Bishop of Meath Tom Deenihan is pictured with the Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal and their two lay missionaries, Kate and Anna, in St Mary’s Church, Drogheda. Photo: Bro. Sean Blackwell OP There is a hunger for religious life in Ireland the head of the CFR sisters tells Ruadhán Jones The Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal (CFR) are bucking the trend in Ireland. At a time when many orders must contract and retrench as the vocation crisis bites, the CFR sisters have opened a new house of…
