No Risk, No Gain: The Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia
Sisters of St. Francis Documentary
No Risk, No Gain
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Join us to view the documentary No Risk, No Gain: The Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia at Neumann University in Aston, Pennsylvania. Founded by the sisters as Our Lady of Angels College, Neumann is located adjacent to the congregation’s historic motherhouse—a fitting setting to experience the sisters’ remarkable story.
Find out more about the history of the congregation and the ministries that the sisters started. Learn why even as vowed religious life is changing, the sisters remain committed to sharing their mission and legacy with a world that needs the Franciscan spirit now more than ever.
6 – 8 P.M.
The event is free, but registration is required.
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As her injured husband lay dying, Anna Bachmann, a pregnant, immigrant woman, experienced a religious epiphany.
Against all odds, Anna, along with her sister Barbara and new friend Anna Dorn, went on to found the Sisters of Saint Francis of Philadelphia. From its humble beginnings, the order would eventually grow into a congregation with a legacy of more than 4,000 sisters who served on four continents, and whose ministries helped shape modern-day America’s schools, hospitals, charities, and activist organizations.
The sisters, with great humility, often toiled in the background, unacknowledged and under-appreciated. Theirs is truly a story of faith, and of moving forward even when things seemed impossible. To this day the sisters often quote Anna, later known as Mother Francis Bachmann, as having said “No risk, no gain,” always moving forward with challenges and trusting that God would provide.
The sisters now face a unique time in their history, with their average age hovering around eighty-four. How will their work continue beyond the lives of the sisters currently serving? Will the sisters be able to trust that their legacy will carry on in new ways?
In their own words and through reflections on lives that have been filled with love, laughter, joy, community, and service, the sisters share what it truly means to be a Sister of Saint Francis of Philadelphia…and why, even as vowed, religious life seems to be declining, the world needs their legacy now more than ever.
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