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-nfcrt/f'CHU>/lciHi=s Wheatfields Volume 8, Issue 3 Sisters of St. Francis, Tiffin, OH Spring, 1995 Companioning Hermanas de Santa Clara By Sister Roberta Marie Doneth and Sister Jacquelyn Doepker Early morning on January 11, 1995, we excitedly boarded a plane at the Columbus airport and, with much anticipation, left for El Salvador. The purpose of the trip was to establish a relationship with a group of Franciscan sisters as stated in our goal at the June 1993 assembly: "We will companion a Franciscan religious community in Latin America." The group chosen by our community is the Central American Province of Las Hermanas de Santa Clara (the Sisters of Saint Clare). This group of sisters, whose motherhouse is in Ireland, has three houses in El Salvador and one in Guatemala. At the present time there are seven final professed sisters (four Irish and three Salvadoran) and 17 young Salvadorans in religious formation. Sister Marcos gives food to a hungry man outside the convent door in El Salvador. The Hermanas de Santa Clara are a group of active Clares (Second Order Franciscans) who began working in El Salvador in 1971. They accompanied the Salvadoran people throughout the very painful twelve years of civil war and have continued to assist them in their struggle to pull their lives back together during peace time. Our hearts were touched by the Salvadoran people wherever we went, but especially in San Francisco Gotera, one of the sections hardest hit during the war and an area where the sisters do most of their social outreach and pastoral care. Most of those we met had lost family members in the war. Many had lost their homes. Few had opportunity for regular employment. Yet, repeatedly, we met young and old who were responding to the sisters' call to take leadership roles in their faith communities and their small villages. The Gotera parish consists of ten towns and 100 villages with 100,000 people. The pastoral staff consists of Sister Marcos, Sister Felipa, and the pastor, Padre Miguel. The youth groups were impressive, 75 in all, for which the parish is providing monthly training and occasional retreats. The young leaders in return are the catechists for the children in their villages. They are dedicated to bringing the word of God and knowledge of the faith to the many children with whom they work. Music is very precious to the Latin American people and it plays a major role in expressing their faith. Sister Felipa has trained six youthful musicians in liturgy planning and improving their church music. These leaders have taken up the challenge of providing workshops for other musicians in the villages. They teach them how to plan a seasonal theme and select and provide music for their services. (Continued on page 11)
Object Description
Title | Wheatfields Spring 1995 |
Subject | Religious Orders for Women ; Seneca County (Ohio) ; Tiffin (Ohio) |
Time Period | 1911-1995 |
Place | Tiffin (Ohio) |
Description | A newsletter containing articles about events relating to specific nuns belonging to the Sisters of St. Francis of Tiffin. There is also a memorial article on Sister Beatrice Linder. |
Creator | Sisters of St. Francis |
Date of Original | 1995 |
Collection | Tiffin-Seneca Public Library Tiffin Collection |
Source | Manuscript, 12 pages : ill. ; 28 cm. |
Submitting Institution | Tiffin-Seneca Public Library |
Rights | Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information |
Digitization Information | Epson Expression 11000XL |
Format | Manuscript |
Extent | 12 pages : ill. ; 28 cm. |
Date created | 2015-10-02 |
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Title | Wheatfields Spring 1995_001 |
Submitting Institution | Tiffin-Seneca Public Library |
Rights | Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information |
File Name | Wheatfields Spring 1995_001.tif |
Image Height | 2200 |
Image Width | 1700 |
File Size | 3740654 Bytes |
Full Text | -nfcrt/f'CHU>/lciHi=s Wheatfields Volume 8, Issue 3 Sisters of St. Francis, Tiffin, OH Spring, 1995 Companioning Hermanas de Santa Clara By Sister Roberta Marie Doneth and Sister Jacquelyn Doepker Early morning on January 11, 1995, we excitedly boarded a plane at the Columbus airport and, with much anticipation, left for El Salvador. The purpose of the trip was to establish a relationship with a group of Franciscan sisters as stated in our goal at the June 1993 assembly: "We will companion a Franciscan religious community in Latin America." The group chosen by our community is the Central American Province of Las Hermanas de Santa Clara (the Sisters of Saint Clare). This group of sisters, whose motherhouse is in Ireland, has three houses in El Salvador and one in Guatemala. At the present time there are seven final professed sisters (four Irish and three Salvadoran) and 17 young Salvadorans in religious formation. Sister Marcos gives food to a hungry man outside the convent door in El Salvador. The Hermanas de Santa Clara are a group of active Clares (Second Order Franciscans) who began working in El Salvador in 1971. They accompanied the Salvadoran people throughout the very painful twelve years of civil war and have continued to assist them in their struggle to pull their lives back together during peace time. Our hearts were touched by the Salvadoran people wherever we went, but especially in San Francisco Gotera, one of the sections hardest hit during the war and an area where the sisters do most of their social outreach and pastoral care. Most of those we met had lost family members in the war. Many had lost their homes. Few had opportunity for regular employment. Yet, repeatedly, we met young and old who were responding to the sisters' call to take leadership roles in their faith communities and their small villages. The Gotera parish consists of ten towns and 100 villages with 100,000 people. The pastoral staff consists of Sister Marcos, Sister Felipa, and the pastor, Padre Miguel. The youth groups were impressive, 75 in all, for which the parish is providing monthly training and occasional retreats. The young leaders in return are the catechists for the children in their villages. They are dedicated to bringing the word of God and knowledge of the faith to the many children with whom they work. Music is very precious to the Latin American people and it plays a major role in expressing their faith. Sister Felipa has trained six youthful musicians in liturgy planning and improving their church music. These leaders have taken up the challenge of providing workshops for other musicians in the villages. They teach them how to plan a seasonal theme and select and provide music for their services. (Continued on page 11) |
Date created | 2015-10-02 |
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