The Franciscan Sisters of St. Mary -- who in 1905 established the first hospital in Jefferson City -- inspire physicians, ...

The Franciscan Sisters of Mary have over the last decade gradually taken a more peripheral role in the collection of hospitals they helped establish in the region, now known as SSM Health, which ...

There may be nothing that more poignantly illustrates the impact the Franciscan sisters have had upon Rochester than the sculpture's outstretched arm, which points toward the site of the hospital she ...

COMMENTARY: In a time of prejudice and social tension, a single afternoon with a group of Franciscan sisters offered an unexpected lesson in the things that truly endure. Two religious sisters wade ...

PEEKSKILL, New York (WABC) -- Nuns at a convent in Westchester County no longer have to worry about staying warm this winter because of a broken heating system. That's because since Eyewitness News ...

Two Franciscan nuns arrived in Winona from Rochester, Minn., in 1894 with $7.81 between them. One hundred eight years later, the Rochester Franciscans are leaving, nearly as quietly as they came, but ...

PALMYRA, Pa. (AP) — It was a radical idea, and for many years she had been resistant. But as Zoey Stapleton, 24, walked down a darkened hiking trail, steps behind her parents, she counted back from ...

Viterbo, located in La Crosse, Wisconsin, is one of the 23 Franciscan colleges and universities in the United States. Founded ...

A proposed hotel renovation at Kennebunk’s Franciscan Guest House has been blocked by the town’s Zoning Board of Appeals.