Earth Day, Every Day

For Felician Sisters, founded in Franciscan spirituality, every day is Earth Day. 

For Felician Sisters, founded in Franciscan spirituality, every day is Earth Day. 

Nevertheless, Felician Sisters and ministries celebrated April 22 around the province with planting. Following are some highlights.

The dreary morning rain did not dampen the spirit of the festive Earth Day Celebration at the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Convent in Livonia, MI as sisters and employees gathered to plant a beautiful Japanese maple tree in front of the building, to start marigolds from seed, and to propagate plants for the community room.

At Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School in Coraopolis, PA students celebrated Earth Day by planting their own personal pots of flowers and vegetables.

Students at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart plant vegetables and flowers on Earth Day.
Students at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart plant vegetables and flowers on Earth Day.

At Villa St. Francis in Milwauke, WI residents planted vegetable seeds that they will transplant into outdoor gardens. The residents will water, weed and harvest the vegetables, to donate to the Capuchin Franciscan House of Peace food pantry. The Earth Day event began with communal prayer based on excerpts from scripture, Laudato Si’, and St. Francis’s “Canticle of the Creatures,” invoking God’s blessing on their endeavor to become better brothers and sisters to all of God’s creation.

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Serving where needed since 1874

Founded in Poland in 1855, the Felician Sisters are a congregation of women religious inspired by the spiritual ideals of their foundress, Blessed Mary Angela Truszkowska, and Saints Francis of Assisi, Clare of Assisi and Felix of Cantalice. Arriving in North America in 1874 following Blessed Mary Angela’s directive “to serve where needed,” they helped to weave the social service system. Today, the Felician Sisters founded, sponsor or support through the presence of our sisters, more than 40 ministries – all continuing to evolve to meet the needs of the people they serve.

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