
Catholic Women Religious Order | Capuchin Sisters of Nazareth | United States: Franciscan Religious
"Praise and bless my Lord, and give him thanks, and serve him with great humility" - St Francis of Assisi
Franciscan Charism


Our Holy Father St. Francis

St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina
the feast of St. Francis

Transitus ceremony with Fr. Pio Mandato, FMHJ


Blessing of the animals
The way of life of the Capuchin Sisters of Nazareth is based on St. Francis's First Order Rule of 1223 and the Capuchin constitutions of 1536.

One of our Capuchin patrons: Blessed Solanus Casey

Sister with our crucified Spouse
The sisters go barefoot in their convents


Afternoon prayer of thanksgiving

Chanting the Divine office during Eucharistic Adoration

devotion to the Capuchin Franciscan saints


Prayer in hermitage

Hermitage retreat
A contemplative meal in hermitage

Gardening



Canning and fermenting
"In their life and apostolate the sisters... strive to live the spirituality of Nazareth so dear to the heart of St. Francis. It was in Nazareth that Jesus lived his hidden life, where Our Lady received her call, and it was the pace that Jesus was identified with on the cross. In this spirituality of the hidden and humble life of Nazareth, ... (the sisters live) under the guidance of the Queen of Heaven and in constant prayer with their eyes always fixed upon the cross." (Sister's constitutions #3)

The hidden life of Nazareth

Sewing






Our German Shepherd puppies
Manual Labor

Our cat "Mama Seton" joins in prayer with Padre Pio
kittens in the convent



the three cats at St. Joseph's Convent

The sisters and their German Shepherds


