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Franciscan
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Our Foundresses Mother Rosemae Pender, FSE and Mother Shaun Vergauwen, FSE
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Franciscan
Brothers |
Our Foundresses Mother Rosemae Pender, FSE and Mother Shaun Vergauwen, FSE
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The
Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist were founded on December 2, 1973.
Mother Rosemae Pender, Foundress (left), and Mother Shaun
Vergauwen, Co-Foundress (lower right), along with 53 other
Sisters of the Franciscan
Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, La Crosse, Wisconsin, became the
first Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist.
Mother
Shaun had been a teacher in Wisconsin and Iowa schools,
and the Dean of Students at Viterbo College in La Crosse. She
had also ministered in a social work program in Appalachia. Mother
Shaun served as the Vicar General of the Franciscan Sisters of the
Eucharist since its founding until she was elected Mother General
in 2005. A licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, she is the
foundress and executive
director
of the Franciscan Life Center, Meriden, Connecticut, and the
Franciscan
Life Center Network.