Category: Philanthropic Initiatives
Please read our most current update as of August 9, 2022, HERE. The purposes of this communication are to introduce ourselves, share our intentions behind building a participatory fund, update the community on our progress, and discuss our current grant capacity. As always, we seek to be transparent and are grateful for your patience and…
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Category: FSM Updates, Investing for Impact, Philanthropic Initiatives
The Franciscan Sisters of Mary are thrilled to announce that Amanda Tello has joined our team as Program Manager for Mission & Focus. FSM is committed to the compassionate care of Creation in collaboration with others. As we stand for justice for our earth and the marginalized, we know that those people most impacted by…
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Category: Philanthropic Initiatives
As the Franciscan Sisters of Mary, compassionate care has long been an integral piece of our mission and ministry. While our earliest sisters founded and grew a hospital system to provide care for patients, the latest phase of our ministry is in supporting those who are doing the critical work of caring for creation. While…
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Category: Caring for Creation, FSM Updates, Investing for Impact, Philanthropic Initiatives
The Franciscan Sisters of Mary’s Mission and Focus Team is looking for a Program Manager. This position supports the continued development and implementation of the congregation’s Mission and Focus, including its philanthropy. The Program Manager builds trusted partnerships with grantee organizations and helps to make funding recommendations, uses FSM’s voice and presence to cultivate and…
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Category: Caring for Creation, FSM Updates, Philanthropic Initiatives
Presence is a word we use often as FSM. It is at the center of our mission – to be the presence of the loving, serving, compassionate, healing Jesus. In this time when we cannot be physically present with one another, it is especially important to remember what presence means to us: presence is a…
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Category: Caring for Creation, FSM Updates, Investing for Impact, Philanthropic Initiatives
At the Catholic Divestment Conference, FSM’s CEO and CFO John O’Shaughnessy presented the financial case for divestment from fossil fuels for Catholic organizations.
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Category: Caring for Creation, FSM Updates, Investing for Impact, Philanthropic Initiatives
On Friday, March 15, 2019, St. Louisans joined people in more than a hundred countries in the Youth Climate Strike.
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Category: Caring for Creation, Investing for Impact, Philanthropic Initiatives
On January 25, 2019, the Franciscan Sisters of Mary were honored with Gateway Center for Giving’s Excellence in Innovation Award “for its commitment to impact investments that generate positive environmental and social benefits and align with the organization’s values.”
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Category: Caring for Creation, FSM Updates, Philanthropic Initiatives
Apprentices and their families gathered at EarthDance Organic Farm School Thursday, October 11, for a potluck dinner and bonfire in honor of the 2018 Farm and Garden Apprentice Graduation.
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Category: Caring for Creation, Philanthropic Initiatives
The Heartland Fund, a new donor collaborative that strives to help build a just, sustainable, and equitable future for the Midwest, has just announced its first round of grants to nine Midwestern initiatives. The Franciscan Sisters of Mary is one of its founding partners.
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