Peace! On August 3rd, our German Shepherd Liberty passed away after a short battle with aggressive cancer. While it was a sad day, we were reminded of the reality that everything is a gift from the Lord, and how grateful to have been given such a good dog for so many years. Two days ago…
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Bible Camp 2: The Commandments
Peace! We are in the midst of our second Bible Camp. With a little help from our friends from St. Stephen’s Parish in Minnesota, we’ve been spending the week learning, singing, praying, playing games, making crafts and eating healthy meals. Our teens and adult chaperones from St. Stephen’s (including newly ordained Fr. Joah) have done…
Bible Camp One: The Blessed Trinity
Peace! We just finished hosting our first Bible Camp for the summer, teaching the kids in our neighborhood about the Blessed Trinity: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit! Although day two was canceled due to a power outage, we were still able to share with the kids, ages 5-12, about…
Spiritual Motherhood
Peace! Sr. Alicia recently contributed to the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend’s “My Year of Faith” blog, writing on Spiritual Motherhood, which is essential to the identity of every women, including religious sisters. You can read the post by clicking here.
First Ever Community Prayer Service and Dinner
Peace! We will be doing more updating of this site over the summer months. In the meantime, we wanted to share some pictures from first Community Prayer Service/Dinner, which we hosted on Wednesday May 22. Over 125 neighbors and 40 volunteers joined us that day, including friends from Wisconsin and Michigan! Our hope is to…
Habemus Papam!
Peace! It is with great joy that we join the world in welcoming Pope Francis! Our community was blessed with an opportunity to share about our hope and joy on WGN news last night, just a few hours after Pope Francis’ election. Please take a moment to watch the clip of Sr. Alicia sharing about…
Senior Program: 4 Years and Counting!
Peace! Each Tuesday we host a Senior Program, inviting senior citizens from our neighborhood to come together for exercise, a Bible Study, a healthy meal and other activities–including outings to parks and outdoor concerts during the summer months. January marked the 4 year anniversary of this weekly gathering which Fr. Bob started right after Kelly Hall,…
Welcome Jaime and Matt
On Saturday February 2, 2013, the Franciscans of the Eucharist received two new members! Jaime Mitchell and Matt Bradley joined our community as postulants on the day the Church celebrates the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, and which Bl. John Paul II designated as World Day for Consecrated Life. We are so grateful…