Franciscan Sister of the Eucharist

Franciscan Sister of the Eucharist –  Sister Mary Matthew of the Heart of God, F.S.E.                                                                       “Praise Be to You for All Beauty!”                                                                                                                           “Repair My Church.”

Foundresses:  Mother Rosemae Pender                                                                                                                           Mother Shaun Vergauwen

Place:  Meriden, Connecticut

Year:  1973 A.D.

Her Charism:  Centered on the Eucharist, this Sister continues the plea of St. Francis of Assisi to “rebuild the Church.”  She is a Spousal, Eucharistic-Marian Body of Hope who is shaped by the Spirit calling forth the joyful dignity of another’s being (like a magnet).  Her mission is to restore a sense of the sacredness of human life in a world that knows the rupture between the sacred and the secular.  Like St. Clare, she seeks to enflame humanity with a sense of the sacred found deep within each person through various ministries.  As a tender spiritual mother who continually “falls in love” with her life-giving earthly journey, this Sister responds creatively to the questions posed today by the anxieties and urgent needs of the human heart.