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The Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist wish you a Very Blessed Christmas and a New Year of Hope and Joy! As the Community continues to move forward in the spirit of our Foundresses, our Christmas card depicts the Nativity set brought from Rome to the Motherhouse by Mother Shaun, FSE, Co-Foundress, in 1975. The chimes in the background are dedicated to our Foundress, Mother Rosemae, FSE.

MERIDEN, CT - Sister Mary Elizabeth Endee, FSE, Vocation Director, attended a Vatican-sponsored conference in Rome focused on the theme of the upcoming 2018 Synod of Bishops, "Young people, faith and vocation discernment." The Vatican Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life organized the conference for Major Superiors and Vocation Animation Personnel on Vocational Ministry. The Conference was held in Rome from December 1 through December 3, 2107. Over 800 consecrated men and women from all over the world attended. The conference [...]

MERIDEN, CT – December 2, 2017 marked the 44th anniversary of foundation for the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist as they commemorated the first Foundation Day on that date in 1973, the First Sunday of Advent. Each year the Sisters celebrate the historic event on the First Sunday of Advent and observe December 2 as a day of prayer and fasting. By decree of the Vatican’s then-named Sacred Congregation for Religious, the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist were established as a separate religious order in the Church, with [...]

MERIDEN, CT (11-19-2017) "Thousands enjoy Franciscan Life Center Christmas Fair" read the headline of the online Meriden Record-Journal story of the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist's 26th annual Christmas Fair. People of all ages spread through the campus of the Franciscan Life Center, carrying their purchases of pottery, homemade breads, candles, cookies, jams and pickles, knitted items, grab bag surprises, garden tools, and a variety of gently used treasures found at the "Merry Miscellaneous" shop. Others take a break and enjoy hotdogs, fried dough, coffee [...]

MERIDEN, CT (10-08-2017) - Sister Michaela Serpa, FSE professed perpetual vows at a Mass on October 8 in the Chapel of St. John, the motherhouse chapel of the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist. The Most Reverend Peter F. Christensen, D.D., Bishop of Boise, celebrated the Mass. Concelebrants were the Very Reverend Douglas L. Mosey, C.S.B., Reverend Tom Coughlin, O.P. Miss., Reverend Andrew LaBudde, L.C., Reverend Christopher Mahar, Reverend Austin Phiri, Reverend Skip Thompson, M.S.A. and Reverend John Young, C.S.C. Sister Michaela is from Pocatello, Idaho. [...]

BRIDAL VEIL, OREGON (09-25-2017) - About 9:00 p.m. on Labor Day evening, September 4, the Sisters in Bridal Veil, Oregon were asked by local authorities to evacuate their home in the Columbia River Gorge as the area was threatened by a rapidly spreading forest fire. The fire was moving westward from the Eagle Creek area where it started. The ten Sisters stayed overnight in a Portland motel and in the Franciscan Montessori Earth School which the Sisters operate. In the following days friends and families [...]