My Mission Experience in Brazil Highlights Selfless Love
An Easter message of self-sacrifice… “The way we came to know love was that He laid down his life for us…Let us love not in word…but in deed.’” – 1 John 3:16-18 Dear Friends, This verse in 1 John...
Christmas 2017 . . . Joy to the World
Loving Our Neighbors as Ourselves “The second commandment is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’” – Mark 12:31 Dear Friends, Joy to the world! The Lord is come! The Lord’s coming has brought us peace with the...
Remembering Our Loved Ones
In Loving Memory – Sr. Teresa Sweeney, OSF Dec. 13, 1930 – May 11, 2017 Sr. Teresa was a missionary, teacher, administrator, program innovator and General Minister during her 68 years as a Franciscan Sister of Allegany. Closest...
70 Years of Service to the Poor
70 Years of Supporting the Missions! We thank YOU! By Laura Whitford, President, St. Elizabeth Mission Society “He said to them, ‘Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.’” – Mark 16:15 In January 1879,...
Leading Women from Homelessness to Home
The Dwelling Place of NY celebrates 40 years of ministry By Laura Whitford, President, St. Elizabeth Mission Society Behind an unassuming door on West 40th Street in Manhattan is a ministry that has led 3,000 women from homelessness to...
Sister Grace leads Franciscan Ministries in Kingston, Jamaica
A Mission Society grant helped Sr. Grace’s organization, Franciscan Ministries, feed 12 very poor families in Jamaica through monthly distributions of food boxes of simple staples like rice, flour, sugar, cornmeal, oats, milk, tea, sardines, saltfish and laundry and bathing soap. “I...
Receiving New Life Through Christ this Easter
By Laura Whitford, President St. Elizabeth Mission Society & Dr. Lyle F. Renodin Foundation Chapter Six in the Book of Romans reminds us of the redeeming power of our Lord’s love for us. When we are born into Christ,...
Christmas 2016 . . . Finding Peace, Giving Peace
By Laura Whitford, President St. Elizabeth Mission Society & Dr. Lyle F. Renodin Foundation Christmastime brings with it a flurry of events, shopping, donating, cooking, visiting and more, but it also brings a sense of peace when we remember...
Mission Society President Makes First Visit to a Mission
By Laura Whitford, President St. Elizabeth Mission Society & Dr. Lyle F. Renodin Foundation Have you ever heard a priest ask you to give God a round of applause during mass? You would if you visited Alvernia Prep School...
Farm provides food security to Jamaican village
Porziuncola Farm Teaches and Trains locals in Organic Farming Practices In Jamaica, in the community of Braes River, there is a partially functional farm allowing villagers in that area to have food stability through organic farming practices. The farm...
