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Peace Conference
The Common Venture congregations presented Together, Creating a Culture of Peace on August 1, 2009. The conference celebrated the Common Venture's 10th anniversary. It also celebrated the 160th anniversary of the FSPA, OSF and FSE common founding.
Visit this blog to see the day's highlights brought to you through photos and video. For complete coverage, read Peace Conference message: gifting a future of peace is ours to do here.
To order the conference on DVD or CD, click here.
Cultural Audit gathering
The day before the Peace Conference, sisters from the four congregations attended a Cultural Audit gathering. As one sister said, "We are learning from each other, adapting our understanding so we can work together."
During their time together they shared Tavolas (the pre-eminent values out of which they live and minister) and parables (illustrating how values are lived out today).
Franciscan Common Venture
The Common Venture of the four Franciscan Congregations, Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist, Meriden, CT, the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, La Crosse, WI, the Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi, Milwaukee, WI and the Tertiary Sisters of St. Francis, Cameroon, West Africa, flows from energy that is two-fold: intense gratitude for God's abiding presence and the desire to further reconciliation in their journeys.
Franciscan Common Venture Mission Statement
The Franciscan Common Venture Mission Statement invites the congregations named above into a mutual relationship
- that fosters a deeper understanding of becoming Franciscan
in the 21st century
- that deepens the experience of Global Church
- that opens new understanding and experiences of
equi-cultural relationships
- that supports and encourages mutual efforts to effect
systemic change
Franciscan Common Venture
912 Market Street
La Crosse, WI 54601-8800
608-791-5280
FAX 608-782-6301
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Conrad Hilton Fund for Sisters awards Common Venture a $125,000 grant. Click here for more info.
