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Membership in our St. Elizabeth of Hungary Society is open to anyone who has remembered the sisters in their estate plans.

Benefits of being a member of the Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Society include:

-- Remembrance in Daily Mass and prayers of the sisters
-- Participation in the ministries of the sisters
-- One Mass offered each month at St. Francis Convent
-- One Mass upon the notice of death
-- Substantial tax savings by including charities in your estate planning
-- An invitation to donor day at St. Francis Convent

How you can become a member of the Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Society?
You automatically become a member when you share a planned gift (bequest, annuity, securities, trust) with the Franciscan Sisters, or when you have made us a beneficiary of a 401K plan, life insurance, or included the sisters in your estate planning. However, you need to inform us of your plans and we will enroll you in the society.

For more information about the Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Society, please contact:

Director of Gift Planning
Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls, Minnesota
116 8th Avenue SE, Little Falls, MN 56345-3597

320-632-0699
giftplanning@fslf.org

Who is Saint Elizabeth of Hungary?

Elizabeth of Hungary was a queen, the wife of King Louis IV.

Her husband died at a young age, leaving her with three young children. Due to the hostility of her husband’s family, she was forced to flee the castle with her children and take refuge in a monastery. She eventually regained her rights and provided for her children, after which she took the habit of a Franciscan in 1228.

She generously distributed her goods, building a hospital with part of her dowry. Here she cared for the poor, the sick and the outcasts. She is known for her generosity to the poor.

She died in 1231, at the age of 24. She was canonized in 1235. Her feast is celebrated on November 17 each year.

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary is a fitting patron for those who share their possessions with those less fortunate.

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