Franciscan Sisters of Mary the Virgin

08/16/2026

06/27/2026

https://www.npr.org/2026/06/20/g-s1-128632/nuns-convent-africa-hospice

The sisters of Uganda are teachers, health-care advocates and more. Those who are in their twilight of their life need help. Who will come to their aid?

06/10/2026

This is a MUST-SEE for all Catholics. It is only playing in the USA this Thursday & Sunday (June 11 & 14), so you must act fast. Just GO! Take your family. You will be forever changed. There has not been a production like this since The Passion of the Christ.

Filmmakers Sabrina and Steven J. Gunnell examine the origins, meaning and enduring relevance of devotion to the Sacred Heart in this film.

06/04/2026

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June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This practice is rooted in scripture but formally developed in the Middle Ages. Tradition holds that the 12 Promises of the Sacred Heart of Jesus were revealed to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque during her mystical visions of Christ in the 1670s. The promis...

06/03/2026

In honor of the 250th Anniversary of the founding of the United States of America, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will consecrate the nation (USA) to the Sacred Heart of Jesus on June 11, 2026.
All Catholics in the US are encouraged to participate by praying a novena to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus from June 3 to June 11, 2026. The novena prayers can be found here: https://www.usccb.org/novena-sacred-heart-jesus
Sacred Heart of Jesus Novena
In order to promote the renewal of our great nation in the eternal principles of our founding*, as well as to promote a good and holy love of God and Country, I would like to encourage all to join the USCCB (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops) campaign to offer 250 hours of prayer and 250 works of mercy for our country as we approach the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4th.
More information can be found here https://www.usccb.org/250-hours-adoration and here https://www.usccb.org/250-works-mercy

Examples of works of mercy may include:
-Caring for the sick or elderly
-Preparing food for others
-Visiting or assisting those in need
-Volunteering your time in service
Hospital employees and others in caregiving professions may also offer up their work shifts as works of mercy.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed…” https://www.archives.gov/mile.../declaration-of-independence

11/23/2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blpQQdfWfy0&list=PL58g24NgWPIzvBk2IQVES_xC4WTm6-CDI

St. Cecilia - Feast Day - November 22St. Cecilia was born in the second century and was martyred in the third. She was not canonized, but was proclaimed a sa...

08/09/2025

Aug. 9: ST. TERESA BENEDICTA OF THE CROSS, PRAY FOR US! Read in https://catholicsstrivingforholiness.org/august-9-st-teresa-benedicta-of-the-cross-edith-stein-co-patroness-of-europe-martyr-philosopher-jewish-convert-professor-discalced-carmelite-nun/