Meet Sister Helen Frances Spears, OSF
From:
Toledo, OH
First Profession:
1959
Ministries:
Sister taught grades 1-5 until 1974 in MN, MI, and OH. She continued her ministry as Regional Coordinator of the Diocesan Rel. Ed. Office in Ottawa, OH, with two years spent as Director of the Motherhouse Assisi Center. In 1987, she served as the Lourdes College Bookstore Mgr. for seven years, and then another seven as Director of Rel. Ed. at St. Bernard Parish. Returning to the Motherhouse in 2001, Sister served as the St. Francis Guild Moderator until 2014, and from 2009 until 2019, provided Hospitality at Regina Spirituality Center.
At the Heart of the Franciscan Hospitality: “It’s the small things we do that builds the community we live in. That’s a big thing really,” Sister says.