Rochester Franciscans - Sisters of Saint Francis

09/07/2026

🌊 From the smallest stream, renewal flows outward ~ restoring, nourishing, & gathering all of creation into life. 🌱

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09/04/2026

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Email from Sisters of Saint Francis Saturday, September 12 We are getting excited for our open house that's coming up on Saturday, September 12 from 10:00am until noon. We hope you will join us to mee

09/01/2026

🦋 The monarchs journey together through changing seasons, carried by a wisdom they did not create - a quiet invitation to seek harmony with God, with one another, & with the living world entrusted to our care.
🌎 As the monarchs cross great distances on fragile wings, their pilgrimage becomes a prayer without words: that every journey might draw us closer to God, nearer to one another, & more reverent toward the earth beneath us.
🕊️ As we glimpse this sacred rhythm of movement, trust, & return - we're reminded that peace is not simply a destination, but a way of traveling together beneath the care of God.

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08/31/2026

🕊️ A Resurrection Liturgy will be held at Assisi Heights at 11:00 am on Friday, September 4, 2026. The burial will take place at Calvary Cemetery.

To view the funeral via live stream, go to
🔗 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88367423126. [copy/paste into your browser]

Sister Audrey's obituary can be found on our webpage :
🔗https://rochesterfranciscan.org/in-memory-of-sister-audrey-goldschmidt/
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🙏🏼Online condolences are welcome at www.mackenfuneralhome.com.

✝️ Memorials are suggested to the Sisters of St. Francis, Office of Donor Relations, Assisi Heights, 1001 14th St. NW, Rochester, MN 55901.

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08/31/2026

🛤 Some paths ask us to leave behind the things we thought we needed to carry. In choosing humility over recognition, & faithfulness over comfort, the soul slowly learns that true life is found not in possession, but in giving itself away. The journey becomes lighter when the heart no longer needs to hold everything for itself.

✝️ The way forward may lead through sacrifice, uncertainty, & places where the heart must let go. Yet beyond the cost of the journey lies a deeper kind of richness ~ one measured not by what is gained, but by what becomes transformed within us. To follow faithfully is to discover that surrender can open a horizon far greater than the one we imagined.

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08/28/2026

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Email from Sisters of Saint Francis Spill the beans about us! Friends, I often hear that Assisi Heights Spirituality Center is Rochester's best kept secret, and I think, "That's not what we want to be

08/27/2026

THROWBACK THURSDAY: Back to School time! Here is Sr. Regis RICHTER in 1936 with her Junior class at Loretto High School in Caledonia MN. They look like serious students!

08/24/2026

🗝 There is a quiet strength in setting pride aside, allowing humility to make space for the wisdom, responsibility, & grace entrusted to us.

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08/20/2026

💧 Beneath the quiet beauty of creation, the soul is refreshed by mercy that washes away what burdens & restores what longs to be made whole.
🤍 In this sacred encounter, the heart learns the way of love that leads ever deeper into communion with Christ.

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08/14/2026

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