Formation Adventure: Novice Sister VS. Sewing Machine

[Francis Coffee]

Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity Novice Sister Rose Reed reflects on her summer adventures in sewing.

"I found myself in a staring contest with the sewing machine, directly into the needle’s eye as if I could intimidate the machine into doing my will. I had just begun taking sewing lessons with the lovely Sister Carol Juckem just three weeks earlier. Initially I was excited about sewing until I was told that my longtime nemesis, the sewing machine, would be a requirement for the completion of my lessons....."

https://fscc-calledtobe.org/2025/08/12/franciscan-novices-adventures-in-sewing/