We were blessed to be a host site for another year of St. Clement Parish’s Annual Service Day. This year, about 40 volunteers came in on a Saturday in late April to help us bag food for our food pantry and prepare the gardens for spring planting. Check out this article from Chicago Catholic for…
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A Sewer went out to sew…
Reflection by Sr. Jess Many people are often surprised to hear that we sew our religious habits (garments) in house. And yet – upon learning that some of us do exercise the homesteading / pre-modern skill of sewing – they often shake their heads in approval – as if they would have expected nothing less…
The Spiritual Life: Poverty, Purity of Heart, & Eucharistic Living
Sr. Alicia recently wrote a beautiful reflection on her experience of the connections between living Franciscan poverty and living a Eucharistic life. Read the full reflection here: https://review.catechetics.com/spiritual-life-poverty-purity-heart-eucharistic-living
Beautiful Light – Youtube series featuring Sr. Alicia
This Easter season, Sr. Alicia will be helping to lead a 7-week video series aimed at helping people to enter more deeply into the mysteries present in each and every Mass. The series, “Beautiful Light: A Paschal Mystagogy”, is produced by the National Eucharistic Revival. You can tune in via livestream on the Eucharist Revival’s…
Triduum Reflections with Bishop Bob
Happy Easter! Please enjoy these short video reflections from Bishop Bob, produced by the Archdiocese of Chicago for the Triduum 2024!
Retreats and Hospitality Winter 2024
It has been a busy season of Franciscan hospitality this winter! We have enjoyed hosting a variety of groups. Here was the lineup: In January and February, we hosted two different young adult discernment retreats, one from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and another from the Kalamazoo diocese. We love supporting our young people to hear…
Quick Lenten Reflection from Bishop Bob
Check out this brief reflection from Bishop Bob on the importance of almsgiving during this Lenten season!
The Prayer before the Crucifix
Most High, Glorious God, enlighten the darkness of our hearts. Instill in us a correct faith, a certain hope, and a perfect love, a sense and a knowledge, Lord, that we may do Your holy and true command. Amen. This prayer was written by St. Francis of Assisi, and thought to be the prayer that…