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| Franciscan Sisters of Immaculate
Conception
86 Saracen Street
Glasgow
G22 5AD
Tel: 0141 336 3027
Fax: 0141 336 4096
Charity No SC 006881 7109 |
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Our Spiritual
Roots : Our Foundresses |
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Our Congregation, the Franciscan Sisters
of the Immaculate Conception was founded in 1847,
in Glasgow, by Sr Adelaide Vaast and Sr Veronica
Cordier who came from the Franciscan Monastery of
Our Lady of the Angels, Tourcoing, in response to
a plea from the Church in Glasgow for Sisters to
teach the poor children of their parishes.
Within the first few years of ministering in
Glasgow, Adelaide caught cholera leaving Veronica
as the sole remaining Foundress of the congregation.
The congregation was established in Glasgow,
Scotland as an apostolic institute and follows
the Rule and Life of the Brothers and Sisters
of the Third Order Regular of St Francis.
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At the request of Pope Pius IX, who
approved our first Constitutions in 1854 - the year
in which he proclaimed the Dogma of the Immaculate
Conception - we honour our Blessed Lady in her Immaculate
Conception as our special patroness and are known
as Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception.
As Sisters in the Franciscan penitential tradition,
we commit ourselves to live out our public profession
of Chastity, Poverty and Obedience, in community
ever striving for a fuller expression of our baptismal
call to conversion. As members we strive to dedicate
ourselves to a life of mission and evangelisation
as we seek new and different ways to spread the
Good News of the Gospel. |
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| Our Franciscan Emblem |
Our emblem, which is worn by all Franciscan Sisters
of the Immaculate Conception, sums up our way of
life.
The clothed arm of Francis supports that of Christ
on the cross, identifying with and sharing his suffering.
Around the cross is the traditional Franciscan cord.
The three knots symbolize the three vows of poverty,
chastity and obedience. At the foot of the cross
is Francis’ own motto, shared by all Franciscans:
My God and My All. |
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Veronica's vision and hope was that
her Sisters would always be ready to respond to
the needs of the local Church, particularly in its
pastoral service of the poor and needy.
After the example of St Francis who constantly encouraged
his friars to begin again, the essence of our life
as Franciscans lies in our commitment to a life
of continuous conversion and renewal. The fundamental
Franciscan values of conversion, contemplation,
poverty and minority lie at the heart of our spirituality. |
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Prayer
to our Foundresses
Loving servants of
God,
and daughters of St. Francis,
obtain for us, we pray,
the grace to be faithful to the ideals,
which let you to found
our Franciscan family.
Pray for us,
that in the spirit of St. Francis,
we may always strive
to be kind,
compassionate,
forgetful of self,
and seek only the good of souls,
through Christ, Our Lord.
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