Thoughts from a Franciscan Sister

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https://ourfranciscanfiat.wordpress.com/2016/12/26/i-played-my-best-for-him/

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https://ourfranciscanfiat.wordpress.com/2016/12/30/think-outside-or-inside-the-box/

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http://ourfranciscanfiat.wordpress.com/2017/01/04/following-the-lamb-day-by-day/

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https://ourfranciscanfiat.wordpress.com/2017/01/10/praise-eternal-as-his-love/

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A busy day: https://ourfranciscanfiat.wordpress.com/2017/01/14/at-the-end-of-the-day-i-lost-the-rubber

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https://ourfranciscanfiat.wordpress.com/2017/01/17/no-excuses/

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One afternoon recently, I finished my cleaning duties at our convent and took the dust mop I'd been using outside.

"Outside," you may ask, "why do that?"  The reason is that I was putting into practice a lesson I learned some years back when I was a postulant in Hankinson, North Dakota.

Although I grew up in Minnesota, surrounded by snow four months out of the year, I had never learned one of the important uses of this white, powdery substance: it serves as an excellent mop cleaner.

Early in my formation in Hankinson, this little trick of cleaning a dust mop in the snow was revealed to me.  (One simply beats the mop out in the snow and shakes the snow out.)

Ever since that time, I have utilized nature's best mop cleaner when finishing my dust mopping in the winter month's.

When spring finally comes and there is no more snow to be found, I've been known to lament that "I've lost my mop cleaner, now."

Oh well, that will be a sacrifice I'll readily make to enjoy some spring weather when it finally comes here to the upper Midwest.

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https://ourfranciscanfiat.wordpress.com/2017/01/24/i-fell-to-the-ground/

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https://ourfranciscanfiat.wordpress.com/2017/01/27/take-delight-in-the-lord/

[Guest]

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Yes, Mother! by Our Franciscan Fiat Recently, I was helping one of our residents who is needing some extra care lately after a bout with the flu.  Helping her dress and looking over her needs, she commented to me that I reminded her of a mother. At St. Anne's, we love to tease with each other.  Humor is the spice of life, they say.  Somehow, this lady's comment  led to her jokingly  using the phrase: "Yes, mother" in a sassy voice.  It has become a joke between us, and I have come to call her "daughter." This use of the word 'mother' could not fail to remind me of my studies when I was first entering religious life...

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Premonitions

FEBRUARY 3, 2017 

I’ve worked a number of night shifts here at St. Anne’s over the past few years.  Usually, however, it is at last minute notice.

In fact, if I hear the phone ring between 9:45 and 10:15 p.m.,

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https://ourfranciscanfiat.wordpress.com/2017/02/07/blest-are-they/

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https://ourfranciscanfiat.wordpress.com/2017/02/10/congratulations-st-gerards-2/

Let's take this opportunity to congratulate our Sisters and the staff at St. Gerard's who worked so hard on the Giving Hearts Day project again this year!  

It paid off!  St. Gerard's got second place for their video and also raised well over $84,000 to support their work of "serving all in Jesus' name."

St. Gerard's Community of Care, in Hankinson, ND, offers multiple services to young and old: skilled care nursing, an independent living Unit, child care, and kinder kollege.

Congratulations, Sisters and Staff of St. Gerard's; may God bless you in your ministry!

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Actually, it's over $90,000 now!  Congratulations!

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I got 'delete-happy' this evening and accidentally deleted my nice photo video I had on our webpage: http://www.stannesguesthome.org/ .  

I had to look around to retrieve my file and re-upload it and update the webpage with the new video address. It seems that there is more of a black boarder around the video now. 

Could you please tell me:

• Does it look bad to you
• Do you know of any way to decrease/remove the black border/background

Thanks so much.

[Makarioi]

I don't see a video

 

There's one on the Basic Care page.  Is that the one you're speaking of?  If so, It looks OK to me! 

 

[sr.christinaosf]

It's right on the homepage: http://www.stannesguesthome.org/

[Makarioi]

Nope, nothing on the homepage for me.  There is another though under subsidized housing.  That and the one under Basic Care are the only 2 I see

The page that has St Anne's Guest House has an empty area in the center of the page.  Would this be where the video should be for me? 

 

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