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In this Issue:
Happy Holidays from FSA
Associate Alliance
Open House at Clare's House
Shower for Mary
Mission Society Christmas Cards
Mother Teresa Booklets
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Happy Holidays to One and All!
From the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany & Associates
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Merry Christmas!
¡Feliz Navidad!
Feliz Natal!
Buon Natale!
Joyeux Noël!
Chag urim sameach!
Heri za Kwanzaa!
Happy Winter Solstice!
Laethanta saoire sona!
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Blessings to all of you this Holiday Season! | |
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Associate Alliance Newsletter
December 2022
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Check out the latest issue of The Associate Alliance, a newsletter for the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany's Associate Program.
Meet the Associates and read about the wonderful work they do!
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Open House at Clare's House, St. Bonaventure
December 4, 2022
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On Sunday, December 4th the sisters of Clare's House, Margaret Magee, Michele Dolyk, and Lucy Cardet hosted a holiday open house to local sisters and friars.
Many sisters from the St. Elizabeth Motherhouse and Bonaventure Friars joined them for food, fun, laughter, and Christmas cheer!
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Shower for Mary
St. Elizabeth Motherhouse, December 8, 2022
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The annual "Shower for Mary" which was initiated at the Motherhouse approximately 18 years ago by Sr. Rita Frances Guaracsi was held Thursday December 8th, in the Motherhouse Chapel.
The gift-giving will be included in a Prayer Service celebrated by Rev. Kim Rossi and Deacon Carrie Wolfe.
The two agencies who will be the recipients of the infants/toddlers clothing, books, diapers etc. are Healthy Families and HeadStart. Both are Cattaraugus County programs that assist the needy and marginalized.
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Click the button below to view
the video of the event.
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St. Elizabeth Mission Society Christmas Mass Cards
By: Laura Whitford, President St. Elizabeth Mission Society
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Send your special prayer blessings to friends or loved ones this Christmas with Christmas Mass enrollment cards from St. Elizabeth Mission Society. As members of the Mission Society, their intentions will be remembered at Christmas Eve Mass and in other Masses celebrated throughout the year in the Motherhouse Chapel.
They will also share in the prayers and good works of our Sisters in Bolivia, Brazil, Jamaica, Mozambique and the United States. As a sponsored ministry of the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, the St. Elizabeth Mission Society shares in its spiritual aims, one of which is to advance the awareness of God's love. Donations given for the cards are used to support the ministries of the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany who work to educate, heal, clothe, and feed those who are poor in Bolivia, Brazil, Jamaica, Mozambique and the United States.
Christmas cards, as well as various other enrollment cards, can be ordered online at https://www.franciscanhope.org/shop/ or you can call the Mission Society office at (716) 373-1130 or e-mail the staff at StEliz.Office.Manager.@FSAllegany.org for more information about ordering the enrollment cards. Christmas cards will also be available in the Mission Society office.
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Mother Teresa O'Neil, OSF Historical Booklet | |
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Mother Teresa O’Neil, OSF, is honored as the founding mother of the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, NY. At the invitation of Fr. Pamfilo da Magliano, OFM, in 1859, a young Mary Anne O’Neil left New Jersey and travelled to Allegany, NY, where she joined two other women, who had also responded to an invitation by Fr. Pamfilo. Thus began a congregation of Franciscan sisters that continues to this day.
We have created this booklet as a snapshot of the life of Mother Teresa, as written by Sister Veronica Rodriguez, OSF in her text, A Heritage: History of the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, NY (1979), which was never published or widely distributed. When we rediscovered this section on Mother Teresa, we decided to share the story as told in a more personal way than in other histories of the Congregation.
If you wish to obtain a copy of this historical booklet, please email our Congregational Archivist.
We hope you will enjoy reading about her and perhaps find in her life inspiration for the way we are being called to live today.
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Attention Sisters, Associates, Partners, and Friends! | |
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We are looking for your assistance in
gathering photographs of our sisters with all of you.
Our hope is to receive pictures that tell the FSA story!
We hope to show who the sisters are, what they do, and
the continuing relationships with our associates, partners,
and friends all over the world.
If you have photos that you wish to send to us, reach out using the "Email Us" button below or by contacting our Archivist.
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Newsletter Content Submission Deadline:
January 9th 2023 Publication: Due 12:00pm EST - January 6th 2023
January 23rd Publication: Due 12:00pm EST - January 20th
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