BERNARDINE FRANCISCAN SISTERS
Weekly Relay
April 2025
Prayers are requested for the needs of our congregation.
- for our Sisters who will celebrate a birthday or feast day during the month of April. Many graces and blessings for you are precious to God and to us, your Sisters!
- for all our special intentions and for those who ask us to remember them and their special intentions in our prayers.
Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O prince of the heavenly host, by the Power of God, thrust into Hell Satan and all evil spirits who wander through the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
Community Updates – Bernardine Franciscan Sisters (4)
- Sister Jean Jacobchik was transferred to Reading Hospital Rehabilitation at Wyomissing (PA) yesterday, Monday, March 31, 2025.
- Sister Francis Canice Reinhardt was admitted to Reading Hospital Tower Health, West Reading, PA on Friday, March 28, 2025.
- Sister Vincent de Paul Malecki was admitted for a 2-4 week stay at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Reading, PA on Friday, March 28, 2025.
- Sister Marie Janeen Obara remains a patient in Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center, Reading, PA.
Please keep these Sisters in your prayers.
March-April Birthdays Celebrated at St. Joseph Villa
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Sister Josandra Ciucci introduces the “Constantia Male Quartet” from Philadelphia to the Sisters.
Birthday Celebrants
From left front clockwise to right front: Sisters Melita Skiendziel, Helen Krzywinska,
Claude Marie Jablonski, and de Marie Sawicki;
(back center) Sister Margaret Taufer, CPS
(right rear): Unidentified Precious Blood Sister guest, not celebrating)
Sisters Josandra Ciucci; Annuncia Koller, MSC and Dolorice Domin
Prayers are requested for the following sick and needy Sisters, Family, Associates, Friends, and Benefactors and for those who companion them during this time:
- for a safe and successful surgery for Matt Dersa today, Tuesday April 1, 2025.
Prayers are requested for the needs of our congregation.
Community Updates (2)
Please continue to pray for Sister Angela Maria Teixeira de Sousa’s father who remains hospitalized in critical condition.
Message from Sister Elisângela Pereira Machado, Immaculate Conception Provincial Councilor
“With heartfelt gratitude for your prayers and messages on the loss of my brother-in-law, João Luiz Duarte. Please, continue praying for my sister during this time of grief. May God bless each one of you and let us be united as we continue our journey on this earth.
Upcoming JPIC Events (2)
From Justice Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) – Sister Grace Keane
Conversion of the Heart: Seeing Anew with Franciscan Eyes.
Join FAN staff and community members on Zoom for an evening of reflection and discussion during the Lenten season. Tuesday April 8, 7:00 - 8:00 PM in the McGlinn Center.
Pope Francis on the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Synodality, and the Dignity of Being Human
Join Bishop Daniel Flores from the Diocese of Brownsville, TX via zoom on Wednesday April 9, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. in the McGlinn Conference Center. Bishop Flores was a member of the Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod.
Prayers are requested for the departed souls of our Sisters, Family, Associates, Friends and Benefactors and for the comfort and consolation of their families:
- for Guillermina Rosa Travessa. [website]
Prayers are requested for the following sick and needy Sisters, Family, Associates, Friends, and Benefactors and for those who companion them during this time:
- for a peaceful, happy death for Dotty.
- for a return to better health for Tina Cruz who is hospitalized. [website]
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