This January, we hit a community milestone and officially sponsored our first booth at a FOCUS SEEK Conference! This year’s conference was hosted in St. Louis and had nearly 20,000 attendees. Sr. Alicia, Sr. Jaime, Sr. Jess, and Sr. Laura represented our community and had the chance to encounter so many young people. They ran…
Author: Franciscans of the Eucharist
FE Reflections: How Am I Ordering My Life?
Reflection by Sr. Alicia Torres Every morning my alarm goes off, just like it does, I’m sure, for you. Each morning when I hear that alarm I have two choices: hit the snooze bar and roll over, or turn off the alarm and enter into the day where Jesus is already waiting for me. We…
Christmas Highlights 2023
Merry Christmas! The month of December at Mission OLA was been filled with so many preparations and special events to help our neighbors have a beautiful celebration of Christmas and hopefully enter more deeply into the true meaning of the season. Thanks to the generosity of so many supporters and volunteers, we estimate that this…
Exciting new building project!
In our 2023 Christmas Letter, Bishop Bob officially announced a very exciting new building project – we are going to be renovating the convent at St. Hyacinth’s Basilica to serve as a formation house for our sisters! See Bishop Bob’s full letter here for more details about the project: https://missionola.com/christmas2023.html
Sr. Jaime featured on podcast
Sr. Jaime visited the diocese of Wichita this past summer to speak at a young adult event. While she was there, she shared her vocation story and many other fun stories with our friend Fr. Garret on the About 4 O’clock vocations podcast. Check out the episode here: https://catholicdioceseofwichita.org/about4/a-historic-moment-guest-sr-jamie-mitchell-joins-the-show/
Rising from the ashes: the 65th Anniversary of the OLA school fire
The Phoenix has long been a symbol of new life rising from the ashes of death. This symbol was memorialized in the restoration of the Kelly Hall YMCA mural, blessed by Bishop Bob on December 3rd. At a location that is known for tragedy, heartbreak, and death, there is now the story of new life…
Good Morning America!
We are grateful to have been recently featured on a Good Morning America segment highlighting our work helping to provide food for those in need. You can find the replay here: https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/living/video/millennial-nuns-helping-fight-hunger-chicago-105544646 Visit https://www.missionola.com/ to learn more about our apostolic outreaches and ways to get involved or help support the Mission!
Mary, Woman of the Eucharist
Sr. Alicia was recently featured on the Inner Life Show on Relevant Radio to speak about Our Lady and the Eucharist! Catch the replay of the episode here: https://omny.fm/shows/the-inner-life/mary-woman-of-the-eucharist-w-sr-alicia-torres-fe