During our Mother’s Day Novena, we pray for and give thanks to God for all of our mothers, grandmothers and those who have been like a mother to us, especially the following:

Melissa Abbott

Pricilla Ann DJ Agregado

Maude Akagi

Agnes Albenda

Margaret Alonso

Concepcion Alonso

Olga Amaris

Rose Amoroso

Joan Andrejko

Margarita  Annichiaricco

Dominga Martin Antonio

Belen Adelaida Tosang Antonio

Celia Carmelita Adelaida Antonio

Ann Appert

Teresa  Appert

Margaret Arcarola

Clare  Arcarola

Adelaida  Arias

Veronica Armiger

Lynn Au

Teresa Badami

Antoinette Badami

Mary Bagnell

Teresita Baliton

Maria Estrella Barcia

Betty Lou Bauer

Helen Becker

Mae Bennett

Orizana Bethel

Helen Blazey

Helen Bloomer

Judy Bogatay

Sybil L.  Bonadie

Criselda Bondoc-Roa

Monique Borja

Kathleen Bourke

Marie Boyle

Marion Brand

Florence Brown

Jamie Brown

Mary Burke

Theresa Burke

Lina Busano

Mary Frances Bushey

Giovanna Caione

Rosita Caliz

Eulogia Caliz -Figueroa

Joan Call

Regina Campbell

Lydia Caparros

Nury Caram

Marianne Cardinale

Lucille Cardinale

Rose Carroll

Adelene Carter

Mary Carter

Jennifer Carton

Joanne  Casaudoumecq

Angela Maria Cerreto

Jane Charbonnier

Winifred Christensen

Anne Cibrario

Marie Louise Cipriani

Filomena Cipriani

Anne Marie Civinskas

Jean Cobucci

Antonia Conquilla

Aida Correa

Mary Corrigan

Venera Costabile

Carmela Costabile

Miriam Costello

Clare Coulon

Catherine Coulon

Adele/ Coyle/Gish

Shannon Daigle

Rose Dambrun

Evelyn  DaRin

Elaine  Davey

Jeanette Davey

Veronica  Day

Therese Q De Jesus

Lissy  De Jesus

Antoinette Detta

Phylis Detta

Mildred Devine

Margaret Dietrich

Marie DiRago

Theresa Dolan

Anna Dunleavy

Mary Dunleavy

Helen Ebert

Peggy Edwards

Peggy Emanuel

Ada Emanuel

Joan Emanuel

Grace Heusser  Ench

Caroline Ench

Emma  Ench

Nativida  Codio Fayette

Frances Feidner

Katie Ferina

Clorinda Ferrari

Helen “Pat” Ferrari

Lisa Ferrari

Catherine Feuerhahn

Rhoda Fidler

Ella Fischer

Mary Fitzgerald

Jacqueline Flynn

Melissa Garcia-Garcia

Mary Garey

Florence Gernant

Edmona Glasgow

Irene J. Gorski

Josephine Gorski

Eleanor Gould

May Heusser Grant

Anna Green

Cresing Gregorio

Marciana Gregorio

Laurel Groh

America Guerra

Guillerma Guia

Brigida Gunabe

Cecelia Harlan

Florence Harrington

Jane Heimbuch

Mary Heusser

Marcella Gina Hoffman

Alice D. Hyde

Alice Hyde

Margaret Jochmans

Zerita Jones

Mitzi Kane

Gertrude Kidney

Aekyung Kim

Christina Kim

Monika Klier

Mary W. Kmiec

Mary Kohler

Shirley Kohler

Theresa Kupcho

Grace La Russa

Marion B LaCroix

Marian E Lacroix

Giuseppina Laimo

Mary Lawrence

Martha Leibell

Gloria Lenihan

Mary Liberatore

Maria Liberatore

Jean Lopes

Lauren Lopes

Elizabeth Lynch

Margaret (Peggy) Lynch

Mary E Lynch

Alice Lynch

Margaret Lynch

Loreto Antonio Magat

Josefina Magno

Eleanore Maguire

Joan Cecelia Mah-Lee

Luzviminda Manipol

Julieta Manipol

Ramona Manipol

Jacqueline S Marino

Riscarda Martinez

Evangelista (Eva) Martinez-Rodriguez

Margaret McCurdy

Mary Ellen McGee

Helen McKeon

Esther Medina

Lois Miller

Ann Miller

Ann (Annelore) Mitchell

Elena Moleşica

Elizabeth Morrissey

Carmen Muñiz

Barbara Navarro

Marion Nazar

Mary Nee

Shamsun Nessa

Karen Niemczura

Helen Niemczura

Pastora Noriel

Ethel O’Brien

Anna Obrien

Mary Obrien

Alberta Ogaldez

Marta Olivera

Janet Oryzysyn

Asuncion Encarnacion Pagkalinawan

Cecilia Pagunsan

Amor Paran

JoAnne Parrella

Yvonne Pax

Clementina Perrotta

Barbara Piersa

Frances  Puglese

Wanda Qualianao

Francesca Antonio  Queyquep

Rosita Gonzales  Queyquep

Nemencia Betty Etchet Queyquep

Ruth  Rabbitt

Margaret  Ransley

Ann Rappa

Colagera Rappa

Herminia Rensoli

Herminia  Rensoli

Sofia Violeta Roa

Benedicta Roa

Patrice Bianca Roa-Chio

Patricia Rosso

Gloria Rushford

Laura Rushford

Gloria Rushford

Catherine Rushford

Theresa Rybka

Patricia Saltos

Carole Scaglione

Elisabeth Scarangello

Margaret Schaefer

Dorothy Seales

Teresita Semaña

Marie Sheehan

Katherine Sheehan

Beckie  Silk

Sylvia Silk

Stephanie Sims

Amelia Siochi

Primitiva Siochi

Robena H. Snyder McKeeby

Sara Sobel

Barbara Sonntag

Virginia Soza

Marie Soza

Jane Clare Speckin

Mildred Spence

Mary Stabile

Mary Ellen Stanford

Sadie Steinberg

Maria Suarez

Maria Suarez

america Suarez

Marie  Sywak

Elisea Tanega

Angela Thompson

Rogelia Toledo

Vinh Tran

Ria Tsakonas

Mercedes Ureña

Assi van Bastelaar

Geraldine Vassallo

Cristeta  Vecilos

Carmen Velasco

Carmela  Venezia

Marguerite Ventimiglia

Venancia Venturanza

Jetta  Vermiglio

Barbara  Vermiglio

Valerie Vermiglio Kohn

Guellierma Villanueva

Josefina Villanueva

Josefina Villanueva

Bridget Mabel Walsh

Dorthey Wendt

Harriet Wenzel

Anna Wenzel

Marge  Westfall

Jean Westman

Catherine Westman

Jennie Wildes

Ruth Wilkes

Gladys Wilkins

Daisy Wilkins

Ruth Witkus

Eunice Wooley

Florence Zefferi

Betty  Zimmer

It is our custom to celebrate a Novena (nine days) of Masses on behalf of our Mothers, Grandmothers, and those who have been a mother to us. It is proper to remember those who have died and to honor our mothers and grandmothers who are still living. To do so, please inscribe the names you wish to be remembered below, and you can also make an offering should you choose. The Novena will begin on Mother’s Day.

Be A Force of Nature

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For more information about the Laudato Si Circle here at St. Francis or to share your own tip of the week, email: stfrancislaudatosi@gmail.com

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Start Spreading the Compost!

It’s becoming a law. You’ll want to be a part of it. New York, New York.

May 5-11 is International Compost Awareness Week.

The top 3 reasons to compost are:

1. it does not produce methane
2. it is used to fertilize soil on farms and in public parks and gardens in NYC
3. it keeps the rats away

Find a system and drop off site that works for your household. It shouldn’t be hard or smelly. The Dept of Sanitation and local groups like grownyc can help you. You might keep a small
container near the kitchen sink and collect scraps throughout the day. At night, transfer them to a larger, airtight container that you keep in the fridge or freezer. Deposit all at a farmers’ market, local collection site, or place it into one of the orange compost bins that are popping up all over the city.

♫ If you can compost here, you can compost anywhere. It’s up to you, New York. ♫

“Let us sing as we go.” Pope Francis (LS244)

For more information about the Laudato Si Circle here at St. Francis or to share your own tip of the week, email: stfrancislaudatosi@gmail.com

Click here to go to our page on the website for St. Francis Church.