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Friends of Cameroon gather in La Crosse, Skype to Cameroon
The La Crosse area Friends of Cameroon group gathered to learn more about the two sisters studying Information Technology at Western Technical College. The Tertiary Sisters of St. Francis plan to return to Cameroon to connect 16 health care clinics. The group joined with three more Tertiary Sisters of St. Francis via a Skype connection. Read more about the Friends of Cameroon gathering.
Franciscan Common Venture sends team to Cameroon
Through the generosity of CYMA Systems, Inc. of Tempe, Ariz., an accounting software company, the Franciscan Common Venture found a way to respond to the Tertiary Sisters' need for an improved method of accounting for their Province, St. Elizabeth Hospital and their new Cardiac Centre. A team traveled to Cameroon in April 2010 and here is their story.
Peace Conference
The Common Venture congregations presented Together, Creating a Culture of Peace in August 2009. The conference celebrated the Common Venture's 10th anniversary. It also celebrated the 160th anniversary of the FSPA, OSF and FSE common founding. Visit this blog to see the day's highlights brought to you through photos and video. For complete coverage, read Peace Conference message: gifting a future of peace is ours to do here. To order the conference on DVD or CD, click here.
Cultural Audit gathering
The day before the Peace Conference, sisters from the four congregations attended a Cultural Audit gathering. As one sister said, "We are learning from each other, adapting our understanding so we can work together."
During their time together they shared Tavolas (the pre-eminent values out of which they live and minister) and parables (illustrating how values are lived out today).
Franciscan Common Venture
The Common Venture of the four Franciscan Congregations, Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist, Meriden, CT, the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, La Crosse, WI, the Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi, Milwaukee, WI and the Tertiary Sisters of St. Francis, Cameroon, West Africa, flows from energy that is two-fold: intense gratitude for God's abiding presence and the desire to further reconciliation in their journeys.
Franciscan Common Venture Mission Statement
The Franciscan Common Venture Mission Statement invites the congregations named above into a mutual relationship
- that fosters a deeper understanding of becoming Franciscan
in the 21st century
- that deepens the experience of Global Church
- that opens new understanding and experiences of
equi-cultural relationships
- that supports and encourages mutual efforts to effect
systemic change
Franciscan Common Venture
912 Market Street
La Crosse, WI 54601-8800
608-791-5280
FAX 608-782-6301
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National Catholic Reporter features the Franciscan Common Venture in Sharing the spirit of Francis and Clare
