ABOUT US
Welcome to Canticle Court and Juniper Courts. The Courts offer a remarkable balance of activity and freedom, with comfort and security that are second to none. Choose from a large variety of spacious efficiency and one-bedroom apartments with resort-style amenities, such as general store, salon, library, art studio and much more. Enjoy true comforts of home with spacious apartments, convenience, same-floor laundry rooms, oak woodwork and cabinetry, self-cleaning ranges, garbage disposals, frost-free refrigerators, private storage areas for each unit and professionally landscaped grounds.
Besides the on-site conveniences for Canticle Court and Juniper Court (with links to those pages), the Courts also provide a beautiful community room, as well as any number of socializing spaces, a private dining room for intimate gatherings, a fully equipped woodworking shop, and an arts and crafts center. Optional services are also available, including cable television, hair salon and dining program.
Our Sponsors - the Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi In the spirit of Saints Francis and Clare, who were
the founders of the Franciscan tradition, the values of our community are:
History In 1849, a small group of men and women, Franciscan
Tertiaries, left their village of Ettenbueren, Bavaria, under the leadership of
two parish priests and began their journey to North America. Arriving in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, they presented
themselves to Bishop John Henni on Pentecost Monday, 1849, and offered their
services as missionaries for his diocese, which had been erected in 1843. Bishop Henni advised settling about four
miles south of the bay of Lake Michigan.
The bay was known as “Nojoshing,” an Indian name meaning “a strip of
land extending into the water.” Six women of the little colony, under the leadership
of Mother Aemiliana Duerr, pioneered the Franciscan community. The Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi
continue today to carry on the mission of the Church in the spirit of St.
Francis of Assisi and the foundresses.