The Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal will open a new
convent in Drogheda, Co. Louth this month.
Four members of the congregation are currently making final
preparations to reside at their new home next to St Mary’s church in St
James Street .
The Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal today have four
communities, three in the United States
in addition to a convent in Leeds in England .
The congregation was established 25 years ago by Fr Andrew Apostoli in the Bronx
area in New York . The community
strives to live according to the ideals of St Francis as handed on by the
Capuchins. The sisters work to evangelise and with the homeless and the poor.
In a statement to The Irish Catholic this week on the new
departure for the CFR, the congregation’s Mother Superior expressed her joy at
its arrival in Ireland .
“We are thrilled for the opportunity for the community to
come to Ireland
and we can’t wait to get there.”
The CFR sisters will attend a special Mass of welcome in Drogheda
on August 15.
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