Category: MFIC Worldwide
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Sister Jeanette Gaudet, MFIC, Honored by Boston College for a Lifetime of Missionary Service
The Missionary Franciscan Sisters, Administrators, and Staff of the Immaculate Conception joyfully celebrate the recognition of Sister Jeanette Judith Gaudet, MFIC, who was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree during the 150th Commencement Exercises at Boston College on May 18, 2026. Sister Jeanette was among five distinguished honorees recognized during the University’s main…
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Elizabeth Hayes Early Childhood School: First Graduation 2025
For many years, the ministry of educating young children aged three to five and teaching catechism in Papua New Guinea was carried out by sisters under trees in local settlements, and later in simple buildings. Recognizing the growing need for early childhood education, the sisters eventually established a permanent school and named it after Mother…
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Bones of St Francis of Assisi go on public display in Italy
In a moment of deep spiritual significance, the mortal remains of St. Francis of Assisi are on public display in Assisi, Italy, marking the 800th anniversary of his death. From February 21 to March 22, pilgrims from around the world are visiting the Lower Basilica of St. Francis to venerate the saint whose life of…
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FOCUS ON LATIN AMERICA BOLIVIA Celebrating 50 years in Coroico
December 6 After a long but uneventful trip to La Paz from Boston, my sister Kathy and I arrived in Coroico where festivities celebrating fifty years of the life and mission of our sisters in Bolivia were about to begin. More than 50 catechists from the mountain villages that surround the parish gathered at the…
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SPECIAL CELEBRATIONS 70 years of presence in Papua New Guinea
SPECIAL CELEBRATIONS Missionary Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception 70 years of presence in Papua New Guinea 16 September 1949 – 16 September 2019 PART 1A journey to an unknown land called“The Land of the Unexpected” Seventy years ago, on Wednesday 30th August 1949 four Sisters, Mother M. Agnella O’Callaghan, Sisters, M. Rose Wooden,…
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FOCUS ON YAMBIO, SOUTH SUDAN
October visit to Juba and Yambio by Sr Pauline and Sr Rosella SR. HELEN NEINI Helen has ministered in Juba and Yambio for 9 years. Currently she is teaching Grade 6B at St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School located in the Diocese of Yambio. St. Mary’s has 26 teachers and 1,264 students. Sometimes there are over…
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Mount Alvernia High School Gala
Mt. Alvernia High launched a new celebration to bring the Mount Alvernia community together to honor the faculty and staff, alumnae, parents, the Missionary Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception and friends of MAHS who have made an impact on their students. In addition to being a night recognizing those who have contributed to life…
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Climate strike: Call for action worldwide
Students concerned about climate change take part in a climate-strikes rally at City Hall Plaza on September 20, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts. Youths around the globe say the planet can’t wait any longer“The threat poised to our generation is dire,” a Boston College student told several thousands of studentsFriday’s rally organized by 15 teenagers across…
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Mount Alvernia High School named a Top 5 Faith-based High School by Boston Parents Paper
We are proud to announce that Mount Alvernia High School in Newton, MA, have been named a Top 5 Faith-based High School in Greater Boston by Boston Parents Paper. They were also the only all girls school in the Top 5. We share the post appeared on Facebook written by the School after the nomination:We are…
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Elizabeth Hayes 125th Anniversary of Death Celebrations
May 6th 1894 – May 6th 2019 It does continue to bloom.. all over the world! In Papua New Guinea… In Canada… In Australia… In Rome…