Missionary Franciscan Sisters

of the Immaculate Conception

Social Ministry

  • SOPAR and MFIC – June 2019

    At the beginning of June, we received a visit from a few members of a group we have been sponsoring for a few years, SOPAR. This organization has several objectives: * access to drinking water in about 100 villages in India to dig wells and purify water (which contains a lot of fluoride); * The * read more *

  • Social Apostolate in Savannah, USA

    Reflection on my ministry at the Social Apostolate of Savannah For seven years (2011-2018) it was my great joy to be the director of the Social Apostolate of Savannah, GA. During my years there, I clearly knew that I stood on the shoulders of the great people, Franciscan Sisters and lay, who came before me. * read more *

  • SOPAR and MFIC in Canada

    The majority of our sisters in Canada are no longer to physically participate in ministry to the poor and marginalized.  However, as a Governance Circle they Sisters in Canada continue to support ministry to the poor and marginalized.   SOPAR is one of the organizations that the Canadian Governance Circle has supported financially for several * read more *

  • Social Ministry – Papua New Guinea

      The women of Papua New Guinea (PNG) endure some of the most extreme levels of violence in the world. They continue to be attacked with impunity despite their government’s promises of justice. The situation has been described as a humanitarian disaster yet still does not receive the broader public attention it deserves, inside or * read more *

  • Social Ministry – Georgia

    Georgia, USA The Social Apostolate in Savannah has been reaching out to and trying to empower people who are homeless and at-risk of homelessness since 1968 under the guidance of the Missionary Franciscan Sisters. The center provides a wide variety of services. One of their goals always is to fill the gaps in services that * read more *

  • Active nonviolence: a way to built lasting peace in South Sudan

      The following message comes from a gathering of different religious communities united in the mission of non-violence.  A message of Nonviolence from Consecrated Life to our Religious communities, the Churches and the People of South Sudan, to our Friends and Supporters and all People of Good Will. We, members of the Religious Superiors’ Association * read more *