Category: Caring for Creation, FSM Updates, Philanthropic Initiatives
The World Meeting of Families will begin Tuesday, August 21, in Dublin, Ireland, and culminates on Sunday, August 26, with Pope Francis celebrating Mass with an estimated 600,000 pilgrims in Dublin’s Phoenix Park.
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Category: FSM Updates, Philanthropic Initiatives
More than a quarter of the people who live in the St. Louis area are considered food-insecure, resulting in poor access to food and poor health.
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Category: Caring for Creation, FSM Updates, Philanthropic Initiatives
Sr. Judy Bell, FSM Leadership, presented Donna Coble, executive director of Forest ReLeaf, with a contribution to support construction of the new pollinator garden at Forest ReLeaf’s center in Creve Coeur Park in St. Louis County.
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Category: FSM Updates, Philanthropic Initiatives
The St. Louis-based Incarnate Word Foundation, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary during 2017–2018, offered a special event November 16 at the Missouri History Museum as part of its anniversary observances. The viewing was a step toward reconnecting with the larger history of St. Louis race relations and reconsidering our perspective on them with the…
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Category: Caring for Creation, FSM Updates, Philanthropic Initiatives
On October 30, 2017, five Franciscan Sisters of Mary joined members of the James Beard Foundation for a special gala as the culmination of a day of training for chefs and food advocates. Srs. Judy Bell, Fran Haarmann, Kathy Buchheit, Irma Kennebeck, and Marge O’Gorman celebrated the collaboration of the FSM and the James Beard…
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Category: Philanthropic Initiatives
On Saturday, August 19, Srs. Judith Bell, Marge O’Gorman, and Irma Kennebeck participated in a Double Up Food Bucks funder site tour in Ferguson, Missouri.
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