News

CSFNs sponsor 13-day pilgrimage to Holy Land, Jordan

Updated photo information: CSFN General Chapter in Rome

July Peace & Justice newsletter now available

CSFNs elect new Superior General: Sr. Jana Zawieja

CSFNs announce new international leadership team

July 28: Weekly vocation reflection

Upcoming Events

Friday, Apr 9 - Aug 28, 2010
Women & Spirit: Catholic Sisters in America

Sunday, Jul 4, 2010
125th Anniversary of CSFN ministry in the U.S.

Monday, Jul 12 - Aug 1, 2010
CSFN General Chapter, Rome

Tuesday, Aug 10, 2010
Updated July 19: Pittsburgh bus trip to "Women & Spirit"

Sunday, Aug 15, 2010
Midwest 125th Anniversary Celebration

Sunday, Sep 12, 2010
Great Lakes/Cleveland 125th Anniversary Celebration

Saturday, Sep 18, 2010
New England 125th Anniversary Celebration

Joining Nazareth

Vocations: Meet Us

Our Vocation Team

Members of the CSFN Vocation Team share a laugh during their meeting before the July 2009 Assembly at the Retreat Center at St. John's, Plymouth, MI.

From left to right, standing: Srs. Emmanuela Le, Mary Anthony Lovezzola, Mary Paul Haase, Marcelina Mikulska and Mary Jane Hahner.  Seated at her trusty laptop: Vocation Director Sr. Michele Vincent Fisher.   Not pictured: Srs. Pat Lenard, Linda Yankoski, Angela Cresswell, Virginia Rozich and Sebastiana Filip.  For more photos from the 2009 Assembly, please visit http://www.nazarethcsfn.org/news-events/photo-gallery.php?thisGalleryID=36

For more vocation photos, please click here: (gallery in progress)

Our Newest Members

Sr. Nahida Al Sawa

Professes final vows March 29, 2009; shown with Bishop Michael Duca after her profession

For more photos from Sr. Nahida's Rite of Profession, please click here: http://www.nazarethcsfn.org/news-events/photo-gallery.php?thisGalleryID=30 

Sr. Emmanuela Le

Kneeling, Sr. Emmanuela professes her final vows Jan. 30, 2009, before Sr. Sally Marie Kiepura, provincial superior (standing), and Sr. Edyta Krawczyk, Sr. Emmanuela's initial formation director

For more photos, please click here: http://www.nazarethcsfn.org/news-events/photo-gallery.php?thisGalleryID=20

Sr. Mary Annette Gailey

Professes final vows on May 5, 2007.  For Sr. Mary Annette's unique story, please click here:  

http://www.nazarethcsfn.org/about-us/sister-story.php?ID=7

The Vocation Team

Sr. Michele Vincent Fisher National Director of Vocations read more >

Sister Stories

Sr. Michele Vincent Fisher profiled in Catholic Standard & Times

Sr.  Michele Vincent Fisher, national vocation director for the CSFNs in the U.S., recently was profiled in the Catholic Standard & Times, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.  Sr. Michele''s story was a back-page 'Pro... Read More >

Sr. Frances Smalkowski featured in Danbury NewsTimes

Spotlight on Sr. Frances Smalkowski and Pope John Paul II nursing home in Danbury, CT.  Click here to see the full story:

http://www.newstimes.com/ci_13534279

Long Island paper features Sr. Ellen Zak, parish Bible Camp

In her role as pastoral minister of spiritual formation at Good Shepherd Parish, Holbrook, NY, Sr. Ellen Zak was the point person for the parish's Vacation Bible Camp, recently featured in The Long Island Catholic. 

"The reporter ... Read More >

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