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Sr. Marian Patrice Leaf is a Franciscan from birth. Her parents were secular Franciscans. Marian is the third of six children—four girls and two boys. The close-knit family lived in Upper Darby, near Philadelphia. As a sociology student at Neumann University, Marian came to know the Sisters of St. Francis well.
Main address and phone number:
609 S. Convent Road, Aston, PA 19014
(610) 459-4125.
Being from the Philadelphia area, many of our sisters and staff members are big Philadelphia Eagles fans. Please join us in prayer on Super Bowl Sunday praying for a victory. It worked in 2018! Eagles Prayer Lord, make our Eagles instruments of your strength. Where there is great victory, let us be humbly proud. Where [...]
Discernment in the Franciscan Spirit Facing some big decisions in the new year? Our next online Life Decisions/Discernment in the Franciscan Spirit retreat will be Saturday, Jan. 14 from 12 to 6 P.M. Eastern and 9 A.M. to 3 P.M. Pacific. This free retreat is open to adult women and men discerning any major life [...]
Poker, Craps, and Twenty-one! Join us for a night of Black Tie fun! Enjoy casino games, delicious food, live entertainment, basket raffle & so much more! Saturday, May 20, 2023 • 6 - 10 P.M. Neumann University Mirenda Center Atrium Admission includes $100 in chips to try your hand at the gaming tables! Sponsorship opportunities [...]
The season starts September 1, the Day of Prayer for Creation, and ends October 4, the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of ecology. Throughout the month-long celebration, the world’s 2.2 billion Christians come together to care for our common home. The beginning and the end date of the Season of Creation are [...]
Register Today! Join us for the 27th Annual Sisters of St. Francis Golf Tournament September 19, 2022 9 A.M. - Breakfast Buffet 10 A.M. - Golf (Shotgun start) 1 P.M. - Beginner’s Clinic (Learn some golf and putting tips) 3 P.M. - Cocktails & Hors d’Oeuvres, Auction & Raffles 3:30 P.M. - Early-Bird Tailgate Dinner [...]
During this Lenten season the Sisters of St. Francis will be collecting funds for the people of Ukraine. In addition to this monetary collection, the sisters have been attending prayer vigils and advocating for companies to stop doing business with Putin and his Russian supporters. After Russia invaded Ukraine, hundreds of innocent people have reportedly [...]
As part of the Catholic Sisters Week invitation to care for the earth and for one another, expressing our commitment to the Laudato Si’ Action Plan, the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia are sponsoring a food drive on Saturday, March 12, from 10 A.M.-3 P.M. Donations collected will go to support Anna’s Place, which [...]
The Flow of the Evening 5:30 P.M. Doors Open 6 P.M. Welcome Gathering in ABC Hall Derby Wagers * Hors d’Oeuvres * Mint Juleps Gallery of Baskets on Display (Opens at 7 P.M.) 6:40 P.M. Transition to Bachmann Hall for Watch Party 6:57 P.M. Watch the Kentucky Derby “The most exciting two minutes in sports” [...]
The Sisters of St. Francis are accepting donations for the victims of the tornados in Kentucky during the month of January. If you would like to contribute, kindly mail payment to the Sisters of St. Francis Foundation marked "Kentucky Donation" in the memo line. Sisters of St. Francis Foundation 609 S Convent Rd. Aston, PA [...]
We will be offering our online Life Decisions/Discernment in the Franciscan Spirit retreat via Zoom on Saturday, Feb. 12. This well-received online retreat is open to women and men discerning any major life decision (vocation, relationships, faith, education, job, volunteer year, relocating, etc.). Sr. Christine Still, OSF will guide participants through a Franciscan discernment process [...]
An inclusive, healing gathering remembering the over 750,000 Americans who have been killed or injured by gun violence since the Sandy Hook tragedy. Vigils are being held at hundreds of locations nationwide to give voice to all the victims and survivors of gun violence and together help #EndGunViolence in America. Survivors are invited to bring [...]
Aston Ministerium Thanksgiving Prayer Service celebrating Thanksgiving and Care for Creation! All are invited. Join via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9149735184?pwd=SFg0VTJ2WUtIMnJNaCs1aVg4NlBBZz09 Meeting ID: 914 973 5184 - Passcode: APC2021
Are you interested in a job with the Sisters of St. Francis/Assisi House? Could you be dedicated to improving the lives of the sisters? If so, we want you! Stop by our job fair to learn about careers available to you, enjoy snacks and refreshments, enter for a chance to win $25 Visa gift cards [...]
SOLD OUT!!! An exquisite evening of local wine & beer tasting, hors d’oeuvres, live music, and a delicious (BYOB) five-course meal prepared by Chef Paul Reid. $100 farm members/$125 non-members Limited seats are available! Money raised will go to the installation of a new high tunnel on the farm for the additional planting of carrots, [...]
The Sisters of St. Francis invite you to join with them as they take up a collection for the children at the border. The sisters will be collecting monies from the congregation on May 22, Pentecost Sunday. However, you can make your donation at any time. The Social Concerns Committee at Our Lady of Angels [...]
On April 9, the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia celebrate Founders' Day, commemorating the moment when the three foundresses knelt in prayer before Bishop John Neumann CSsR, who invested them with the Franciscan habit. Each was given a new name, and Mother Francis Bachmann was designated as their first leader. When the Franciscan Sisters [...]
We will be hosting Justice Café the second Sunday of each month—this month it will be hosted on Sunday, May 2, 2021 from 3-4:30 P.M. EST / 12-1:30 P.M. PST via Zoom. The Inter-Community Peace and Justice Center (IPJC) Justice Cafes will be offered to all who are interested for intergenerational conversation on particular justice [...]
We will be hosting Justice Cafes the second Sunday of each month—this month it will be hosted on Sunday, April 11, 2021 from 3-4:30 P.M. EST / 12-1:30 P.M. PST via Zoom. The Inter-Community Peace and Justice Center (IPJC) Justice Cafes will be offered to all who are interested for intergenerational conversation on particular justice [...]
We will be hosting Justice Cafes the second Sunday of each month—this month it will be hosted on Sunday, March 14, 2021 from 3-4:30 P.M. EST / 12-1:30 P.M. PST via Zoom. The Inter-Community Peace and Justice Center (IPJC) Justice Cafes will be offered to all who are interested for intergenerational conversation on particular justice [...]
Fifty-two weeks a year women religious stand with the poor and immigrants, teach children, fight injustice, heal the sick, share spirituality, empower women, defend the planet, promote peace, create community, offer hope …but for one week, March 8-14, we shine the spotlight on women religious. This year the focus of National Catholic Sisters Week is [...]
