The Spiritual Practices and the Franciscan Spirituality of the Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother

In being asked the question how the spiritual practices and the Franciscan spirituality affected her life as a new member of the Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother, Sister M. Monica Baneschi, of our Italian Region,  who made first vows in 2008, wrote:

             Franciscan Spiritual was fundamental for me

            to live my faith more joyfully,

            long before I entered the congregation.

            During my novitiate in Assisi,

 I had the grace to immerse myself

in the places of Francis and Clare

and to “absorb” their charism

by the living testimony

 of their current spiritual children.

The study the Franciscan Sources

and the Third Order Rule

was very important to help me 

to get closer to the heart and the faith

of Francis. His style of praying has also

greatly impacted my way to pray.

Through the study and testimony

of brothers and sisters who follow

in the footsteps of Francis

to reach Christ, I learned to love

this spirituality ever more

and I desire to be guided by it

throughout my consecrated life.

My desire and commitment in

my daily life is to be able to

incarnate the Franciscan simplicity,

joy, community and gratitude

for all the gifts I received.

What a witness Sister M. Monica is to the gift of the Franciscan charism.