December 2015
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1994
Felician Lay Associates and Felician Prayer Associates founded
November 21, 2009
Eight provinces in North America reconfigure into one, named Our Lady of Hope Province
October 1, 2013
A Covenant of Care with the Franciscan Friars of Our Lady of Guadalupe Province begins to provided skilled nursing care at the convent for some of their friars
November 21, 2015 160th anniversary of the founding of the Felician Congregation Where Felicians have ministered in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe
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WAKE UP THE WORLD ! 2015 Year of Consecrated Life
Previously, Sister Juanella ministered in the province’s mission in San Juan de Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico
Catechetical Programs:
San Ysidro, Corrales Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Alameda Our Lady of Sorrows, Bernalillo St. Thomas Aquinas, Rio Rancho San Antonio, Placitas St. Therese Little Flower, Albuquerque Resurrection, Albuquerque Sacred Heart, Albuquerque Our Lady of the Sandias (Kirtland AFB), Albuquerque St. Anne, Santa Fe
Sr. Rena Marie Romero, CSSF, from Our Lady of Sorrows, Bernalillo. An accomplished marimba player from an early age, Sister Rena Marie currently teaches Theology at Saint Pius X High School.
Sr. Veronica Marie Lucero, from Our Lady of Guadalupe, Taos, was recently appointed as pastoral minister at Saint Ignatius Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center in Philadalphia, PA.
Archdiocesan Schools:
St. Thomas Aquinas School, Rio Rancho St. Pius X High School, Queen of Heaven School St. Therese Little Flower School, Albuquerque
Other:
Good Shepherd Home, Alameda Saint Joseph Hospital West Mesa, Albuquerque Marie Milne Shelter for Unwed Mothers Rocky Mountain Franciscan Gatherings St. Vincent de Paul Society Marriage Encounter AIDS ministry Pilgrimage for Vocations Catholic Charities
Saint Felix Pantry, Inc.
The Felician sponsored ministry in Saint Felix Pantry Director of Operations New Mexico is Saint Felix Pantry. Chris Malneritch shows the new truck This was begun by SM Genevieve to the sisters and friars at Assumption Ryskiewicz in the back of the Convent. Seated front row, second convent station wagon. When she from right: St. Felix Pantry founder, SM saw a store worker about to throw Genevieve Ryskiewicz, CSSF out day-old bread, Sr. Genevieve asked, “May I have that? I know some hungry people.” The Saint Felix Pantry has grown to its current location on Barbara Loop in Rio Rancho. It is the largest food pantry in Sandoval County.
SM Edna Pearl Esquibel, a native of Santa Clara Parish, Wagon Mound, ministered in faith formation in various parishes as well as being the President of Saint Felix Pantry, Felician Sisters appearing on the Inc. Sister Edna Pearl recently Archbishop’s Hour (Seated, L to R) S Veronica became the Director of Religious Marie Lucero, CSSF and SM Edna Pearl Education for the Archdiocese of Esquibel, CSSF, (Standing) program host Santa Fe. S Desiré Ann-Findaly, Mary Woods CSSF, from St. Jude Thaddeus Parish, Paradise Hills, teaches Religion, Spanish and Dance at Pomona Catholic High School in Pomona, California.
“Come and See” live-in vocation experience
Seeds of Vocations in New Mexico
The next live-in experience for young women interested in the consecrated life will be held March 11-13, 2016, at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Convent, 4210 Meadowlark Lane Sister Desiré demonstrates how to make cord SE, Rio Rancho. For more information, please call Sister rosaries. Mary Dorothy Young at 505508-8319.
Sr. Juanella María Pereyra, from St. Genevieve Parish, Las Cruces, is part of the administration team for the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Convent, Rio Rancho.
Further information on the Felician Sisters can be found at www. feliciansistersna.org (North American website) and www.feliciansisters.org (Congregational website).
Shortly after the Felician Sisters moved to New Mexico, the seeds of vocations yielded a rich harvest with five native sisters.