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Franciscan Gift Shop / Sisters in Alexandria contribute to Gift Shop |
Spring Cleaning is Here!
We are in need of good, clean usable clothes for adult men, ladies, children and babies.
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Clothes Review
Providing good, clean, used clothing for everyone!
Clothes Review is a ministry that provides good, clean, used clothing, shoes and bedding at affordable cost to anyone. Prices generally range from 25¢ to $5; some like-new items may be priced higher. Large bags of rags can be purchased for $5 per bag.
Location:
1001 3rd Street SE, Little Falls, Minnesota
(Just south of Alverna Apartments and St. Otto’s Care Center) We are located in the brown building with the off-white fence in front.
Information:
Call 320-632-0609 or e-mail info@fslf.org
Special Sale Updates
For updates on special sales, see our classified ads under the garage sale heading in the Morrison County Record, listen to Party Line on KLTF Radio, or check this web page.
The Clothes Review, established in 1969, is a ministry of the Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls, Minnesota.
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Franciscan Gift Shop
We welcome visitors to appreciate, and take with them, the beauty and art found in the Franciscan Gift Shop. The items are chosen for the expression of Franciscan values. Proceeds benefit Franciscan missions and ministries.
“The shop continues to evolve as sisters bring more items, volunteers make suggestions and the newly-created Advisory Board recommends gift ideas,” says shop manager Sister Janice Welle. Part of the mission of the Gift Shop, which is located in the new west entrance of St. Francis convent, is to offer items and crafts that express the Franciscan values. The sisters handcraft many of the items, including greeting cards, quilts, candles, handbags and much more. Franciscan artists add paintings and pottery to the selection. A unique feature is the photo and script of each artist and crafter displayed next to the items. There’s something for everyone! |
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You’ll be joyfully surprised at our
collection of gifts:
• All occasion cards
• Paintings
• Pottery
• Candles
• Needle Crafts
• Rosaries
• Home Decor
• House Plants
• Fair Trade Coffee |
Cookbooks created by the Franciscan Sisters:
Franciscan Heritage Recipes
Clare’s Well Cookbook
Music recorded by the Franciscan Sisters:
“Chapel Classics” – CD
“Songs from the Heart” – CD |
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For more information call 320-632-0601 or e-mail jwelle@fslf.org
The Franciscan Gift Shop, established in 1997, is a ministry of the Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls, Minnesota. |
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Sisters in Alexandria contribute to Franciscan Gift Shop
Sister Janice Welle
 Three sisters, living together in Alexandria, minister to others during the day and use their leisure time to enchant still more through their creativity.
Sisters Blanche and Sharon Fyle grew up with 11 siblings on a small dairy farm near Monticello, Minn., and attended St. Francis High School. Their priest and the neat, fun-loving Franciscan Sisters at their parish of St. Henry’s motivated them to “become just like them when they got older.” Dolorosa entered first in 1938 and was given the name Blanche. Eleanor followed in 1946 and her name became Sharon.
Sister Blanche ministered as a nurse in Dodgeville and Cudahy, Wis. In Minnesota she served in Little Falls, Sauk Centre and Alexandria. In retirement Sister Blanche is actively involved with an ecumenical public health service, Caring and Sharing. She also enjoys doing what she watched her mother do – crochet, cross stitch, embroider and knit. Her work sells in the Franciscan Gift Shop.
Also involved in healthcare, Sister Sharon’s ministry led her to Milwaukee, Wis., and, like her sister, to Minnesota hospitals in Sauk Centre, Little Falls and Alexandria. She presently gives home health care to six elderly persons and visits seniors in the city’s nursing home. Her specialty is canning fruits, vegetables, jams and jellies. Because she likes “to do something while watching the Twins’ games,” she cross-stitches a variety of designs for the Franciscan Gift Shop.
Sister Patrice Kiefer, the youngest of nine children, grew up on a dairy farm near Cayuga, N. Dak. After completing her junior and senior years at St. Francis High School, she joined the Franciscan Sisters in 1941. “I wanted to be part of the kindness, dedication and peaceful living for future generations. My joining was an answer to Mom’s prayers.”
Since 1972 Sister Patrice has served as the director of human resources for the Douglas County Hospital in Alexandria, Minn. Her natural gift of decorating is expressed throughout the house where she lives with Sisters Blanche and Sharon. Sister Patrice’s popular greeting cards are on sale in the Franciscan Gift Shop.
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