The Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus is a Community-in-Formation moving towards canonical recognition as a Religious Institute of Diocesan Right under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Des Moines, IA.

We are a religious community of women who undertake the pursuit of evangelical perfection by following the Rule and Life of the Brothers and Sisters of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis. We live an authentic religious life as defined for centuries and as still defined by the Roman Catholic Church and our present Holy Father. We live a life consecrated to God through the profession of the three evangelical counsels of Poverty, Chastity, Holy Obedience, and we take a fourth vow of Fidelity to the Holy Father and to the Magisterium of the Church. We live a fraternal life in common, sharing all spiritual and material goods, sharing a common prayer life, a common distinctive dress, and common apostolates.

We are a contemplative-active community that strives to listen to God in solitude and silence as we adore His Presence in the Most Holy Eucharistic. It is in the overwhelming and boundless love of our Lord present to us in this most wondrous Sacrament that we are able to surrender our entire being in total consecration and sacrifice to Him in order to be His forever. It is from this quiet time with our Lord that we are able to go forth to do His work in the service of His Church. It is only by His singular gift of Himself to us that we are able, in our human frailty, to be crucified with Him as we daily strive to love others as He has loved us.