Felician Ministry

McGuire Memorial is one of the many ministries of the Felician Sisters of Our Lady of Hope Province—a Franciscan community of women who are committed to  fulfilling their mission of cooperating with Christ in the spiritual renewal of the world. The Felician Sisters have been ministering to God's people throughout Pennsylvania since 1888 in the areas of education, healthcare, and social service ministries.

Today, nearly 2,000 Felician Franciscan Sisters internationally are “answering God’s call to help people in need through both service and prayer.” Together, they continue to “defend the dignity of all human life and promote right relationships and responsible stewardship of creation.”

All ministries of the Felician Sisters of Our Lady of Hope Province are guided by seven core values, inspired by Saint Francis of Assissi and their foundress, Blessed Mary Angela Truszkowska. They are:

Eucharist is at the heart of Felician values; it is characterized by sacramental celebration, and is lived out in relations to all persons as Jesus Himself.
Joy is both Franciscan and Scriptural in nature, and is observable in practice.
Stewardship is rooted in the Franciscan value of care for all creation.
Respect for all the people of God, leads to treating all as children of God.
Service with a preference for the poor, is a wholehearted commitment inspired by the example of Blessed Mary Angela.
Justice rather than sympathy, is the basis for serving the poor.
Compassion grows out of the love for God and all humankind.

Called “Felician” because of their association with a Franciscan Capuchin of the sixteenth century, Saint Felix of Cantalice, the Felicians were founded by Blessed Mary Angela (then called Sophia Truszkauska) in Poland in 1855. While she began her work among the orphaned children in Warsaw , Blessed Mary Angela and her followers quickly adopted the approach still followed today: prayer linked with direct service.

Source: www.feliciansisters.org