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- Vocations
  
  Franciscan Missionary Sisters of
  Our Lady of Sorrows
  Vocation Contact: Sr. Anne Marie, OSF
  Address: 3600 SW 170th Avenue, Beaverton, OR 97003-4467
  Email: fmsols.form@gmail.com
  Phone: 503-649-7127
  
  OUR BEGINNINGS:
  Rev. Rafael Palazzi, O.F.M., bishop of Hengyang, Hunan, started the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows in 1939 in China. The sisters are committed to evangelization among people in places where the Gospel has not been fully accepted, and they draw encouragement and strength from Mary, the co-redemptrix of the human race. They have missions in Hong Kong, Taiwan, California, Oregon, and Canada. Apostolic works include catechetics, pastoral ministry, retreat ministry, education, care of the sick, and the underprivileged.
  Qualifications for entry:
  High school diploma or GED; mental stability; good health; desire to serve God.
  
  Formation program:
  
  Three-year formation program: candidacy, postulancy, and novitiate.
  
  Five years temporary profession: Study of community living, self-giving, Gospel life, Franciscan spirituality and Church teachings, the three vows: poverty, chastity, and obedience.
  
  Age range/limit: 18-45
  Consider belated vocations? Yes
  
  Call or email us today and ask about our Franciscan Community. We would enjoy talking with you and pray for your vocation.
- Meet our Sisters: from East to West
- Profession
  of vows
- our retreat chapel
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  ANSWER THE CALL
  
  Blessings,
  We are glad you have found our website. Please let us know more about you as you are discerning God's call in your life.
  Our community of religious sisters are dedicated to a life of prayer, community and service following the example of our founder, Saint Francis.
  
  As you take the time to ask God for direction in your life, we invite you to contact us for prayer and support.
  For any woman considering a life of prayer and a religious vocation, please contact us so we can walk with you on your journey.
  
  We look forward to hearing from you soon.
  
  Peace be with you.
  The Francisican Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows
  
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- A profession of vows:
  On the journey as a bride of christ
  
  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)
- Profession of vows - 8/15/2020