Kickapoo Corn Project Update
The Kickapoo red flint corn project was a tremendous success. Covenant Companion Paige Samdal planted the corn in the traditional 3-sisters method—corn surrounded by beans… Read More »Kickapoo Corn Project Update
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Wheaton Franciscans
We are a community of vowed sisters and covenant companions (lay women and men) who live the Gospel in the spirit of St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi and our foundress Mother M. Clara Pfaender. Through our shared commitment to Franciscan contemplative presence and gospel service, we are collectively known as the Wheaton Franciscans.
2023 Lenten Action Guide – Week 1
Return to Our 2023 Lenten Journey Prayer Loving God, we pray for our community as we begin this season of Lent. Help us to be… Read More »2023 Lenten Action Guide – Week 1
Our 2023 Lenten Journey
Let Us Begin Again: Creating a Flourishing Future for All Lenten Journey Reflection and Action Guide 2023 Lent is an invitation to pause, pray, fast,… Read More »Our 2023 Lenten Journey
What’s love got to do with it?
Reflections from Martin Luther King Day Teach-in and Prayer Luncheon, North Central College, on January 17, 2023 by Carol Simler, Covenant Companion, member of Laudato… Read More »What’s love got to do with it?
February 2023 Collaborator: Care of Creation
Unlocking Communities Hinche, Haiti Unlocking Communities is a U.S. non-profit organization that seeks to forge a fair, sustainable, and inclusive economy in Haiti that leaves… Read More »February 2023 Collaborator: Care of Creation
February 2023 Collaborator: Health and Dental
Housing Forward Sojourner House Program Maywood, IL Housing Forward’s mission is to transition people from housing crisis to housing stability. The agency serves nearly 2,000… Read More »February 2023 Collaborator: Health and Dental
February 2023 Collaborator: Refugees & Immigrants
Catholic Charities Archdiocese Chicago, IL Refugee Resettlement Program – Loom Project For 44 years, Catholic Charities’ Refugee Resettlement Program has helped hundreds of refugees to… Read More »February 2023 Collaborator: Refugees & Immigrants
February 2023 Collaborator: Women and Children
Nativity Jesuit Academy Milwaukee, WI Nativity Jesuit Academy was founded in 1993 in response to a growing demand for quality, Catholic, high performing schools that… Read More »February 2023 Collaborator: Women and Children
February 2023 Collaborator: Other Purposes
Orfanato FCJM St. Clara FCJM Timor Leste Indonesia Mission Because of the political turmoil and civil unrest in Timor Leste in the late 90s of… Read More »February 2023 Collaborator: Other Purposes
Weavings Poetry Reflection: February 2023
A Poet’s Prayer By Georgene L. Wilson, OSF, D. Min. Poetry is a SYMBOLIC language!!!! The entomology of the word SYMBOLIC is: “SYM”, like symmetry,… Read More »Weavings Poetry Reflection: February 2023
Covenant Companion Close-up: January 2023
Meet Ida and John Ida and John Kelsey live in North Aurora, IL, enjoy their family and hobbies, and are active in their local parish… Read More »Covenant Companion Close-up: January 2023
Weavings Reflection: January 2023
The Virtue of Courage by Connie Gaul, Covenant Companion I was looking through the web when I came across a site that helped lift my… Read More »Weavings Reflection: January 2023