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read moreWelcome to Franciscan Ministries, a ministry of the Franciscan Sisters of Chicago with a collection of senior living communities that offer independent living, assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing, rehabilitation, respite care, affordable housing and home healthcare from Franciscan Care Solutions. For more than a century, we've provided residents with the highest quality of care, personalized service and social interaction. From locally sourced dining and refreshing outdoor spaces to daily assistance when you need it and extensive activity calendars, our communities are founded on resident health, safety and wellbeing.

read moreAt Franciscan Ministries, nothing is too small for us to celebrate! Each day is filled with possibilities and good times because that's how we choose to live and serve. Our mission is to help you recognize and enjoy the happy moments in your daily life-they are all around you. Just take a close look and you'll find them. Today, Mother Mary Theresa's mission is continued by Franciscan Ministries (FM), which was established in 1988 by the Franciscan Sisters of Chicago. Franciscan Ministries was organized to coordinate all of the Sisters' sponsored ministries and extend its charitable mission.

read moreThe Franciscan Sisters of Chicago was established in 1894 when Josephine Dudzik, later known as Mother Mary Theresa, a young Polish immigrant, came to Chicago and was moved to action by the great need she saw among the city's aged, infirm and poor. This feeling resulted in the formation of a religious congregation of women who founded St. Joseph Home of Chicago, the first Catholic nursing home in Chicago. For more than 125 years, the Franciscan Sisters of Chicago have dedicated their lives and ministry to education and health care, as well as pastoral and social services, in response to the unmet needs of the underserved and less fortunate throughout the United States, in the spirit of Jesus, St. Francis Assisi and our Foundress Mother Mary Theresa Dudzik.