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Notes from the Motherhouse of the Sisters of the Holy Family. Articles, prayers, scripture reflections and photography. Insights to ministry work and personal activities of the Sisters' daily lives.
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November 6 is Foundation Day!
The Sisters of the Holy Family, founded in San Francisco, California in 1872, is an apostolic religious institute of pontifical rite. It is an apostolic institute because Father John Prendergast (pictured below) and Miss Lizzie Armer founded it to se...
St. Charles Borromeo (Catechist)
St. Charles Borromeo Feastday: November 4Patron of learning and the arts. 1584 Charles was the son of Count Gilbert Borromeo and Margaret Medici, sister of Pope Pius IV. He was born at the family castle of Arona on Lake Maggiore, Italyon October 2....
All Saints Memorial Day
“The glorious company of the apostles praise Thee. The goodly fellowship of the prophets praise Thee. The white-robed army of martyrs praise Thee. All Thy saints and elect with one voice do acknowledge Thee, O Blessed Trinity, one God!” &...
Day to Honor Father Damien and the Hawaiian People
November 22, 2009, 2:00 – 4:00 pm. Sisters of the Holy Family will have an afternoon of prayer, & “talking story” & celebration in honor of newly canonized saint, Father Damien of Molokai. This will give us an opportunity to honor the H...
Sister Marie Ann Brent, SHF, our Valdez Sister honored with papal medal
Valdez sister honored with papal medal PATRICIA COLL FREEMAN Catholicanchor.org Anchorage Archbishop Roger Schwietz presented Sister Marie Ann Brent, pastoral administrator of St. Francis Xavier Church, with the highest honor awarded to the laity b...
Teresa of Avila
St. Teresa of Avila Feastday: October 15Patron of Headache sufferers, Spanish Catholic Writers b. 1515 d. 1582 Less than twenty years before Teresa was born in 1515, Columbus opened up the Western Hemisphere to European colonization. Two years after ...

