We mourn the death of our beloved Executive Director
Sister Colleen Ann Nagle, FSE
Sister Colleen Ann Nagle, FSE
Foundress and Executive Director, Franciscan Life Process Center
Entered Eternal Life June 14, 2025
Welcome to the Franciscan Life Process Center
We Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist and lay staff joyfully serve the people of west Michigan through programs offered at our farm campus near Lowell and our city campus in Grand Rapids.
Our mission, based in Franciscan spirituality, is to promote a relationship with God that brings dignity and hope to the sacred process of all life through programs that assist, educate, enrich and inform. We’ve carried out this mission since 1974 and continue to do so with creativity and enthusiasm.
Introducing the New Executive Director
Sister Gabriella Pettirossi, FSE
As part of a year-long transition process, Sister Colleen Ann discerned that Sister Gabriella Pettirossi was to succeed her as Executive Director. For the past year, the two have worked side-by-side at the Center, which has campuses in Lowell and Grand Rapids. Sister Gabriella’s appointment was approved by the General Council of the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist on May 30, 2025.
A native of Assisi, Italy, Sister Gabriella joined the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist in 1999. Before entering the community, she earned a college degree in marketing and management. Once in the US, Sister earned degrees in theology and marriage and family counseling. She is licensed both in Connecticut and Michigan.
After working in the Tribunal of the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, Sister Gabriella moved to Rome and spent nine years working at the Vatican Apostolic Library, before moving to Connecticut to work at Holy Apostles College & Seminary. Last year, Sister Gabriella moved to Lowell and is working as a marriage and family therapist at the Franciscan Life Process Center.
She is excited to serve the greater Grand Rapids area and help guide the future of the Franciscan Life Process Center’s mission and programs.
