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Celebrate Earth in Two September Events

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Category: FSM Updates

The Franciscan Sisters of Mary Focus Implementation Group invites you to join in celebrating World Environmental Health Day and World Rivers Day, commemorated worldwide this month

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September Is Care for Creation Month!

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Category: Caring for Creation

September has been designated “Care of Creation” month.

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Care of Earth at the World Meeting of Families

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Category: Caring for Creation, FSM Updates, Philanthropic Initiatives

The World Meeting of Families will begin Tuesday, August 21, in Dublin, Ireland, and culminates on Sunday, August 26, with Pope Francis celebrating Mass with an estimated 600,000 pilgrims in Dublin’s Phoenix Park.  

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Five FSM Attend Sisters of Earth Conference

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Category: Caring for Creation, FSM Updates

Srs. Sherri Coleman, Jeanne Derer, Irma Kennebeck, Marge O’Gorman, and Sandy Schwartz, all members of the FSM Focus Implementation Group, attended the Sisters of Earth Conference at Mount St. Joseph University on the grounds of the Sisters of Charity in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 12 to 15.

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Making a Difference for Hungry Neighbors

Posted by Sandy Ashby

Category: FSM Updates, Philanthropic Initiatives

More than a quarter of the people who live in the St. Louis area are considered food-insecure, resulting in poor access to food and poor health.

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Dialogue on Catholic Investments and Sustainability

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Category: FSM Updates

John O’Shaughnessy, CEO/CFO for the Franciscan Sisters of Mary and treasurer for the Global Catholic Climate Movement, returned home from Rome with great news for our common home.

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Post-Dispatch Article Shares Convent’s Time Capsule Reveal

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Category: FSM Updates

The contents of the time capsule from the former FSM Motherhouse, St. Mary of the Angels Convent, were revealed in a special ceremony in the lobby of SSM St. Mary’s Health Center in Richmond Heights on May 8, 2018.

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St. Louis Review Shines Spotlight on West Lake

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Category: Caring for Creation, FSM Updates, West Lake Landfill

The efforts to clean up the radioactive wastes resulting from the Manhattan Project in the St. Louis area were the focus of an in-depth story, “Chain Reaction,” published in the St. Louis Review.

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“Divestment from Fossil Fuels Is a Witness to Our Faith”

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Category: FSM Updates

The article “Divestment from Fossil Fuels Is a Witness to Our Faith” by FSM CEO/CFO John O’Shaughnessy and Erin Lothes, associate professor and theologian at the College of Saint Elizabeth in Morristown, New Jersey, has been published in the National Catholic Reporter.

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International Day of Forests

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Category: Caring for Creation, FSM Updates

The FSM Focus Implementation Group wishes to call your attention to an often-overlooked proclamation—the International Day of Forests (IDF), which occurs March 21 each year.  

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