06/29/2010

 Western Technical College, La Crosse, Wis., hosted a fundraiser for the Friends of Cameroon on June 28, 2010. A Skype connection brought in three Tertiary Sisters of St. Francis. Click on the story headline to read more.

06/24/2010

 A team of three from Phoenix, Los Angeles and Meriden, Connecticut, set out April 30, 2010, on a mission. Their destination, Shisong, Cameroon. Their focus: the Tertiary Sisters of St. Francis' accounting system. Through the generosity of CYMA Systems, Inc. of Tempe, Arizona, 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. Click on the story headline to read more.

12/16/2009

The Conrad Hilton Fund for Sisters and the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has allocated $125,000 to the Franciscan Common Venture for providing post-secondary education to English-speaking women religious in Cameroon , West Africa . Click on the story headline to read more.

09/16/2009

03/04/2009

Theresa Keller, FSPA, is teaching nursing students in Cameroon. On March 3, 2009, she guest-blogged at the FSPA for Peace and Justice blog.

02/18/2009

 Early on, we had been asked to lead a two day retreat before the Chapter of Affairs and a one day retreat before the Chapter of Elections. It was a wonderful way to become familiar with each other’s way of speaking English, the flow of TSSF life among the 31 delegates, two recording secretaries, a wonderful kitchen staff, ourselves, plus time for the delegates to let go of responsibilities they had just left. Then, there were sisters who had that hidden but real concern lurking within about the call to leadership.

02/16/2006

Franciscan Sisters from the United States Common Venture congregations were warmly welcomed upon their arrival in Cameroon.  

  

01/20/2006

Significant learnings as a result of our Cameroon experience. How does "you are welcome" translate in Cameroonian?

01/20/2006

Significant Learnings:  Reverent Clapping

01/20/2006

Water is a precious commodity in Cameroon

12/01/2005

Franciscan Common Venture History

11/01/2005

Sister Alphonsa Kiven, TSSF provincial, invites United States sisters to visit Cameroon.

04/01/2005

Tertiary Sisters travel to the United States to discuss long range goal. 

08/01/2004

Sister Marlene Weisenbeck, FSPA, aids TSSF's in reworking their guiding principles.