marie's request for vows and then received Sister's vows. Sister Maria Sena, FSE, who will serve as one of Sister's formators, and Sister Renee Marek, novice coordinator, were witnesses. Reverend Joseph McCabe served as [...]

MERIDEN, CT (03-10-2024) - "The Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist are a blessing for the Archdiocese of Hartford engaged in so many diverse ministries. It seems fitting that as you have recently celebrated 50 years as a Pontifical Religious Order of Women that the Archdiocese of Hartford would also recognize this great milestone," wrote The Most Reverend Leonard P. Blair, Archbishop of Hartford, in a letter to Mother Miriam Seiferman, FSE, Mother General, and to Mother Shaun Vergauwen, FSE, [...]

MERIDEN, CT (02-12-2024) - Danah Agustin, daughter of Lorenza and Danilo Agustin of Vancouver, BC, entered the novitiate of the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist on Sunday, February 11, the traditional day commemorating Our Lady of Lourdes. On this day in 1858, the Blessed Virgin appeared for the first of 18 times to a 14-year old French girl, Bernadette Soubirous. In the private ceremony, Mother Miriam Seiferman, FSE, Mother General, received Danah's request for novitiate, responding with a strong [...]