Sister Bea Eichten
Community Minister
Little Falls
The Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls Minnesota joins Catholic Sisters throughout the country in sharing our vision for a future full of hope.
As vowed Catholic Sisters, we deeply value the relationships and encounters we have with so many of you while serving in schools, hospitals, parishes, nursing homes and food pantries.
Even if we do not know each other personally, we feel compelled to reach out to express our heartfelt sadness, grief and lament as we witness sudden and devastating changes severely impacting people in our communities – people we know and love.
Many actions we observe in our nation today seem to contradict values that underlie our shared humanity – values like love, compassion, empathy and mercy. These values, shared among all the world’s religions, make us genuinely human.
We believe all life is sacred, that we must prioritize the needs of those who are most vulnerable, that there is dignity in all work and the rights of workers must take precedence over profit, that Earth is God’s gift to us so we have the privilege to cherish, defend and protect her and that justice is the path to lasting peace.
Therefore, love our neighbors! Welcome the stranger! Care for the most vulnerable! Speak the truth! Work for justice! Only when “We the people” lead with compassion and empathy will a future filled with hope for all generations be possible.
