Welcome to our revised website. We hope that our site will provide you with a taste of who we are as Missionary Franciscan Sisters. Our Foundress, Elizabeth Hayes wrote: “to see religious life founded in a generous, broad and noble spirit, that is my desire - flourishing in the loving, generous, joyful spirit, to see union and trust and confidence in its members.” We invite you to browse through the website to discover our roots, our ministries, information about our life together and resources that bring to life our charism as Missionary Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception. Pace e bene.The General Leadership Team |
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Mission Statement
We commit ourselves by profession of vows to:
- Manifest God’s universal compassion through inclusive non-dominating relationships of love.
- Trust in God’s Providence and live in a manner that affirms the right of all to a just share of the earth’s resources.
- Discern together the voice of the Spirit that has called us to be one in our diversity.
- In the spirit of Francis, Clare, and Elizabeth Hayes, we promote ever-widening circles of communion as we:
- Open ourselves to a life of continued conversion in response to the call of the Gospel.
- Identify with the victim, the poor and the marginalized in seeking a peace built on justice.
- Reverence creation, acknowledging the right of all God’s creatures to enjoy its blessings.
- Address the need within ourselves for repentance, forgiveness and healing while promoting a message of reconciliation.
MFIC Worldwide
On my recent trip to Latin America I was able to spend time with each of our sisters and with some of our former members. My first stop was Bolivia.
The trip down from La Paz was slow because of fog and rain but upon my arrival in Coroico the sun came out in all of its glory.
“I hope for a growth in communion between the members of different Institutes. Might this Year be an occasion for us to step out more courageously from the confines of our respective Institutes and to work together, at the local and global levels, on projects involving formation, evangelization, and [ ... ]
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LIMA (Reuters) - Pope Francis made a forceful call to combat corruption in Peru on Friday, calling it a social “virus” a month after the Andean nation’s president pardoned a former autocratic leader who had been jailed for graft and human rights abuses.
As Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski [ ... ]
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