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   As we begin this season of Lent, the women religious in the Diocese of Toledo are pleased to offer you a series of reflections based on daily scripture.  These Lenten reflections are a gift from us to you as a way of assisting you to slow down your daily pace, to take time for prayer and reflection, and to prepare yourself for the commemoration of Christ’s dying and rising at Easter. Read more...
     

  Did you know that St. Francis of Assisi and St. Ignatius of Loyola have the same middle name? Yes, you guessed it--their middle name is "of". Both saints understood that when you are "of something", you have internalized it, you've accepted it, you've fully integrated it, and so you live it out. Both men were passionate about their following of Jesus and setting forth an example for their followers, the Franciscans and the Jesuits. And both saints have left us a legacy that is really more similar than different.. Read more...

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Mission Statement

Called like Francis of Assisi to live the Gospel in joyful servanthood among all people, the Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania, Ohio, as messengers of peace, commit themselves to works that reverence human dignity, embrace the poor and marginalized, and respect the gift of all creation.