The Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate branched off from the root congregation founded in the 16th  century in Switzerland.  Early in the 19th century, in answer to an earnest plea from a Bishop in Ecuador, our foundress, Blessed Mother Caritas Brader, with a small group of sisters left Switzerland arriving in Ecuador.  Later on they settled in Colombia.  There they flourished and grew into the present congregation of Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate.  Their work spread throughout the regions of South, Central and North America.

Today our Congregation has extended into  6 provinces present in many countries:  Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Cuba, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Panama, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, U.S.A, Romania, Switzerland and Africa.

St. Francis Convent was founded in Amarillo, Texas, on August 15, 1932.  Today our Province of St. Francis of Assisi is serving the people of God in  Los Angeles, CA,  Amarillo and Hereford, TX, Michoacan, Mexico,  Costa Rica, El Salvador, Ocu, Panama, Colombia, and Africa — Mission Agentes.

Our Provincial House and Formation are located at St. Francis Convent 4301 N.E. 18th Ave. in Amarillo, Texas 79107 and in Bogota, Colombia.  We are an active/contemplative Congregation. We take vows of poverty, chastity and obedience and live in fraternal love in community.

Our main apostolates are: 

Education

Pastoral Work

Missions. 

 

Our Charism is a gift of the Holy Spirit to live and announce the gospel as minor sisters, in permanent availability to the will of God, inserted in a needy world.

Is God calling you to follow in the footsteps of St. Francis of Assisi in a life of simplicity, joy, contemplation and service? Requirements:  Right intention to follow Jesus, good physical and mental Health.  Age:  18 – 35.   Come and join us.

For more information:  Sister Ines Lopez, fmi Vocation Directress (806) 383-5769

retreatsfmi@yahoo.com or retreats@franciscansistersofmaryimmaculate.org

www.franciscansistersofmaryimmaculate.org