“Be the perfect image of Jesus Christ.”
—Fray José del Refugio Morales Córdova, OFM, Founder
The Franciscan Missionary Sisters are a bilingual Spanish/English community in California and Mexico, dedicated to restoring the Lord's vineyard in prayer, sacrifice and apostolic action.
Greetings of peace!
We are the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of Saint Clare Province. Established in 1972, our Province will be celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2022. We follow the footsteps of our Lord Jesus Christ through the intercession of our Blessed Mother Mary in a Franciscan way of life.
—Mother Anna Lilia Frias Vargas, OSF
Provincial Superior
St. Clare Province, California
Mother Provincial Anna Lilia Frías Vargas singing with the Novices
Our Charism
To be fruitful members of the Church through total dedication to Christ, poor and humble, to restore the Lord's vineyard in prayer, sacrifice and apostolic action.
Our Apostolate
The Sisters teach in schools located in Sylmar and Los Angeles, California. They conduct a Retreat House in San Fernando, two homes for the elderly at Santa Ana and San Fernando, California, two hospitals, Hermosillo and Tijuana, Mexico, a House of Prayer in Chula Vista, California and a House of Formation in Northridge, California.
Becoming a Franciscan Missionary Sister
of the Immaculate Conception
Entrance Requirements
15-34 years of age
Good physical and mental health
A conscious faith life encouraged by prayer
Respect for and docility to the magisterium of the Church
Stages of Formation
The education and formation goals of our Founders were oriented to provide for our first Sisters a sound moral, spiritual, and religious formation based on the following of Christ, Poor and Humble. Faithful to this charism, our efforts in formation are aimed at discovering the authenticity of the vocation of the Sisters the Lord gives us and to motivate them to respond more and more fully and maturely to this call.
Aspirancy — 1 year
Postulancy — 1 year
Novitiate — 2 years
Temporary Vows — 6 years
Perpetual Vows — permanent formation
Vocation Stories
Latest News
The Junior Sisters: Guillermina Mendez, Aracely Olivo, María de la Luz Joaquin, and Wendy J Alonso Renewed their Temporal Vows on September 4, 2022
