Events
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12th Annual Franciscan Rhythms Trail Run & Walk
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIClick here to register for the trail run or walk
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Transitus Service
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIOCTOBER 3: Transitus Service 7 pm Saint Francis welcomes Sister Death; liturgy procession with candles
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Mass at Cathedral St Andrew
OCTOBER 4: Mass 3pm, Cathedral St. Andrew Solemn Feast of Saint Francis
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Douglas Fryer-Painting With Purpose: Reimagining the Landscape
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIOctober 6-9, 2026, 9 AM - 4 PM Through lectures, discussion and demonstrations, Douglas will address the many elements of engaging landscape painting. The workshop will reinforce an understanding of composition and form and will also explore methods to break up and strip down the subject, then reconstruct it in new and surprising ways. The [...]
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Eric Michaels-Watercolor Free and Easy
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIOctober 13 & 14, 9 AM - 4 PM My goal in this two-day workshop is to supply the students with the necessary information and tools to paint stronger watercolors with more facility. This will include setting the stage, block ins, shapes, forms, and finishing them off. The cost of this workshop is $285. To [...]
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Richard Jordan Plein Air-Character of Trees Continues
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIOctober 13-15, 2026 I will share practical lessons to paint trees in a believable way while keeping their poetic quality. If the trees in your paintings lack structure, volume and a sense of reality, this workshop can help give you the tools to paint trees with visual truth but without the fussy detail. The cost [...]
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Patrick Lee-Simplify Your Process: Improve your Painting & Find Your Voice
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIOctober 20-22, 9 AM - 4 PM Get the most out of your studio time by keeping things simple, to-the-point, and powerful. Your ability to analyze visual data, break it down to its basic components, and record it, is the key to your development as a visual artist. Attendees may use oils or acrylics. The [...]
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Mass
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MINOVEMBER 14: Mass 10 am Canticle of the Sun, the mystery of creation leading us to the Creator
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Restoring Connection: A new documentary on the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist
The Diocese of Grand Rapids Presents 'Restoring Connection,' A new documentary on the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist The Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist have been a beloved presence in the Diocese of Grand Rapids for over 50 years, and a new documentary explores their mission, charism and the ministries they offer at the Franciscan [...]
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Mass
Franciscan Life Process Center - Lowell Campus 11650 Downes St. NE, Lowell, MIDECEMBER 12: Mass 10 am Francis instated the first live nativity in Greccio, Italy. Creche scene in the Franciscan barn
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Living Nativity
Directly after the Jubilee Mass Procession to Sisters' farm Complete with Holy Family, shepherds, angles, kings & animals Singing carols & hyms
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Advent Family Art Night
Advent Family Art Night December 17, 2026 6:00 - 8:00pm Did you know there is a hidden message in one of your favorite Christmas carols? Bring your whole family and find out at this art and faith activity night! Each family will have wooden ornaments from the Sisters' land and paint them with images that [...]