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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Community News

Celebrating Black History Month Dr. Patricia Bath - Ophthalmologist Sister Callista Robinson

Patricia Eza Bath was born on November 4, 1942, in Harlem, New York. Her father was the first black motorman in the New York subway system and her mother was a domestic worker. After graduating from Charles Evans Hughes High School, she enrolled at Hunter College in New York. In 1964, she received a B.S. degree in Chemistry from Hunter College. She had a strong interest in the medical field so she began her studies at Howard University in Washington, D.C. In 1968, she received her received her medical degree. She completed her training from 1970-1973 at the New York University School of Medicine as the first African American resident in ophthalmology. As an intern at Harlem Hospital and Columbia University, she noticed that there was a great contrast between the eye clinic of Harlem where half of the patients were visually impaired or blind and Columbia where only a few patients suffered from blindness. Dr. Bath conducted a study and found that blindness among blacks was double that among whites due to the lack of access of proper eye care in black communities. She put forth a proposal known as “community ophthalmology” in which trained eye care volunteers would visit senior centers and day care programs to test the vision and screen for cataracts, glaucoma and other serious eye conditions. This community outreach program helped underserved populations to have a better chance to prevent blindness. Dr. Bath traveled to Berlin in 1981 to learn more about laser technology and to continue her research. In 1988, Dr. Bath received a patent for her invention, the Laserphaco Probe, which was the new technique used for cataract surgery. This device restored the sight of thousands of patients. She was inducted into the International Women in Medicine Hall of Fame in 2001.

Living the Gospel courageously . . . with energy, spirit, peace.

Book signing event a success Sister Elise Saggau

A huge thank you to all who made the book signing last Friday an event to remember! The turnout was impressive and we were able to visit with many friends. It is truly gratifying to see how enthusiastically our new history account is being received, both within the sisterhood and among our many supporters.

String duo, The OK Factor, presents free concert Robyn Gray, St. Francis Music Center

St. Francis Music Center is delighted to present The OK Factor in a free concert open to all on Saturday, March 9, 7 p.m., in Sacred Heart Chapel. Playful and unexpected, The OK Factor writes and performs folk-inspired music influenced by Americana and Irish fiddle styles, with an artistry that reveals their classical training. Cellist Olivia Diercks and violinist Karla Colahan put on a splendid blend of original and popular selections, ranging from Beatles tunes to Scottish jigs. The two straddle the line between jazz, pop and classical, and the result is pure magic. Mark your calendars now for an evening of beautiful music sure to appeal to everyone! 2

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FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF LITTLE FALLS, MINNESOTA

Lenten Day of Reflection Geri Dietz, Associate Office

Please join us for our Lenten Day of Reflection: Exploring Lent through the New Cosmology: We are Stardust! It is on Saturday, March 9, 9:30 a.m.–3 p.m. in St. Francis Hall. Our presenter is the one and only Sister Ade Kroll. Sister Ade earned her master’s degree in Sacred Theology and has been a teacher, parish minister, retreat presenter a Faithful Fool volunteer, associate director and an experienced presenter in the new Cosmology. She writes: "Studies in the new Cosmology radically changed my spirituality by broadening it to be inclusive of all being. Every breath, each creature, each event, were all part of a whole with Love as Source and attracting end. It meant changing language to express my beliefs as I know and understand them. God is Light [1Jn 1:5] and God is Love [1Jn 4:16]. For me this was the place of wonder and awe I had been seeking. "We are stardust and unto stardust we shall return. "How does a Christian understand Lent in all these shifts in relationships with all being, with God, and even with our purpose in this ever changing cosmic and cultural context? Come and find out!" What a wonderful way to begin Lent! We look forward to Sister Ade sharing her gifts, talents, and learnings with us. Please register no later than Friday, March 1, by calling Christi at (320)632-0680 or e-mailing her at [email protected].

Event to Honor National Catholic Sisters Week Sister Michelle L’Allier, Companioning Minister

To honor National Catholic Sisters Week (NCSW), March 8-14, we have invited high school youth in religious education programs and youth groups at several area parishes to a pizza party and conversation with Sisters at the Motherhouse. The event will be on March 13 from 6:157:45 p.m. It will begin with pizza and conversation in the dining room and will be followed by a short prayer service in the chapel. We hope to have youth here from many of the parishes in the Little Falls area. Sisters, you are invited to participate in this event. It will begin with conversation during the pizza dinner. You would then be welcome to join the youth in a brief prayer service to close their time in chapel. If you want to take part in this pizza and conversation event, please contact Christi Hartwell, [email protected] or 320-632-0680 by Wednesday, March 6. In addition, we will post a short video each day of NCSW with one of us reflecting on what we love about being a Franciscan Sister of Little Falls. Each day at liturgy will also include a prayer petition in honor of this National Catholic Sisters Week. Note: Hospitality will also host a breakfast for the sisters at 9 a.m. on Friday, March 8, in St. Francis Hall and a musical program to wrap up the week in the afternoon of Thursday, March 14. FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF LITTLE FALLS, MINNESOTA

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Praying Sisters/Staff for February Cheryl Aswegan, Knute Nelson

The Praying Sister/Staff of the month will share a mealtime and several of their favorite things together throughout the month. The honorees for February are:

Angela Community Roberta Gross and Sister Juanita Mauer

Notes from the border Sister Shirley Mueller

We have been having beautiful weather here in the Rio Grande Valley in the month of February and are busy with many activities. God has blessed our Rayo de Luz (one ray of light) team with 12 wonderful women who feed the poor and homeless in the garden at Sacred Heart Parish in downtown McAllen every Tuesday morning after Mass. Three of the women have had their own businesses and the most recent one joining has just come back to the Church after leaving it 53 years ago after her First Communion. Thank you for all your prayers that have been working so powerfully for us. We average feeding 50 to 100 people every week. And through the help of Joe Alemon, we have become a nonprofit. He was able to sell the red van the community gave us. It had been damaged in a flood here, and he was able to sell it and give us seed money for future projects for the homeless. Our first one is going to be trying to get them a place to shower downtown. After three years of serving them, we are getting to know the regulars and are building community with them. We see Jesus in their lives and they keep us all humble. May God bless you all in your generosity to us all here in McAllen.

On the topic of racism Submitted by an associate

2nd Floor Sister Therese Lenz and Alexia Cripps 4

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I recommend The Sin of White Supremacy by Jeanine Hill, and Jim Wallis’ book, America’s Original Sin. They both help us take a penetrating look at the role Christianity (my Catholic Church) has played in perpetuating white supremacy. How could my church expect that non-white parishioners be treated as lower class in the sight of God? How could I not have noticed the sin of my church, that treated Indians and slaves as second rate persons until they were converted? FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF LITTLE FALLS, MINNESOTA

Julie Hanson retires Jan Roering, CRD

Franciscan Sisters, staff and some family members gathered to celebrate the retirement of friend and colleague, Julie Hanson. Julie began working for the Franciscan Sisters Development/ Community Relations Department in 2002, sharing her financial expertise for 17 years. She assisted with management of the donor database and processed countless financial reports while overseeing all the bulk mailings of the Franciscan Sisters and their ministries with accuracy, attention to detail and organization. The Community Relations Department enjoyed working with Julie these past 17 years. We wish her well in her retirement and trust she will come back occasionally to visit.

Mr. Stretchie Cheryl Aswegan, Knute Nelson

You may have noticed a cute snowman in the lunchroom with an invitation to enter a contest to name him. The idea for the naming contest came from Sister Loretta Denfeld, and the sisters of 2nd Floor, Clare Residence were tasked with choosing a name from all the entries. The committee that chose a name found it very difficult because of the many clever, unique entries. There were 60 who participated in the contest. Sister Georgine Larson came up with the winning name, "Mr. Stretchie." We thank everyone who participated for making this project fun and creative! FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF LITTLE FALLS, MINNESOTA

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Did you know you can recycle these? The Green Committee Appliances: Goodwill accepts working appliances. Batteries: Try Battery Solutions to buy a product to put batteries in to ship away. Staples also has a national battery recycling program for individuals or your office. Some Ikea stores have recycling stations for them as well. Cardboard boxes: Flatten them and they can go into recycling. Clothes: Wearable clothes can go to New 2 You or a Goodwill outlet or shelter. Donate wearable women’s business clothing to Dress for Success, which gives them to low-income women as they search for jobs. Offer unwearable clothes and towels to local animal boarding and shelter facilities, which often use them as pet bedding. Compact fluorescent bulbs: Call your local Ikea store—many have units for recycling florescent bulbs, along with batteries and conventional recyclables. Earth911.com has a great tool where you can enter your recyclable item and zip code and it will give you a list of places that will accept that item. Compostable bio-plastics: Compostable bio-plastics include those cornstarch utensils and specially marked cups, which won't break down quickly in your home compost bin like your food scraps do. FindaComposter.com has a tool for finding municipal composters for these types of items. Eyeglasses: Your local Lion’s Club or eye care chain may collect these. Lenses are reground and given to people in need. Often eye doctors' offices will collect them and even some local libraries do. Glasses are most often donated as-is to someone with a similar prescription. Reading glasses and nonprescription sunglasses can often be donated as well. Foam packing: Your local pack-and-ship store will likely accept foam peanuts for reuse. Or call the Plastic Loose Fill Producers Council to find a drop-off site. For places to drop off foam blocks for recycling, contact the Alliance of Foam Packaging Recyclers. Phones: HopeLine is a program that provides cell phones to domestic violence survivors. Bring phones to a Verizon store or mail them in to donate. Office phones and corded phones can be recycled through Staples or another e-waste recycler. Technotrash: Staples' e-waste program will take iPods, MP3 players, cell phones and chargers, digital cameras, PDAs, palm pilots, pagers and more. Also, easily recycle all of your CDs, DVDs, game disks, jewel cases, audio and video tapes, rechargeable and single-use batteries and ink/toner cartridges with GreenDisk’s Technotrash program. Toothbrushes and razors: Buy a recycled plastic toothbrush or razor from Preserve, a brand sold in many pharmacy stores as well as online. The company makes its products out of Stonyfield Farms yogurt cups and will take back its products to be made into plastic lumber. Bins that collect these and other products with the number 5 recycling symbol are collected in Preserve's Gimme 5 bins, which are placed in 250 locations nationwide. They can also be sent in by mail. Tyvek envelopes: Those tough, plasticky envelopes you get in the mail are Tyvek. The material is broken down and made into new plastics without consuming more oil resources. Quantities less than 25 can be sent to CFS Recycling, 337 A Industrial Drive, Petersburg, VA 23803. Call 1-800/44-TYVEK for quantities larger than 25. Crayons: If you have broken crayons, or old mismatched ones that are missing the box, send them to Crazy Crayons. This program collects crayons from around the country, melts them down and sells 100% recycled crayons (in cute shapes and containers, too!). 6

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FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF LITTLE FALLS, MINNESOTA

Thank You

Thank you to everyone who prepared the meal, gave flowers, cards, stamps and a large balloon in honor of my birthday. May the Lord bless all of you. - Sister Marie Theis

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Robert & Bernice Braun (St. Cloud) Delroy & Betty Wiebolt (Bemidji) Susan Allanson (Surprise, Ariz.) Steve & Marlene Bresnahan (Watkins)

MARCH

Jubilee Dates for 2019 50th & 75th Jubilee Celebration Friday, August 2 - Community Celebration Sunday, August 4 - 11 a..m. Liturgy followed by meal and reception with family and friends

Jubilarians are: 75th - Sister Therese Furnstahl Sister Therese Lenz Sister Theodora Higgins 50th - Sister Ange Mayers

60th Jubilee Celebration Sunday, August 11 - Community only 11 a.m. Liturgy followed by dinner Jubilarians are: Sister Julien Dirkes Sister Joanne Heim Sister Pat Imdieke Sister Susan Knutson Sister Jeanne Lieser Sister Callista Robinson Sister Siena Wald

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Carlee K. Alson (Rensselaer, Ind.) Donna Brooks (Little Falls) Mary Treacy (Minneapolis) Mark & Ann Vipond (Norcross) Tom & Sharon Kosel (Mounds View) Sherman & Gisela Otto (St. Michael) Marina Bahmer (St. Cloud) Jill Heinking (Mound Prospect, Ill.) Francis Barbeln (St. Michael) Dennis & Kathleen Heinze (Roseville) Marlene Braun (Little Canada) Donald Kjonaas (Anoka) Lori Curtis (Perham) Theresa Knier (Clear Lake) Marie Euteneuer (St. Cloud) Candice Koopmeiners (Sartell) Bruce & Diane Gohman (Naples, Fla.) Kenneth & Yvonne Korte (St. Paul) Pat & Sue Hall (Brooklyn Park) David Vacheresse (Kansas City, Mo.) Eric E. Larson (Mililani, Hawaii) Joan Loher (San Jose, Calif.) Joseph & Janice Beste (Brandon) Suzanne Mohmoodi (St. Paul) Joseph & Carolita Mahoney (Underwood) Catherine McGinnis (Hutchinson) Roberta Kay Knowlton (Avondale, Ariz.) Loren & Janel Meyer (Pierz) Marilyn Beyer (Champlin) Jack & Marla Michaels (Pierz) Gregory S. Hoslet (Canyon Country, Calif.) Brian Murphy (St. Cloud) Carol Larson (Albert Lea) Beverly Schleper (Champlin) Betty Bengston (Little Falls) Mary Ohmann (Aurora, Colo.)

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FROM DEATH TO LIFE WE PRAISE GOD IN...

DIRECTORY CHANGES

Elaine Gerads, who died February 7 at the age of 89. She is a sister-in-law of Sisters Joan and Bertha Gerads.

Please make the following changes to the Sisters sections of your directory:

Clara Meyer, who died February 14 at the age of 101. She is an aunt of Sister Julien Dirkes.

Sisters Louise Bauer and Karen Niedzielski have moved to 124 N 3rd Ave., Waite Park, MN 56387. Their home phone numbers will change to (320)654-8359. Sister Louise's cell phone number will remain the same. Both will join B41.

Father Lawrence (Larry) Hubbard, who died February 17 at the age of 78. Jim Floding, who died February 18 at the age of 90. He is an uncle of Sister Cordy Korkowski.

PLEASE PRAY FOR... Donna Korkowski, who was hospitalized with severe pancreatitis. She is a sister-in-law of Sister Cordy Korkowski. Sister Ruth Lentner’s sister, Gloria, and her husband, Chris. P.J. Eichten, who had a stroke at the age of 34. He is a nephew of Sister Bea Eichten. Cecelia Samuelson, who is recovering from hip replacement surgery. She is a sister of Sister Mary Lou Eltgroth. Sister Mary Obowa, who was hospitalized with influenza. Sister Kay Watts's niece, who is having spinal surgery at the Mayo Clinic this week.

UPCOMING EVENTS March 6 ............................ Ash Wednesday March 7 ............................ Taizé Prayer, 6-7 p.m. March 8-14 ....................... National Catholic Sisters Week March 9 ............................ Lenten Day of Reflection, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. March 9 ............................ OK Factor Concert, 7 p.m. March 21 .......................... Centering Prayer and Lectio Divina, 6-7 p.m. March 26 .......................... American Red Cross Bloodmobile, 1-7 p.m. March 27 .......................... American Red Cross Bloodmobile, 12-6 p.m. March 27 .......................... 100th Birthday Open House for Sister Theodora Higgins March 28 .......................... American Red Cross Bloodmobile, 8:30 a.m.2:30 p.m. April 4 .............................. Taizé Prayer, 6-7 p.m. April 6 .............................. Pasta Bar, 4:30-7 p.m. April 14 ............................ Palm Sunday Blessing of Palms, 8:30 a.m. April 18 ............................ Holy Thursday Mass and Adoration, 7-10 p.m. April 19 ............................ Good Friday Silent Walk for Peace, 9:30 a.m. Indoor Stations of the Cross, 11 a.m. Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion, 2 p.m. 8

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Sister Pat Forster's cell phone number has changed to (956)755-4122. Please make the following changes to the Associate section of your directory: Steven Good - change address to 10205 Greenbrier Rd Apt 320, Minnetonka, MN 55305. His phone number remains the same. His region changes to Twin Cities. Helen Taffe - change cell phone number to (952)388-8701.

C ommunity News

is published biweekly by the Community Relations Department of the Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls, Minnesota, for its members. News items and suggestions for this publication are welcome from community members. Send to: Community News Attn: Julie Haldenwanger 116 8th Avenue SE Little Falls, MN 56345 phone: 320-632-0614 e-mail: [email protected] www.fslf.org Articles are due noon Monday. The next newsletter will be issued on March 13, 2019. FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF LITTLE FALLS, MINNESOTA