Franciscan Sisters of Allegany

"Fifty-two weeks a year women religious stand with the poor and immigrants, teach children, fight injustice, heal the sick, share spirituality, empower women, defend the planet, promote peace, create community, offer hope…"

For one week, March 8-14, we shine the spotlight on women religious,

honor all past and present sisters, and show them appreciation.

What is Catholic Sisters Week?

Since the fall of 2019, Catholic Sisters Week (formerly National Catholic Sisters Week) is under the direction of Communicators for Women Religious (CWR). As they continue to develop new resources and programming ideas, you will notice both continuity and change, beginning with the name: CWR renamed the initiative “Catholic Sisters Week,” signaling a desire to raise awareness of women religious not just in the United States but also internationally.

Their growing web home, catholicsistersweek.org, provides space for listing events, gatherings, campaigns, and activities. This is also where you’ll come to find an event you want to attend, to make a local connection, sign on to an online event, or find ideas for your own events.

Catholic Sisters Week

About Communicators for Women Religious

Communicators for Women Religious is a professional organization of communicators within religious congregations of women. CWR members promote an understanding of women religious, enhance their image and advance their mission. Catholic Sisters Week and the efforts and events associated with it dovetail seamlessly with the overall mission of CWR.

Communicators for Women Religious

Catholic Sisters Week began in 2015 as a part of National Women’s History Month. It is now an official component of Women’s History Month. It was authorized by Molly Murphy MacGregor, co-founder of National Women’s History Project, who was educated and deeply influenced by Catholic sisters. In 1981, Women’s History Month launched as a single week. By 1987, U.S. Congress formally expanded it to the full month of March.

Women's History Month

Franciscan Sisters of Allegany Events

St. Elizabeth Motherhouse

Can & Bottle Drive

The St. Elizabeth Motherhouse in Allegany, NY has set up a can and bottle drive in the name of the Motherhouse to benefit a great local environmental preservation, Pfeiffer Nature Center!

Congregational Office Staff:

Honoring Sisters

The Congregational Office Staff have put together a small gratitude mailing for each of the sisters that includes a personalized letter size poster and a Catholic Sisters Week button.

During the week everyone can wear buttons and show our appreciation to our sisters, to each other, and all women religious.

St. Elizabeth Motherhouse: Honoring Sisters

For Catholic Sisters Week and Women's History Month, the St. Elizabeth Motherhouse is posting three sisters daily on their honor wall for the month of March.

Each of these sisters currently reside within the Motherhouse and featured on each are their years with FSA, ministry history, and 'what brings them joy.'

To find events happening near you, visit: catholicsistersweek.org/events