During this celebration of our Jubilee this year, we reflect on and celebrate the gifts of the last 150 years and the goodness God has brought forth through Nazareth. Since the start of this congregation, the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth have dedicated their...
Antonia Project The “Antonia Project” began as a response to a letter from the Congregation for Religious and the Pontifical Commission on Migrants in Rome to U.S. religious congregations asking what they are doing for mobile peoples. A Mobile...
The Courage to Venture: Oldenburg Franciscans BEGINNINGS: Demonstrating her courage to venture, 24-year-old Sister Theresa (Genevieve) Hackelmeier made the “arduous journey” by sea, canal, river, and overland to a log cabin in the small Indiana village of Oldenburg,...
New Opportunity School for Women (NOSW): Fran came to the New Opportunity School for Women in a deep depression having lost her job at a nursing home where she had worked for 20 years and having lost her mother, with whom she lived, a few years earlier. Living in...
Different ages, abilities, personalities, and nationalities serve as Sisters. Both White Sox AND Cubs fans serve God, even in the same motherhouse, believe it or not! 😉Gathered into one community of spirit, Sisters are called to each use their unique strengths and...
We look into the eyes of the youngest generation and see God’s love and hope for the future. Hope that all the work that we began will continue on in the hearts, hands, and minds of those who look to their elders for guidance and strength for the road ahead. Whether...