Archdiocesan Religious Vocations

Sr. Joan Brown, OSF, and cojourner Edward G. Dzienis, Jr., portray lessons in non-violent care of creation in Albuquerque on Good Friday through the story of the Wolf of Gubbio in the Way of the Cross that had its focus on care of the earth.
Franciscan Sisters of Rochester, Minnesota, have ministered in the beautiful Land of Enchantment in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe more than 30 years. They settled around the Albuquerque and Santa Fe areas but also served in San Juan Pueblo, Abiquiú, Bernalillo, and Socorro. Over 25 of them have ministered in pastoral care, counseling, shelter for homeless women and children, prison ministry, and parish ministry. They have been liturgists, nurses, massage therapists, teachers, artists, weavers, ecologists, gardeners, musicians, mentors, and others. Rochester Franciscans have been involved in archdiocesan positions and other ministries, such as the Storehouse, the Center for Action and Contemplation, Barrett House, Sangre de Cristo Renewal Center, the Hospice Movement, St. Vincent de Paul Society, and environmental, justice and peace issues. Today seven sisters and four cojourners (lay persons who have made a covenant with the Rochester Franciscans) serve in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe in a variety of ministries and represent a visionary and ever evolving movement of religious life in the 21st century. The Sisters of St. Francis of Rochester were founded in 1877 by Mother Alfred Moes primarily as a teaching community for immigrants. In six short years they were in health care too, feeling that their Franciscan evangelical life called them to live the Gospel wherever they are and in whatever way they can. The order now has some 280 sisters and over 100 cojourners serving in 17 states and overseas in Colombia and Cambodia. More information at www.rochesterfranciscan.org

Sr. Joan Brown, OSF, and cojourner Edward G. Dzienis, Jr., portray lessons in non-violent care of creation in Albuquerque
on Good Friday through the story of the Wolf of Gubbio in the Way of the Cross that had its focus on care of the earth.

    Franciscan Sisters of Rochester, Minnesota, have ministered in the beautiful Land of Enchantment in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe more than 30 years. They settled around the Albuquerque and Santa Fe areas but also served in San Juan Pueblo, Abiquiú, Bernalillo, and Socorro. Over 25 of them have ministered in pastoral care, counseling, shelter for homeless women and children, prison ministry, and parish ministry. They have been liturgists, nurses, massage therapists, teachers, artists, weavers, ecologists, gardeners, musicians, mentors, and others. Rochester Franciscans have been involved in archdiocesan positions and other ministries, such as the Storehouse, the Center for Action and Contemplation, Barrett House, Sangre de Cristo Renewal Center, the Hospice Movement, St. Vincent de Paul Society, and environmental, justice and peace issues.

    Today seven sisters and four cojourners (lay persons who have made a covenant with the Rochester Franciscans) serve in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe in a variety of ministries and represent a visionary and ever evolving movement of religious life in the 21st century.

    The Sisters of St. Francis of Rochester were founded in 1877 by Mother Alfred Moes primarily as a teaching community for immigrants. In six short years they were in health care too, feeling that their Franciscan evangelical life called them to live the Gospel wherever they are and in whatever way they can. The order now has some 280 sisters and over 100 cojourners serving in 17 states and overseas in Colombia and Cambodia.

More information at www.rochesterfranciscan.org