FRANCISCAN COLLABORATIVE MINISTRIES

Sponsored jointly by the Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities and the Conventual Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate Conception Province, Franciscan Collaborative Ministries is separately incorporated.  The vision for FCM is to bring peace and reconciliation to Syracuse's communities.  Currently FCM provides outreach services that include a health clinic for the uninsured, a legal clinic, a sandwich program, a food pantry, education services, campus ministry at Syracuse University and a Franciscan presence at the "marketplace" called The Franciscan Place at the Carousel Center.  From this ministry, with all its various programs, has grown the beginnings of the Assisi Movement, a movement that values collaboration and mutuality with many other agencies, persons and movements that are working toward the same goals of empowering people, renewing the neighborhood and strengthening relationships as does the Assisi Movement.  From this has sprung the beginnings of many programs that reach out into the community engaging others and working cooperatively to achieve results.  FCM maintains strong ties with the diocese, following the modeling given to us by Francis.  FCM (and the Assisi Movement) struggle with finding means to financially support these ministries and this movement.  Click here for more info

GERARD PLACE

Gerard Place is a transitional housing program offering supporative services for homeless, single parents and their children.  Our mission is to strengthen families by empowering parents to achieve greater self-sufficiency.

We provide:

• Fully furnished 2-bedroom apartment
• Daycare
• Case management services
• Life skill training

For more information please call (716) 897-9948

Gerard Place is sponsored by the Leadership Conference of Women Religious of Western New York: Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities, Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity (Stella Niagara), Daughters of Charity, Felician Sisters, Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph, Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart, Missionary Sisters of St. Columban, Sisters of St. Mary of Namur, Sisters of Mercy, Sisters of St. Joseph, Sisters of Social Service.

Sisters Place

Sisters Place is a supportive housing community committed to assisting single parent families who are homeless in Southwestern Pennsylvania.  Our mission is to assist families toward self-sufficiency by providing housing and supportive services.

Sisters Place, Inc., was founded in 1993 by a group of 14 Catholic religious communities in Southwestern Pennsylvania.  Our congregation, the Millvale Region, is among these 14 communities.  These women wanted to serve the needs of those who were poor.  They chose to provide housing and supportive services to single mothers and their children.

The founders believed it important that Sisters Place residents be part of a larger community, and so after aggressive fundraising, they purchased 16 apartments within the 450 unit Century Townhomes complex.

Sisters Place specializes in filling the gaps that exist in addressing our residents' needs: mental health care, life skills training, career development, substance abuse recovery, and housing placement assistance when the family is ready to move on.  Since its inception in 1993, Sisters Place has served over 140 mothers.  We are proud that our programs help these families break the cycle of poverty and homelessness, rebuild their lives, and achieve self-sufficiency. Click here for more information on Sisters Place.