Annual Franciscan Bake & Craft Sale Set for Nov. 13-14
Sylvania, Ohio—The Sisters of St. Francis will conduct the 16th Annual Sister Gretchen’s Bake and Craft Sale November 12-13, 2010 on the Motherhouse grounds in Sylvania.
The bake sale will include homemade Thanksgiving and Christmas pies, cakes, bread, cookies, jams, jellies and candy. The craft sale will include items from All Good Things, a gallery and store that includes original artwork, prints, cards, jewelry, prayer pillows, soaps and lotions.
The bake and craft sale will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, November 12 and 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., Saturday, November 13 in the Evergreen Room of the Rosary Care Center on the campus of the Sisters of St. Francis and Lourdes College, 6832 Convent Blvd., Sylvania.
Both the bake goods and artwork reflect the gifts and talents of the Sisters, Associates and friends who made them. They come from the spirit of Franciscan generosity and the desire to share the beauty and riches around us. Attendees should enter the easternmost drive on Convent Blvd. closest to the railroad tracks and follow the bake and craft signs to Rosary Care. All proceeds from the two-day sale will go to support the ministries of the Sisters of St. Francis.
Founded in Sylvania, Ohio in1916, the Sisters of St. Francis live in the spirit of Francis of Assisi as joyful servants and messengers of peace, committed to work that gives reverence to human dignity, embraces the poor and marginalized, and respects the gift of creation. Sponsored ministries of the Sisters of St. Francis include Lourdes College and the Franciscan Theater and Conference Center, Franciscan Services Corporation health and human services organizations in Ohio, Kentucky and Texas, and the Sylvania Franciscan Academy. For more information, go to www.sistersosf.org.
Press Release Contact Name: Dale Thomas
Press Release Contact Email: [email protected]
Press Release Contact Phone: 419-824-3627
Organization Name: Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania
Website or Link: www.sistersosf.org
Organization Address: 6832 Convent blvd., Sylvania, OH, 43560