Qualifications for entry:
High school diploma or GED; mental stability; good health; desire to serve God.
Formation program:
On August 15, 2020 the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, two of our Sisters made their profession of vows in our retreat chapel with Auxilary Bishop Peter Smith.
Sister Maria Benedicta Hemminger, OFM of the Cross and Saint Sharbel, made her fifth and final perpetual vows, while Sister Maria Chiara Melendez, OFM of the Five Wounds, made her profession of first vows. Taking the Franciscan religious habit, the sisters model the virtues of chastity, poverty and obedience in the service of God and the Church.
(Sister Chiara - Left; Auxiliary Bishop Peter Smith - Middle; Sister Benedicta - Right)