The 2025 Jubilee “Pilgrims of Hope” Lenten Reflection Week 2
Pilgrims of Hope reflection on "Everyone knows what it is to hope."
The 2025 Jubilee “Pilgrims of Hope” Lenten Reflection Week 1
Pilgrims of Hope reflection on "Knock and it shall be opened" (Matthew 7:7)
The 2025 Jubilee “Pilgrims of Hope”
During this season of Lent, the Franciscan Life Center, Franciscan Home Care and Hospice Care, and Franciscan Ever There Care are sharing with you, our viewers, weekly reflections “as a time to renew ourselves” as “Pilgrims of Hope” at the invitation of Pope Francis’ 2025 Holy Year writings. We hope you will join us on [...]
Sign up for Summer Activities for Children and Youth
Summer Experiences for Children 6-12 Registration is open for children ages 6-12 to enjoy summer activities on the land of the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist. Learning and fun come together as Sisters and their teen volunteers lead experiences in the garden, with the goats, sheep and chickens, and on the big lawns. Age-appropriate [...]
Franciscan Home Care and Hospice Care Celebrates National Home Care and Hospice Care Month
During the Month of November, the Church and our country give special remembrance to those who have died. This year, on November 4, 2024, a Lighting the Way Mass and a tree lighting ceremony were held on the campus of the Franciscan Life Center remembering all who have died for [...]
Just a pinch
Sister Bernadette Agustin receives a flu shot from Mackenna Fuller, RN, at the recently held flu clinic offered by Beacon Prescriptions and sponsored by Franciscan Home Care and Hospice Care. In this collaborative effort, over fifty flu and Covid vaccines were administered to Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist, employees of the Franciscan Life Center [...]
Sister Faith Marie Woolsey, FSE, PT attends National Eucharistic Congress
Franciscan Home Care and Hospice Care physical therapist, Sister Faith Marie Woolsey, FSE, recently attended the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis along with nine other Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist. More than 60,000 people joined in the event. The Sisters attending the Congress are from Franciscan Centers across the United States. [...]
In the Cool of the Shade
The residents of the Walter Acres, one of the Community-based Aging Programs of the Franciscan Life Center, enjoy the company of friends while dining on Casa di Roma’s fine cuisine. The Meriden restaurant recently held a fund-raising event donating twenty percent of the day’s proceeds for the benefit of the Franciscan Life Center and [...]
Cuno and Ion Bank Foundations Support Franciscan Programs
The Franciscan Life Center is proud to be the recipient of grants from the Cuno Foundation and the Ion Bank Foundation for its Franciscan Land-based Summer Experiences and Youth Leadership. The grant offers children and youth the opportunity to participate in summer programs fostering animal care, gardening, baking, leadership skills and good old fashion [...]
Antonaccis visit Franciscan Life Center Campus
Emily Jacques, Executive Assistant, USA Waste and Recycling; Sister Suzanne Gross, FSE, Administrator, Franciscan Home Care and Hospice Care; Frank Antonacci, COO, and Frank Antonacci, Owner, USA Hauling and Recycling; and Sister Barbara Johnson, FSE, Executive Director, Franciscan Life Center; during a recent visit to the Franciscan Life Center. The Antonacci Family is receiving [...]