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After spending many years in education and parish ministry, Sr. Helen Budzik became a member of the startup team that began the Franciscan Spiritual Ministries in Aston, Pennsylvania. She has served in various roles with the spiritual center ever since.
Main address and phone number:
609 S. Convent Road, Aston, PA 19014
(610) 459-4125.
Gun violence is a public health crisis. It is also a spiritual and moral crisis. God changes hearts, but people change laws. The biblical prophets Micah and Isaiah imagine a world where God’s people beat their swords into plows and their spears into pruning hooks, building a world free of violence. Come hear Shane Claiborne [...]
YOU'RE INVITED - REGISTER BELOW Join us for our annual Franciscan Night on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
One day only at Neumann University!
Christians throughout the world are inspired by the example of St. Francis of Assisi, in his love for God, people and creation, especially those who are most vulnerable. Did you know that St. Francis also inspired a distinctive approach to discerning important decisions in our lives? To request participation, please contact Sr. Diane at dtomkinson@osfphila.org [...]
Registration is now open for our upcoming golf tournament on September 18, 2023. Register below
Facing some big decisions in your life? Join our online Life Decisions/Discernment in the Franciscan Spirit retreat on May 21 (the Sunday before Pentecost), 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 decision (vocation, relationships, education, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Facing some big decisions in your life? Let the wisdom and witness of Sts. Francis and Clare of Assisi offer guidance! Join our next online Life Decisions/ Discernment in the Franciscan Spirit retreat on Saturday, Jan.13, 2024, from 12 to 6 P.M. Eastern and 9 A.M. to 3 P.M. Pacific. This free retreat is open [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
