Category: Philanthropic Initiatives
Please read our most current update as of August 9, 2022, HERE. The purposes of this communication are to introduce ourselves, share our intentions behind building a participatory fund, update the community on our progress, and discuss our current grant capacity. As always, we seek to be transparent and are grateful for your patience and…
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Category: Caring for Creation, Investing for Impact
“Inside the Campaign to Divest the Catholic Church from Fossil Fuels” – click HERE to read the article.
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Category: Investing for Impact
Click HERE for an article regarding the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and its review of their socially responsible investment guidelines, a process that could result in the first update in nearly 20 years. Our Chief Financial Officer, John O’Shaughnessy, is quoted in the article.
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Category: FSM Updates, Investing for Impact, Philanthropic Initiatives
The Franciscan Sisters of Mary are thrilled to announce that Amanda Tello has joined our team as Program Manager for Mission & Focus. FSM is committed to the compassionate care of Creation in collaboration with others. As we stand for justice for our earth and the marginalized, we know that those people most impacted by…
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Category: Philanthropic Initiatives
As the Franciscan Sisters of Mary, compassionate care has long been an integral piece of our mission and ministry. While our earliest sisters founded and grew a hospital system to provide care for patients, the latest phase of our ministry is in supporting those who are doing the critical work of caring for creation. While…
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Category: Caring for Creation, FSM Updates, Investing for Impact, Philanthropic Initiatives
The Franciscan Sisters of Mary’s Mission and Focus Team is looking for a Program Manager. This position supports the continued development and implementation of the congregation’s Mission and Focus, including its philanthropy. The Program Manager builds trusted partnerships with grantee organizations and helps to make funding recommendations, uses FSM’s voice and presence to cultivate and…
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Category: Caring for Creation, FSM Updates, Philanthropic Initiatives
Presence is a word we use often as FSM. It is at the center of our mission – to be the presence of the loving, serving, compassionate, healing Jesus. In this time when we cannot be physically present with one another, it is especially important to remember what presence means to us: presence is a…
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Category: Investing for Impact
In October 2019, John O’Shaughnessy shared with the Invest for Good blog about his experiences with faith-based investing alongside both FSM and the Catholic Impact Investing Collaborative. Read John’s full interview on faith-based investing and humility at Invest for Good: Blind Faith.
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Category: FSM Updates, Reflections From Our Sisters
On August 14, 663 LCWR members sent the following letter to President Trump calling on him to end all divisive rhetoric.
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Category: Caring for Creation, FSM Updates
On Wednesday, April 17, 2019, two climate superheroes—Pope Francis and Greta Thunberg—agreed to continue the work of fighting climate change.
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