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25 New Novices

INDIA – Our Sisters in India welcomed 25 new novices earlier this summer. We hold these women and all the sisters in India in prayer in this privileged time. Read more….

Serving Refugees at the Border

EL PASO – Sisters of St. Joseph from several congregations gathered at the US-Mexico border to assist children and families fleeing violence and poverty in their home countries. Sister Sandy Straub (Saint Louis) offers reflections on her experience there. Read more….

Channeling Stillness

LOCHINVAR, AU – Michael O’Connor writes about the Living Waters Christian Meditation Centre, founded by Sister Carmel Moore of the Sisters of Saint Joseph Lochinvar as the home of the universal meditation community in Newcastle, where one can learn to find stillness and simplicity in a world of chaos and complexity. Read more….

Call To Action’s 2014 Leadership Award

MEMPHIS, TN – Sr. Elizabeth Johnson Accepts Invitation to Receive Call To Action’s 2014 Leadership Award. Johnson’s thoughtful approach encourages new and engaging ways to think about God, spirituality and the interconnectedness of all things. Like Mary Magdalene, Sr. Elizabeth offers great news of transformation to the church you and I love. Read more….

Beekeeping and Eco-projects

BADEN, PA – Sister Lyn Szymkiewicz, director of grounds and eco-projects, takes care of beehives on the grounds of the Sister of St. Joseph of Baden. She uses honey from the bees to make soap, candy and other products that are sold in the motherhouse gift shop. Read more…

Chinese Sisters of St. Joseph

BEIJING – The need to assimilate the teachings of the Second Vatican Council on Consecrated Life is moving many congregations around the world to help religious communities in China. This includes courses in spirituality and Bible reading in Jiangsu, as well as assistance in drafting the first charters of the Congregation of the Sisters of St Joseph in Beijing, which was founded in 1872. Read more….

Evolutionary Living

Jun1

SSJ Mission Corps

PHILADELPHIA – The SSJ Mission Corps is a smaller program with 4-6 volunteers living in community in the spirit of the Sisters of St. Joseph. The “smallness” of our program allows for a unique individual experience for each volunteer. One unique thing about the SSJ Mission Corps is that we are all women so we have a focus on working with women to recognize the unique role they play in bringing about justice in our world and working for social change. We are located in the city of Philadelphia where our volunteers live in community in the Kensington neighborhood, Philly’s poorest neighborhood. We are an urban, poverty/justice focused program. Additionally, in 2014-2015 we have applied for CVN AmeriCorps funding. Pending approval, we will be able to offer a $5,600 education award at the end of our yearlong service program to be used towards existing loans or future education.

We are still looking to fill several positions for the 2014-2015 program year. We are looking for a full-time Physical Education teacher and After-Care coordinator at LaSalle Academy in Kensington, Philadelphia as well as an ESL teacher and After-Care coordinator at Visitation BVM School in Kensington, Philadelphia. We also may have placements available as an ESL teacher and aide at the SSJ Welcome Center, a resource center for new immigrants in Kensington.
We will be accepting applications until August of 2014. To apply or learn more please visit our website: http://www.ssjmissioncorps.org/.

Becoming Agents of Evolutionary Change

LONDON, ONTARIO – July 4-5, 2014

Would you like to deal differently with polarization?
Engage conflict in new ways?
Learn to live differently?
During this symposium, Carter Phipps, Sue Wilson and all of us will explore the frontier of what is being called integral spirituality and integral politics. We will explore both the challenges we face in our lives and also the expanded inner consciousness needed to meet them in new ways. More information….

VisionSpace

ST LOUIS – Srs Susan Wilcox and Amy Hereford are part of the team organizing and leading the first gathering of sisters in their 40s and 50s in Summer of 2014. Online and on-ground in St. Louis, MO. July 5-7, 2014, the event will be a self-organized, inter-congregational conversation on religious life and it’s evolutionary future. Read more….

Changing Church in a Changing World

ARMDALE, AU – Sister Pat Bartley rsj looks back at 60 years of her vocation and finds that a phrase from among her Jubilee greetings encapsulates the joys and challenges in the story of her religious life.. Leer mas….

Hope Rising

CLEVELAND – Each and every day we can expect to be surprised, gifted, challenged and transformed through our belief in God’s Great Love pulsing through every soul and all creation. And, each and every day we are called to embody the optimism of God’s love, to live fully, to love and to serve in a world of both joy and disappointment, to bring hope to our dear neighbors who need it most. Read more….

Gospel of Joy

ORANGE – Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium, “The Joy of the Gospel” is examined here by Sister Nadine McGuinness, CSJ in a series of videos originally presented to the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange. Visitors may also download PowerPoint documents to follow along with the video. They are available in PRINT (fewer pages) and VIDEO (more pages) versions, though the content is the same. Click here….

Gardening with Soul

WELLINGTON, AU – As the main gardener at the Home of Compassion in Island Bay, Wellington, Sr Loyola’s daily tasks include heavy lifting alongside vigorous spade and wheelbarrow work, which she sometimes performs on crutches. Sr Loyola and the other Sisters of Compassion follow the vision of Mother Aubert to ‘meet the needs of the oppressed and powerless in their communities’.. Read more….

Helping Victims of Trafficking

A Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for 42 years, Sister Gladys has spent much time working with the poor and oppressed in her native Peru. When she moved to St. Louis 20 years ago, she worked as a doula and a massage therapist. Now she’s transitioning into a new phase of her life as “Grandma Laly,” a volunteer grandmother figure for the Covering House in St. Louis, a new St. Louis-based organization that provides refuge and healing for girls who have become victims of sex trafficking. Read more….

On Mission

Nov1

NEW YORK – The Nov. 8 issue of NCR is going to have a thematic book review of Occupy. There are 3 Occupy books related to spirituality and religion that have recently been published.
One, is Occupy Religion, Theology of the Multitude which Sr. Susan Wilcox wrote the review. There is also Mathew Fox’s Occupy Spirituality and Thank You Anarchy, Notes from the Occupy Apocalypse by Nathan Schneider. In the last book, Thank You Anarchy, Sr Susan Wilcox, CSJ is mentioned a number of times. The Susan’s work and occupy spirituality is also mentioned in Religious Life at the Crossroads by Sr. Amy Hereford.

Rowing with the Dear Neighbor

HOLYOKE MA – Sr. Jeanne Branchaud is featured in a video news segment. Connecting the dear neighbor on the waters of the Connecticut River.

Sisters

PHILADELPHIA – Sr. Michele Lesher is featured in this film about faith and hope, love and death, seen through the eyes of five women who have committed their lives to the service of others in the deepest way. Without narration, their stories are told in the honest words and actions of the women themselves. It’s about one hour – Enjoy!

Sisters from Robert Gardner on Vimeo.

Encuentro de la Comisión dela Red

MEXICO – Construyamos juntas el tejido de una Red de Comunión, fuerte, solidaria y sostenida
Esta vez la Comisión de la Red de Hermanas de San José de América Latina y Caribe se reunió en México, del 5 al 8 de setiembre. Leia mais…

150 Years of Education

St. Joseph’s Catholic Elementary School in Toronto celebrated a major milestone the weekend of October 18 and 19, 2013. Established in 1863, the school celebrated its 150^th anniversary. Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto taught at the school for many years. Read more….

Novices Settle In

CHICAGO – “Have for God an expansive love which includes all that love is capable of and all that a heart can love in God and for God.” With these words of Jean Pierre Medaille, the founder of the Sisters of St Joseph, before them, four women began their eight month journey at the US Federation Novitiate in Chicago, Illinois. Read more….

Rowing with the Dear Neighbor

ALBANY NY – Billboard magazine names the College of Saint Rose, Albany, N.Y., as having one of the nation’s top music business programs. Sister Mary Anne Nelson has directed the program since its inception as a major in 1981. Read more…

Green Projects

Sep1

Sisters in Eco-village

SAINT LOUIS – An inter-community house of younger religious has been established with in the Dogtown Ecovillage – an urban sustainable neighborhood project in St. Louis. Read about the move-in and follow the developments on the community blog….

Sustainability: Small Steps, Giant Leaps

SAINT LOUIS – This fall, Fontbonne University’s Dedicated Semester will focus on Sustainability: Small Steps, Giant Leaps. This topic will be launched at the university’s academic convocation and will feature guest speaker Jean Ponzi, a green spokesperson and the host of Earthworms on local radio station KDHX. Ponzi will address the community with her speech titled Green Goes with Everything: Perspectives on Sustainable Living for Human Beings. Read more…

Death Penalty Advocacy

NEW ORLEANS – Sister Helen Prejean is one of the world’s most well-known anti-death penalty activists. As a Catholic nun, she began her prison ministry more than 30 years ago. She is the author of the best-selling book, Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States. The 20th anniversary edition of the book was just published. The book’s been translated into numerous languages and turned into an opera, a play and an Academy Award-winning film starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn. Prejean is also the founder of Survive, a victims’ advocacy group in New Orleans. She continues to counsel not only inmates on death row, but also the families of murder victims. Read more…. Audio interview….

Egyptian Unrest

EGYPT – Sisters of St. Joseph of the Lyon Congregation in Egypt report that their school in Minya that was targeted and pillaged by the Muslim Brotherhood. May we keep them and all the people of Egypt in prayer.

Sister Catherine Barange, Lyon Superior General said that our 16 sisters in Egypt are safe. They were in Cairo on retreat when the Muslim Brotherhood targeted their school in Minya. They pillaged and set fire to the oldest parts of the house, burned cars and school buses. The sisters’ house was not too heavily damaged. The sisters are staying in Cairo for now.

Our sisters in Egypt work in education, catechesis, pastoral and retreat work. They also provide hospitality to university students.

Let us continue to pray for a peaceful and just resolution to this horrible tragedy. This tragedy is all the more poignant because of the great harmony that has existed between the sisters and Muslims in their area.

Tireless Refugee Advocate

SOUTH AUSTRALIA – Sister Pat Sealey recently received the Joy Noble Award, the highest recognition given to an individual volunteer in South Australia for her tireless commitment to help refugees establish their legal status and make a new life in Australia. Jenny Brinkworth writes how Sr Pat is giving today’s most vulnerable people an Australian welcome and fair go. Read more….

Canadian Federation Has a New Home

CANADA – In August, the Federation of Sisters of St. Joseph of Canada moved its Office to the Toronto School of Theology building, within the University of St. Michael’s College campus at the University of Toronto. Here, as well as being the home of the Toronto School of Theology, space is licensed to a number of independent faith-based organizations. We look forward to being part of this community.

Telephone, email and website remain as before. Mailing address:

Federation of Sisters of St. Joseph of Canada
47 Queen’s Park Crescent East
Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C3
416-424-4685
can.csj-fed@bellnet.ca
www.csjfederation.ca

Staff:Sister Nancy Sullivan, Interim Executive Director
Ms Margaret Magee, Administrative Coordinator

“Like” the Annecy Sisters

UK – The Sisters of St. Joseph of Annecy have launched a new vocations website: ssjavocation.org. You can also “like” their facebook page. ”

We’d like you all to check out our new website aimed specifically at women who may be considering their future being in religious life. And if you know someone who is thinking about it tell them to have a look too please!

Stop Trafficking

UK – The Medaille Trust was founded in 2006 by a number of religious congregations in response to the plight of thousands of people who are being trafficked into the UK each year. The Trust was established as a charity and opened its first safe house in January 2007. A major part of the Trust’s work is to raise awareness of the plight of those who are enslaved and exploited in the trafficking industry, and campaign on their behalf. Read more….

Mid-year

Jul1

Magnificent Logo ITALIA – Erano le tre del pomeriggio e il caldo e l’ afa insopportabili. Jack pensava: “ è solo un brutto sogno… tra poco mi sveglierò”. La sete, però, era troppo reale, anche la fame, ma la sete era diventata insostenibile. Legge piu…

UISG

ROME – On May 9, Sally Hodgdon of the United States, superior of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Chambery, was elected vice president of the International Union of Superiors General, a body that includes 1,900 religious orders of women worldwide. Read more….

Linked for Anniversary

CONCORDIA on Friday, June 7, for the first time in the 50 years that the mission in Brazil has existed, sisters in Teresina and Concordia were able to gather together, face-to-face, live, to celebrate that anniversary. Read more….

House Embodies Vision

NEW YORK – This year, in a wonderful alignment of events that gives credence to the thought that there might not be such a thing as “coincidence,” we Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council and our own Golden Jubilee of St. Joseph’s Provincial House in Latham, NY. Read more….

Final Professions

WHEELING – Congratulations to our Sister Barb McCartney, CSJ, who made her final profession of vows on Saturday, June 22 at our Wheeling Center. The joyful celebration was live-streamed throughout our congregation so sisters, associates and friends could join in this special moment. Barb currently ministers at St. Francis Hospital in Charleston, WV. Read more…

Region of West Africa on August 3rd, 2013 at the Parish of Nouna

Sr. Henriette Kienou
Sr. Cécile Sabo
Sr. Claire Toe

Region of Egypt 0n September 7, 2013 in Minia

Sr. Héba Adel
Sr. Madeha Fawzi
Sr. Marie-Thérèse Fouad

We rejoice with all these sisters and promise them our prayers. More news from Lyon Sisters: cliquez ici. click here. clic aquí.

Josephites grieve sixth anniversary of Aboriginal Intervention

AUSTRALIA – As Indigenous Australians mourn the sixth Anniversary of the Aboriginal Intervention, Josephites around the world join with them in calling for a change of heart and a change of legislation in Australia. Read more….

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Springs of Hope

Jun1

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Profesión definitiva de Viviana Villalba

BRASIL – Profesión definitiva de Viviana Villalba Con el lema: “Celebro el encuentro con Aquel que me ha dicho todo sobre mí”, Viviana Villalba Hermana de San José de Cúneo en Argentina nos invitó el 16 de marzo a su Profesión Perpetua. Junto a sus Hermanas de Congregación, y de otros San José, con la gente del pueblo de Bosques, en e…ler noticia completa

Estamos em Missão…

AMÉRICA LATINA – Las Hermanas que pertenecemos a la Red de Hermanas de San José estamos en estos países Congregaciones de San José en América Latina e islas del Caribe… ler texto completo

Historic Leadership Circle Installation

CANADA – On the feast of St. Joseph, Tuesday, March 19th, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Canada officially installed the first Leadership Circle of the new Congregation. The ceremony, held at St. Peter-In-Chains Cathedral, Peterborough, ON, was attended by Sisters from the four founding Congregations, Associates and Companions, clergy (including bishops) and many friends and supporters. Read more….

Springs of Hope

PEMBROKE – The latest issue of Springs of Hope, the Fontbonne Ministries newsletter, is available. Topics in this issue include:

Following the example of the Sisters
Companionship and Presence
Bringing People Together
A Sense of Being Welcome
Listening and Caring
A Nurturing Place
Friendship and Foot Care
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Chinese Sisters renew their Consecration

CHINA – On the feast day of Saint Joseph the Worker, May 1, 2013, two young Chinese Sisters renewed their vows of chastity, poverty and obedience before our Superior General, Sister Sally Marie Hodgdon in the chapel of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Chambéry in Rome. Sister Sally received this renewal of first vows as a delegate for the Sisters’ Superior General, Sister Li Lianmei, who could not be in attendance from China. Read more….

Sisters in Solidarity

BOSTON – Who could have imagined the events of this past week. Who would want to imagine them. This week’s Soundings Update begins with an article about this tragedy that tells a bit of our Boston CSJ personal connections with the Marathon tragedy. Read more….

S. Joan Gallagher honored by St. Francis College

BRENTWOOD – S Joan lives as a member of the core community of Providence House II providing hospitality to women and children in need of transitional housing. It is through the day to day living in this community that continues to teach S. Joan the realities of life and that works of charity and justice go hand in hand. Read more….

Join us in Prayer for the General Chapter 2013

AUSTRALIA – The Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart are preparing for General Chapter to be held in November this year. The General Chapter is held once every 6 years and discerns the direction for the Congregation for the following 6 years. See video…

Sr. Laura Bufano attends UISG Meeting

ROME – S. Laura Bufano of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet was among the Sisters of St. Joseph and all other participants at the International Union of Superiors General meeting held in Rome at the beginning of May. They had a private audience with Pope Francis on Wednesday morning, May 8. Read more… and here….

Sister Receives Honorary Degree

ST. LOUIS – Sister Barbara Moore, CSJ, was the commencement speaker May 11 at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa. She was given an honorary doctor of humane letters degree. Read more….

We Are One

May1

PERU, EAST TIMOR – The Sisters of St Joseph have brought all their overseas mission work under the one roof in Australia following the opening and blessing of the Mary MacKillop International office at Clyde on 4 April. Mary MacKillop International incorporates the mission work of the Sisters in East Timor and Peru. Read more….

Celebration of Unity

AUSTRALIA – NEW ZEALAND – There was great joy in Goulburn on the 19th March as parishioners from Goulburn and many rural parishes, 25 priests, 3 Bishops and many Sisters of St Joseph from across Australia and New Zealand arrived in Our Lady of Fatima Church to celebrate Eucharist and the ritual of fusion or merging of the Sisters of St Joseph Goulburn and the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. Around the world many other Sisters watched the Mass and ritual streamed live to their computers. Read more….

Upcoming Programs at the International Centre

LE PUY – The April Newsletter presents upcoming programming at the International Centre. It also introduces the staff members. Line Rioux is a Sister of St. Joseph of Lyon from the Maine Province (U.S.). Gracy Thomas is a Sister of St. Joseph of Lyon from India, missioned in France from 2006 onwards. It is her 2nd year in LePuy. Read more….

Sisters Write Their Own History

Bold and Humble Header ORANGE, CA – The Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange recently celebrated the centenary of their founding in California. They used this occasion to write a book describing their 100 year journey through the eyes of their Sisters, both living and deceased. A Bold and Humble Love: Journey of Faith, is authored by Sister Mary Therese Sweeney and Sister Eileen McNerney. Using a number of historical resources as well as first person accounts, the authors explored the critical issues faced by the congregation and the decisions and adaptations that the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange have made in response to the impact and challenges of world, national and ecclesial events. Anyone interested can order the book via the website at http://csjorange.org/book/.

Celebrating Earth Month!

CLEVELAND – We celebrated Earth Day this week on April 22, but we focus on Earth’s sustainability during the entirety of April. Now is a good time, with the emergence of spring, to think of ways to bring new life to our world…by conserving, by planning, by thinking outside of the box.Read more….

Together for Great Love

TANZANIA – This sweet video was brought home by Sister Jackie Goodin, CSJ, who ministers to these young girls at St. Joseph Hostel in Tanzania, Africa. Sister Jackie was home to attend her Congregation’s Chapter Meeting which took place April 1-5 in Chicago. To learn more about Sister Jackie’s overseas ministry and to follow her monthly blog, click here.

Mary Flick Professes Vows

ST. LOUIS – On a gray Sunday morning, 200 people shared the light of the world with Sister Mary Flick as she took her first vows as a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet. Sister Mary is a native of north county St. Louis and a proud graduate of Rosary High School. She has a bachelor’s degree in communications from Maryville College and a master’s in religious studies from St. Louis University. Read more…

Upcoming Release on Emerging Religious Life

ST. LOUIS – Sister Amy Hereford, CSJ has an upcoming publication that explores the movements in religious life today and the currents that are emerging among the smaller cohorts of younger religious in mainstream communities of religious women. Tracing the history of religious life, including the impact of Vatican II, she examines some of the theological sources for the reinvention of religious life today. Exploring the current situation of religious, she re-imagines the meaning of vows, community, and mission, and examines how the emerging forms of religious life will fit into an emerging church. Read more…

Gatherings

Mar1

Meet Me in Le Puy

Little Design Communities Rebirthing – a 10 day contemplative experience in Le Puy, France, two sessions in June, 2013. First session: June 1 – 10 or Second session: June 14-24. See this and other programs here…

Meet Me in Lima

LIMA – Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet from the youngest two generations of the congregations met in Peru. Follow the conversation on the blogs: Mystics & Prophets and Little Design.

Encontro na França

FRANCE – Encontro para as Irmãs mais Novas acontecerá na França em 2013. Irmãs representantes de oito nacionalidades: Paquistão, Índia, Brasil, Bolívia, Estados Unidos, Itália, Dinamarca e França estarão reunidas, de 13 a 29 de julho próximo, na França. Leia mais…

Sisters representing eight nationalities, Pakistan, India, Brazil, Bolivia, the United States, Italy, Denmark and France will gather from July 13 to 29 in France. Read more…

Statement on the Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI

AUSTRALIA – On Pope Benedict’s relationship to the Sisters of St Joseph and his sensitivity to the significance of Mary MacKillop as the first recognized saint in Australia. Read more….

Opening Doors for Mothers Released from Prison

NEW YORK – In Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables, ex-convict Jean Valjean in France fulfills his second chance with help from a bishop. Some female ex-offenders in New York today get a second chance because of an organization run by Sr. Teresa Fitzgerald, CSJ.. Read more….

New Generation of Leadership

On the feast of St. Joseph, Tuesday, March 19th, the first Leadership Circle of the new
Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada wil be oficially installed. The ceremony will be held at 11:15AM in St. Peter-In-Chains Cathedral, Peterborough, ON. Following the installation, Eucharist will be celebrated. Let’s pray for our sisters on this occasion. Read more….

Anti Trafficking Coalition featured in the news

The efforts of the Beaver County Anti Human Trafficking Coalition were featured in the February 25 edition of the Beaver County Times. The two-page spread included a main article on the formation of an anti-human trafficking response team and coalition in the county in partnership with the Sisters of St. Joseph. It also included a sidebar of additional information about trafficking. Read more….

Dublin Community Sale for Ghana

When I visited St. Louis for the Forum “Zeal for Healing the Neighbourhood of God’s Sacred Universe” I met up with our Sisters from Ghana. They were selling hand made jewellery fortheir mission. I was deeply touched and impressed. I promised Sister Ditty that I would have a community sale for their work. However, it has taken me a long time to get organized, but it was a promise I was determined to keep. Read more… page 7

New Generation of Leadership

LA GRANGE – CSJ Sisters who are participants and mentors in a year-long Leadership Program met in La Grange Park, IL January 18-20 to conclude a year of focusing together on leadership development. Time was spent naming and celebrating the gifts and graces of this program and exploring what leadership might look like for us in this 21st century world of breakdowns and breakthroughs. Read more…. (scroll down) You’ll see other news there about their literacy programs.

The Cry of the Excluded

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BRASIL – In Brazil, September 7 is marked by celebrations in honor of the “Beloved Country.” Military personnel and students parade through the streets and avenues of all the cities, proclaiming the independence of Brazil in 1822. This historical fact is very important for our country, because it marks the end of the dominion of Portugal, as well as the conquest of our political autonomy. Read more…. Leia mais….

New Website and Retreats

DENMARK – Through the past few months we have been working on our new website, and now, we are online! Until we get a firm understanding of our new system we may not be able to provide you with the information you seek, but it will be posted here over time. Thank you for your patience! Read more…. See also the 2013 Retreat offerings, including meditative dance. Read more….

Forever Sisters….

ST. LOUIS – An open letter to Sister Sarah Heger, CSJ who made final profession on December 8 as a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet in the St. Louis Province in December 2012. Read more….

Calendars Bring Comfort, Hope and Healing to Prisoners

CHICAGO – It began in 2009 when Flo Christiano, the director of the CSJ’s Ministry of the Arts (MOTA), received a request from a prison chaplain inquiring about whether there were any extra of the calendars MOTA sells that could be donated to the inmates. “We had extras, so it was our pleasure to share them,” said Flo. But this simple act of sharing became so much more. It became a ministry. Read more….

God Became A Little Human

AUSTRALIA – The gospels tell us that Jesus was born at a vulnerable time for his family. Luke says they could find only a stable to live in whereas Matthew says they had to flee to safety in Egypt because Herod tried to kill Jesus. Ann Gilroy rsj, reflects on our love and protection of all children at Christmas. A Christmas Prayer….

Seeding our Future

LIMA – Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet under age 57 are gathering in Lima Jan 3-5 for conversation and sharing around their shared vision for the future. They hope to continue to build relationships and to have something to share at the congregational chapter in summer of 2013 to be sure that the voice of younger sisters is heard. Read more….

Sister Appointed to Consecrated Life Committee

WASHINTGON, DC – Sister Amy Hereford, CSJ, attorney canonist, has been appointed to the Institutes of Consecrated and Apostolic Life Committee of the Canon Law Society of America. Sr. Amy says, “this is a time of tremendous change in religious life and I am happy to have the chance to be of service to communities as they face an uncertain and changing future.” Read more….

R/CSSJs Celebrating Vatican II – 50 yrs later

Nov1

AUSTRALIA – Recently Sister Anne Derwin shared her reflection on the Second Vatican Council at a WATAC conference. During this address Anne spoke of her experience of talking with Sisters of Saint Joseph who took their first vows 50 years ago – January 1962. With enthusiasm and with a 50 year perspective, she recalls living through the council and its reception. Read more…

USA – Sister Mary Peter McGinty, CSJ, Ph.D. shares reflections on Vatican II fifty years later. After completing her studies in theology under Bernard Cooke at Marquette University, and teaching systematic theology for five years at the major seminary in Mundelein, Ill., she joined the theology faculty at Loyola University Chicago for thirty-five years. Now, as Professor Emerita, she serves as theology teacher and consultant, especially as called upon by the congregation. Read more….

International Centre

LE PUY – With great joy and welcome, we the staff of the Centre International Saint Joseph invite you to come to our global Congregation’s home away from home. During the year 2012-2013 the following opportunities are offered as we live “that all may be one.” 2012-2013 Programs For news of recent programs and pilgrimages, see: Newsletter

Sr. Laura Professes Final Vows

ROCHESTER, NY – Sister Laura Bishop professed her final vows of poverty, chastity and obedience as a Sister of St. Joseph in a ceremony Sept. 1 at St. Monica Church in Rochester. In addition to her, two other women are in stages of initial profession with the congregation in Rochester. Read more….

RSJ to lead Canon Law Society of Australia and New Zealand

AUSTRALIA Sister Maria Casey rsj has been elected as the new President of the Canon Law Society of Australia and New Zealand during the Society’s recent conference from 10-13 September in Auckland, New Zealand. She also has the distinction of being the first woman to hold this role. Read more…