Living our Franciscan Sisters Charism

"Poverty gives freedom of yearning from earthly things. How can it not be joyful?"

- Sister Winifred

"We have everything through the power of Jesus Christ. We use what is before us to serve, love and care for one another. Material things will never satisfy the true longing in our hearts-Jesus Christ. They are an aid to lead us to Jesus."

- Sister Sue Ann

"The greatest blessing of my ministry is to walk with God’s people in their journey of faith.

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- Sister Margey

"Love for the Church gives one freedom and strength to live the Gospel in collaboration with all God’s people."

- Sister Sharon

"Love for the Church keeps me motivated to do what I should do –all for God and the love of His Church. After all, it will lead me to Heaven!"

- Sister Leone

"I felt called first to religious life, then I discovered the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity when I was a student of the University of St. Thomas in Houston... it grew as time went. Even in the formation process it grew."

- Sr. Marie Kolbe Zamora, OSF

"We are made for others, to serve one another. The skeletal structure of our being was created to go outward, toward another. We were not created to ignore one another, but to embrace one another. If we cannot do for another, we can pray for one another."

- Sister Sue Ann

"Selfless dedication to the service of others seems logical. If we are truly serving then we must be dedicated to the other. If we are sincerely dedicated to the other, then we must be selfless."

- Sister Kathleen

Simplicity

"I always loved this virtue, living simply and trying to live lovingly."

- Sister Leone

"If I truly have faith in my loving God, I will also trust that He will supply all my needs to live a simple life."

- Sister Winifred

"In our constitution we have this phrase that ‘our prayer is rooted in life and our life is rooted in our prayer’. If that is the case for us as Franciscan Sisters, then we should be able, just by being ourselves, to be an example of religious life. Bring Christ to the people around us. "

- Sr. Hannah

"The most terrifying and peaceful decision I have ever made was to move across the country and join the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity. There is a beauty and joy to this life that I could have never imagined. If you believe you are called, and if your heart is longing… I have found no better place to be."

- Sister Concepción

"Our first teacher of simplicity is God, second, St. Francis."

- Sister Cyrilla

Living our Franciscan Sisters Charism

Joyful Acceptance of Poverty

"Poverty gives freedom of yearning from earthly things. How can it not be joyful?"

- Sister Winifred

"We have everything through the power of Jesus Christ. We use what is before us to serve, love and care for one another. Material things will never satisfy the true longing in our hearts-Jesus Christ. They are an aid to lead us to Jesus."

- Sister Sue Ann

Love for the Church

"The greatest blessing of my ministry is to walk with God’s people in their journey of faith.

- Sister Margey

"Love for the Church gives one freedom and strength to live the Gospel in collaboration with all God’s people."

- Sister Sharon

"Love for the Church keeps me motivated to do what I should do –all for God and the love of His Church. After all, it will lead me to Heaven!"

- Sister Leone

"I felt called first to religious life, then I discovered the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity when I was a student of the University of St. Thomas in Houston... it grew as time went. Even in the formation process it grew."

- Sr. Marie Kolbe Zamora, OSF

Selfless Dedication to the Service of Others

"We are made for others, to serve one another. The skeletal structure of our being was created to go outward, toward another. We were not created to ignore one another, but to embrace one another. If we cannot do for another, we can pray for one another."

- Sister Sue Ann

"Selfless dedication to the service of others seems logical. If we are truly serving then we must be dedicated to the other. If we are sincerely dedicated to the other, then we must be selfless."

- Sister Kathleen

Simplicity

"I always loved this virtue, living simply and trying to live lovingly."

- Sister Leone

"If I truly have faith in my loving God, I will also trust that He will supply all my needs to live a simple life."

- Sister Winifred

"In our constitution we have this phrase that ‘our prayer is rooted in life and our life is rooted in our prayer’. If that is the case for us as Franciscan Sisters, then we should be able, just by being ourselves, to be an example of religious life. Bring Christ to the people around us. "

- Sr. Hannah

- Sister Concepción

"Our first teacher of simplicity is God, second, St. Francis."

- Sister Cyrilla

God Calls You. We Invite You.

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