Catholic Sisters Week Kicks Off Food Drive

March 8-14, 2023

Sisters Shine Week’s Special

Spotlight on Those in Need

Throughout the year, our Sisters stand with the poor and immigrants, teach children, fight injustice, heal the sick, share spirituality, empower women, defend the planet, promote peace, create community and offer hope. But for one week each year — March 8-14 — we step into the Catholic Sisters Week spotlight to raise greater awareness about issues that impact people with whom we interact every day.

Our answer to Pope Francis' universal call to "care for our common home" means reaching out to the poor in the communities where we serve. We invite you to celebrate this special week with us by supporting our efforts to collect food, raise funds, and educate others about food insecurity and environmental issues all throughout the month of March.

Our Sisters in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Texas are reaching out in their communities with special efforts all month long. For details on how to help no matter where you live, please click below.

Help Us Help the Hungry

Ecological Stations of the Cross Welcome All Faiths to Care for Earth

We are pleased to announce a series of Laudato Si’ Ecological Stations of the Cross during Lent. Interfaith organizations in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley will host weekly sessions open to all faiths and with special focus on care of our common home.

7 p.m. Friday, March 10

Trinity Episcopal Church in Bethlehem

3 p.m. Friday, March 17

DeSales University Connelly Chapel

in Center Valley

3 p.m. Friday, March 24

Monocacy Manor Chapel in Bethlehem

11 a.m. Saturday, April 1

St. Francis Retreat House in Easton

No registration is necessary. For more information, contact Maryann Kearns at mkearns@schoolsistersosf.org.

Action-Inspiring Talks Challenge Us to Act in

Care of Mother Earth

Along with our sponsored ministries — Monocacy Farm Project and St. Francis Center for Renewal — we are pleased to present Learning to Live Laudato Si’, a series of eco-spiritual programs held each Tuesday throughout Lent.

We will explore the concerns and challenges presented in Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical, as well as the opportunities and responsibilities we all have to take action. The series continues this Tuesday, March 7, with What Is Happening to Our Common Home? and continues each week with a different topic. All five thought-provoking sessions will take place at St. Francis Center for Renewal, as well as online via Zoom. Freewill offerings accepted.