Stories, Prayers, and Reflections

The Catholic Church dedicates the month of October to the Holy Rosary primarily because the liturgical feast of Our Lady of the Rosary is celebrated… Read More »The Holy Rosary

by Sr. Dani Brought, ASC

by Sr. Fran Schumer, ASC The Wichita Center joined 2.2 billion Christians around the world in celebrating the Season of Creation with Mass focused on… Read More »The Season of Creation

by Sr. Mary Kevin Rooney, ASC Every month I send out FRESH BREAD, short sayings to accompany us each day. This month I added info… Read More »Fresh Bread

by Sr. Angela Laquet, ASC I was blessed to be able to attend the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis July 16-21, 2024. The program was… Read More »National Eucharistic Congress

by Sr. Regina Siegefried, ASC As part of the process of preparing the Ruma archive to move to the Wichita site, Sr. Joan Weiler and… Read More »We Are More Than Our Files

In their congregation’s 152-year history, the Franciscan Sisters of Mary (FSM) have marked many milestones since Mother Odilia and her companions first arrived in St.… Read More »Installation of Sister Barbara Jean Franklin

Sister Sarah – Seventeen people from nine different communities gathered in July at St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in Mundelein, IL. We all gathered… Read More »Life Commitment Reflections

by Sr. Rose Anthony Mathews, ASC In 1950, my Prairie du Rocher graduating class of 19 chose as our motto: LAUNCH OUT INTO THE DEEP.… Read More »Launch Out Into the Deep

by Sr. Dani Brought, ASC This month, Sr. Marcia Kruse noted the one-year anniversary of her ‘Pope Francis Says’ column in the local parish bulletin.… Read More »JPIC bits around the Region – July

by Sr. Joan Hornick, ASC We are grateful Srs. Wieslawa Przybylo, Danijela Anic, and Maria Hughes came to visit us in Columbia. The day before,… Read More »We Are Grateful

by Srs. Mary Alan Wurth and Marilyn Janson Take a look at it…. Isn’t that what you might call a “perfect tomato”? It was the… Read More »Gardening