Nine Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist to attend Holy Father's funeral

Three Sisters from the United States, three from Assisi and three from Rome will represent the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist at the funeral of the Holy Father this Friday, April 8, 2005 at the Vatican.

Sisters in every center have planned memorial Masses, prayer services and adoration hours to pray for the Holy Father and for the upcoming conclave of Cardinals.

Pictured below are Mother Rosemae Pender, Mother General, seated next to our Holy Father; Mother Shaun Vergauwen, Vicar General; Sisters from the Rome center, and Sisters and Brothers in formation during their meeting with the Holy Father following a private Mass in his chapel in 2002.