Elizabeth Powers

Prayer for the Season of Creation – Season of Creation

September 1st marks the beginning of the Season of Creation. This year, the theme is Web of Life: Biodiversity as God’s Blessing. Each week, we will be focusing on a different aspect of our world. [...]

Congregation Joins LCWR in Calling on President Trump to Stop All Divisive and Polarizing Rhetoric

This week, members of our leadership team attended the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) meeting in Arizona. As part of the 633 leaders of women religious from across the country gathered together, they signed [...]

Congregation Joins LCWR and the U.S. Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Calling for an End to Gun Violence

The Congregation of St. Joseph joins the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) and the U.S. Federation of Sisters of St. Joseph in calling for an end to gun violence. Both LCWR and the U.S. [...]

Statement on the Treatment of Children at the US Southern Border

As women of faith, our hearts break at the cruel and inhumane treatment of migrants and refugees – especially children – at our southern border. Children are held by US Border Patrol in jail-like facilities, [...]

Holy Saturday

Saturday, April 20th Scripture Gn 1: 1 — 2: 2 or 1: 1.26-31a Ps 104: 1-2. 5-6. 10. 12. 13-14. 24. 35 or Ps 33: 4-5. 6-7. 12-13. 20-22 Gn 22: 1-18 or 22: 1-2. [...]

Good Friday

Friday, April 19 Scripture Is 52: 13 — 53: 12 Ps 31: 2. 6. 12-13. 15-16. 17. 25 Heb 4: 14-16; 5: 7-9 Jn 18: 1 — 19: 42 Reflection My God, my God, why [...]

Holy Thursday

Thursday, April 18 Scripture Ex 12: 1-8. 11-14 Ps 116: 12-13. 15-16bc. 17-18 1 Cor 11: 23-26 Jn 13: 1-15 Reflection The Lord gave Moses precise instructions about how families and communities were to celebrate [...]

Easter Sunday

Sunday, April 21st Scripture Acts 10: 34a. 37-43 Ps 118: 1-2. 16-17. 22-23 1 Cor 5: 6b-8 Jn: 1-9 Reflection “Thank God because he’s good, because his love never quits. Tell the world, Israel, “His [...]

Palm Sunday

Sunday, April 14th Scripture Lk 19: 28-40. Mass: Is 50:4-7 Ps 22:8-9. 17-18. 19-20. 23-24 Phil 2: 6-11 Lk 22: 14 – 23: 56 Reflection “…The Lord God has opened my ear….the Lord God helps [...]

Fifth Sunday of Lent

Sunday, April 7th Scripture Ez 37: 12-14 Ps 130: 1-2. 3-4. 5-6. 7-8 Rom 8: 8-11 Jn 11: 1-45. Reflection I will open your graves and have you rise from them…. Christ is in you…. [...]