Sister Nancy Surma Blogs

November 4, 2016

The Benefits of Looking Back

Sometimes you are so close to something when it is happening that you don’t realize what you experienced until you look back at it later—maybe years later—to discover what really took place. Sister Nancy Surma has journaled most of her adult life and recently took time to read entries from her younger years as a Sylvania Franciscan. Read her Blog to find out the insight she uncovered about her life and how it has impacted her.
September 9, 2016

Caring for Our Common Home

What is 3 ½” long, weighs anywhere from seven one hundredth to a whopping one tenth of an ounce and can fly 525 miles nonstop beating its wings 80 times a second? Read Sister Nancy Surma’s Blog and learn about one of God’s many miracles and how she spent her summer following Pope Francis’ message to “care for our common home”, in this case, providing food and shelter for a couple hummingbirds.
July 15, 2016

The Gift of Freedom

If you were born in America, sometimes you take the rights and freedoms that go with being a citizen for granted. Sister Nancy Surma went to a naturalization ceremony on the 4th of July and got a feel for how grateful immigrants are to join the American ‘family’ and experience the opportunities many of us have known since birth. Read her Blog about 96 people from 52 countries who now can call America home.
May 20, 2016

Beliefs Rooted in the Past

Deciding what is critical, and needs to be kept to retain your heritage, and what is peripheral, and can be let go, as a group moves into the future entails a similar decision-making process, whether you are a tribe of Indians or a community of vowed women religious. Read Sister Nancy Surma’s Blog and hear how she found a kinship between her community of Sylvania Franciscans and the Acoma Pueblo Indians she recently visited near Albuquerque, New Mexico.