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 […]
Category: LaGrange
Sisters Stand in Solidartiy at Women’s Marches
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Sisters of St. Joseph Issue Post Election Statement
Calls for Unity, Reconciliation and a National Post-Election Day of Prayer The Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph are calling for all Americans to come together in the spirit of unity and reconciliation and build relationships based on respect. We are also encouraging participation in a National Day of Prayer for Unity and Reconciliation […]
LCWR Calls for a Return to Civil Discourse
The Leadership Conference of Women Religious has issued a statement urging a return to civility and decency during this presidential campaign in order to promote positive and productive dialogue You can read this Call for Civil Discourse for the Public Good here. In addition, thousands of women religious have signed a letter to the candidates […]
CSJ’s Endorse Catholic Non-Violence Initiative
An Appeal to the Catholic Church to Re-Commit to the Centrality of Gospel Non-Violence As Christians committed to a more just and peaceful world we are called to take a clear stand for creative and active nonviolence and against all forms of violence. With this conviction, and in recognition of the Jubilee Year of Mercy […]
