Over 80 sisters and associates from our founding communities of Cleveland, Wichita, Nazareth (in Kalamazoo, Mich.), and LaGrange Park (just outside of Chicago) participated in the Women’s Marches on January 21st, to stand with and for all marginalized populations. While the reasons for attending were as varied as the women who participated, to paraphrase Father […]
Category: Congregation News
100 Days of Prayer
Together with the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange, we offer you the calendars below called 100 Days of Prayer. Each day, we invite you to say and reflect on a daily prayer during the new presidential administration’s first 100 days in office. The content encourages unity and reconciliation and offers support to people who […]
Gianna House Hosts Christmas Baby Shower
Gianna House, a Pregnancy and Parenting Center that helps new and expectant moms who are in need of baby clothing and other essential parenting items, hosted a holiday baby shower on December 19th for 25 area women. Located inside the former St. Veronica Convent in Eastpointe, Michigan, sisters from our founding community of Nazareth in […]
Congregation Hosts Interfaith Meeting on Gun Violence
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. Last month, The Chicago Tribune reported that more than 50 people were shot over one violent weekend in Chicago, a level of violence that has marked many of the summer weekends this […]
Associate Aggie Hoskin Emodies CSJ Charism
Congratulations to CSJ Associate Aggie Hoskin who is the 2016 recipient of the “Art of Caring Award” presented by the Community West Foundation. The Foundation’s 16th Annual Legacy Society Dinner pays tribute each year to the philanthropic spirit of its Legacy Society Members. They recognize and honor those members who have set a standard in […]
Congregation Celebrates Founders Day in Service to the Dear Neighbor
Sisters, associates, staff, friends and supporters of the congregation gathered to serve in a day-long celebration of our Founders Day by serving and volunteering in many different ways in cities and communities where we live and minister around the country. Over 800 volunteers participated by working in food pantries, nursing homes, soup kitchens, animal shelters, […]
CSJ Associates Share the Love with Flint Shelter
CSJ associates belonging to the On Eagle’s Wings Conversation Circle delivered 245 new pairs of socks to the Catholic Charities Center For Hope homeless shelter in Flint, Michigan, along with snack treats and a homemade flannel blanket. Although associates Terry Blundell, Evelyn Mazzola, Jeanne Worden and Connie Ozanich didn’t plan this project, it certainly […]
Sister Jackie In Tanzania
Sister Jackie Goodin, CSJ, returned to Africa in October to work once again with the young women at St. Joseph Hostel in Songea, Tanzania. As some of you may remember from her previous blog posts, Sister Jackie worked at the hostel from 2010 – 2014, then returned home to our founding community of Cleveland. She […]
Nazareth Center Welcomes Three New Associates
Three new Associates joined the Nazareth Center community on Sunday, October 30, 2016 during a Mass at Holy Family Chapel. They join over 450 active associates living out the mission and spirituality of the Sisters of the Congregation of St. Joseph. Erma Chastine is a member of St. Gerard Catholic Parish in Lansing. She […]
Wichita Center Welcomes Two New Associates
On May 1, 2016, the Congregation of St. Joseph welcomed Mary Kay McCarty and Tony Morrow as new Associates during the annual Pinning Mass at our center in Wichita. They join over 450 active associates living out the mission and spirituality of the Sisters of the Congregation of St. Joseph. Mary Kay McCarty lives in […]
