Gospel Simplicity
We seek freedom from excess so that our lives remain centered on Christ, available for mission, and attentive to what truly matters.
A Gospel Way of Life
A Life of Prayer, Simplicity, Service and Consolation
Going to the Peripheries with Christ
Inspired by St. Francis and St. Clare, we seek to live the Gospel with simplicity, joy, and a deep love for the poor. Our Franciscan way is a way of encounter—to see Christ in every person, especially those who are suffering, forgotten, or on the margins.
We go forth in prayer, humble service, and courageous compassion, bringing Christ’s consolation to wounded communities.
“For I was sick and you visited me.” — Matthew 25:36
The Shape of Our Daily Life
Franciscan values lived in community and mission
Fraternity
We receive one another as sisters and strive to build a community marked by mutual respect, forgiveness, shared responsibility, and joy.
Prayer & Eucharist
Prayer is the source of our missionary life. In the Eucharist we remain with Christ, receive His consolation, and are strengthened to serve. Our Franciscan prayer also includes the Franciscan Crown Rosary, which we wear on the left side of the habit.
Poverty & Stewardship
We desire to use material goods responsibly, gratefully, and for the sake of mission, remembering that all we receive is entrusted to us for service.
Peace & Reconciliation
Following St. Francis, we seek to become instruments of peace through patience, mercy, listening, reconciliation, and compassionate presence.
Care for Creation
We receive creation as a gift from God and seek to cultivate gratitude, simplicity, responsible care, and reverence for the world entrusted to us.
Care for Creation
Receiving creation as gift
Following the Franciscan spirit, we seek to recognize creation as a gift entrusted to our care. Ordinary acts of tending animals, cultivating the land, reducing waste, and using resources responsibly can become expressions of gratitude to the Creator.
This care also supports the practical life of community and mission, reminding us that simplicity, stewardship, and reverence for creation belong together.
“Praise be You, my Lord, through all Your creatures.” — St. Francis of Assisi
Minority & Mission
Choosing closeness to the poor and wounded
The Franciscan spirit calls us to stand close to those who are easily overlooked. We seek not simply to work for people, but to walk with them as sisters and companions.
This spirit shapes our evangelization, service to displaced persons, care for orphans and widows, psychological and spiritual healing, street outreach, and other works of consolation.
Consolation in the Franciscan Spirit
Contemplation becomes compassionate presence
We contemplate Christ, wounded and poured out in love. We receive His consolation in prayer. Then, in the spirit of Francis and Clare, we go forth to become instruments of His peace, healing, and mercy.
We Contemplate Christ
We remain with Jesus in prayer, Scripture, the Eucharist, and the mystery of His Cross.
We Receive His Consolation
We allow Christ to heal, convert, and form our own hearts before we seek to accompany others.
We Become Consolation
We carry His presence through evangelization, healing, accompaniment, and works of mercy.
“By His stripes, we are healed.” — Isaiah 53:5
Our Franciscan Roots
Learn more about St. Francis and St. Clare
Our Franciscan Way grows from the witness of St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi, whose lives continue to teach us how to follow Christ in poverty, prayer, fraternity, contemplation, and joyful service.
