Sisters of Francis living at the provincial headquarters at Mt. Assisi Convent in Bellevue will be joined on June 29 by Franciscans living throughout western and eastern Pennsylvania, as well as New Jersey, for a blessing ceremony commemorating the recently installed peace pole located at the entrance to the convent grounds.

Sister Elaine Hromulak, one of the organizers of the project, said that the convent had a peace pole, but that it had been wooden and had deteriorated over the years.