The board of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), of which the Congregation of St. Joseph is a member, affirmed and approved the following statement at their annual gathering in Orlando this week. It has been sent to President Trump at the White House. LCWR Statement on the US-North Korea Crisis This week, while […]
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Congregation Announces Plans for Cleveland Property
The Congregation of St. Joseph is pleased to announce that ground will be broken on a new home for our sisters in Cleveland and the River’s Edge Spirituality Center on its existing property on Rocky River Drive later this year. After a period of exploration, it became clear that the sisters’ existing motherhouse could […]
Update on MIssion Haiti 2017
From March 12 – 20, 2017, Sisters Mary Ellen Gondeck, CSJ, and Sue Torgersen, CSJ, and associates Judy Iantosca and Brooke Whitten along with her three daughters, traveled to Haiti to check in on Mission Haiti, Inc., a U.S. Federation of Sisters of St. Joseph initiative which sponsors 10 girls from elementary through secondary school […]
Saint Joseph Academy Selected as the First Recipient of the Bishop Richard Lennon Award
Sponsored ministry, Saint Joseph Academy in Cleveland has been unanimously selected as the inaugural recipient of The Bishop Richard Lennon Award. The award is a sign of gratitude for service to the Diocese of Cleveland and inspiration to its schools. The Bishop Richard Lennon Award is given to a school who, through its […]
Work Toward Gender Equality Continues at UN Event
The Congregation of St. Joseph has a long history of supporting women and women’s issues, and that includes gender equality. Recently, members of our Peace & Justice Team – Sisters Mary Ellen Loch, CSJ, and Rose Ann Hefner, CSJ, and team member Judith Wilkinson – attended the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), […]
Sisters and Students in Crookston Work Together to Fight Human Traffciking
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and Human Trafficking Awareness Month, Student United Way – Crookston Chapter joined forces with the Sisters of St. Joseph to work on a project called S.O.A.P. (Stop Our Adolescents from Prostitution). The students put labels on soaps that contain the National Human Trafficking Hotline. These soaps, along […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
