‘Twas the Night Before Weihnachtsmarkt" (vein-ahx-marh-ket) …and all through the convent Every creature was stirring Especially the Novices and Postulants. Sisters will travel from close and far To enjoy this evening’s crepe bar One PM, Two PM, Three PM, FOUR! Sharing and giving Who can ask for anything more! The novitiate is busy preparing for our annual Weihnachtsmarkt – a German Christmas tradition in our Province. (Our Motherhouse, where we were founded, is in northwestern Germany! Sisters from our mission houses in the United States helped out by contributing gifts (some handmade) that are to be sold for PM (Prayer Marks – convent currency). Let’s see if the Novitiate can make more Prayer Marks than last year!
The Franciscan Way of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Martyr St. George is the road that St. Francis followed: in the footsteps of Jesus Christ and in the spirit of our foundress, Mother M. Anselma.