We are “Pilgrims of Hope” (2025 Jubilee Year of Hope)
The 2025 is a Jubilee Year for Catholics, began on Christmas Eve, Tuesday, December 24, 2024, and will end on Tuesday, January 6, 2026. The opening of the Jubilee Year
Visit of Monseigneur Philippe Ballot
On November 28, 2024, Bishop Msg. Philippe Ballot from the Diocese of St. Stephen Metz visited our Sisters in Le Ban St. Martin, France. Since his installation as bishop in
Blessing of FCJM Formation House in Dowa, Malawi, Africa
The FCJM Congregation has a new Formation house in Dowa, Malawi, Africa. The formation house was blessed on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Sunday, January 12, 2025.
Franciscan sisters are building up religious formation in Malawi – Delegation with Auxiliary Bishop König Will Travel to Dowa in January for the Inauguration of the Formation House
Right at the start of the new year, a delegation from Salzkotten and Paderborn will travel to Dowa in Malawi to take part in the inauguration of the new formation
Living Hope in Practice – Holy Year Opens in the Archdiocese of Paderborn
On December 29, 2024, the Holy Year was opened in the Archdiocese of Paderborn under the worldwide motto “Pilgrims of Hope”. Archbishop Dr. Bentz had invited full-time and volunteer staff
Christmas is Everywhere
After we celebrated the gift giving with the residents of the nursing home in the St. Clara restaurant in the morning, a lot of people came to the midnight mass
Advent, Advent
Our liturgy group invited us sisters in the mother house and St. Clara again to “Introductions to Advent with integrated vespers”. The four sisters beautifully covered the topics of “hope”,
International Day of Older Persons (October 1)
The International Day of Older Persons, is commemorated on 1 October each year, to raise public awareness about the opportunities and challenges with ageing populations and to mobilize the families,