MAY-JUNE 2015 PNN

News Notes
PROVINCE

SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH OF CARONDELET AND ASSOCIATES • ST. LOUIS PROVINCE • MAY/JUNE 2015

From the rising of the sun to its setting,
the name of the LORD is to be praised!
Psalms 113:3

Inside this Issue
Carondelet Hosts Congregational ACOF
Directors
Pages 10-11
Read about what transpired at this year’s annual meeting for
the Directors of Association.

2015 Jubilee

Province News Notes is a publication of
the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet,
St. Louis Province. Its purpose is to
promote dialogue and unity within the
St. Louis province and to keep members
informed on those subjects that promote
community and ministry.
We welcome your submissions!
Submit articles and photos to Sarah Baker
(e-mail preferred to [email protected]).
**Materials are subject to editing and
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Pages 14-15
View photos from the Reception of 1955’s 60th Jubilee
Celebration at the motherhouse on March 15.

Contents
Province Leadership News ......................................................................................... 3-6
Vocation Ministry ..............................................................................................................7
Congregation News ..................................................................................................... 8-9
Association ................................................................................................................ 10-11
CSJ News ..........................................................................................................................12
Spiritual Direction ...........................................................................................................13
2015 Jubilee ............................................................................................................... 14-15
Carondelet Chronicles ........................................................................................... 16-17
Liturgy................................................................................................................................18
MCRI ..................................................................................................................................19
Sharing of the Heart. ......................................................................................................20
Archives .............................................................................................................................21
Necrology: Associate Anne Clifford ............................................................................22
Necrology: Sister Loretta Hennekes ..........................................................................23
Necrology: Sister Cecilia Sullivan ................................................................................24
Necrology: Sister Margaret Alice Daues ....................................................................25
Necrology: Sister George Antoinette Vander Loop ................................................26
Necrology: Associate Carol Politsch ...........................................................................27
Calendars ..........................................................................................................................28

On the Cover: Summer Blessings
The May-June Province News Notes is the last issue of our
2014-2015 year.We hope you’ve enjoyed reading our variety of
articles, personal reflections and event sharings from throughout the
CSJ community.
We invite you to share your stories, personal reflections, book/movies
reviews, etc. with us for next year’s newsletters. Contact Sarah Baker at
[email protected]. Have a wonderful summer and we will see you again
in September!
—The Communications Office
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Province Leadership
The Presence of the Spirit
by Sister Rita Marie Schmitz

May we continue to be refreshed with the presence of the
Spirit!
Benedictine monk-poet, Killan McDonnell, said of Mary:
‘Power will fall.
You will bear
God with skin.’

Back: Sisters Moe Freeman, Rita Marie Schmitz and
Mary Margaret Lazio. Front: Sisters Marilyn Lott and Linda Straub.

That’s the reality with which we struggle. Our God-with-skin
lived among us for a time, and promised to be with us always.
Like the disciples, we huddle together, anxious, unsure—in the
midst of the struggle and chaos of our world, our church, and our
congregations—how, where is this God-with-us?
Here! Spirit comes to fill the spaces of our lives, swirling with
power, then separating, falling, and resting on each of us.
Now! Spirit stirs in our hearts, inviting, urging, prodding us to
throw open the doors closed by fear, to step out into the unknown
future.
Yes! We will walk into the chaos that births life and Spirit.
(Bea Eichten, OSF)

As we enter the lazy days of summer, let’s use “here, now, and
yes” as our daily mantra. The Spirit is here, resting on each
of us, inviting us to the newness called forth from our retreat
times together, from what the August Assembly will call us
to, and the newness called forth from our Priority Province
Direction and our Acts of Chapter. Now is the time to leave
fear behind, to create our unknown future together. What
we do know is that contemplative sitting, collaboration,
and creativity will help us choose what is most needed for
mission, for serving a world in need. Yes is the way! What
Sandra Schneiders, IHM and Nancy Schreck, OFM both
encourage is being true to who we are. How encouraging to
know that chaos births both life and Spirit.
Nothing lazy about our days of summer! My hope for each
of us is a summer of refreshment, engagement with one
another, dreaming together how best to be the face of Jesus
in our world today, tomorrow and always.

2015 Province Assembly

Facilitators: Jean Wincek, CSJ and Colleen O’Malley, CSJ (SP)
Keynote speaker: Barbara Fiand, SNDdeN
Pre-Assembly Meetings for Sisters
Thurs., July 30 • St. Joseph’s Hall

Assembly Schedule
Fri., July 31 - Sun., Aug. 2 • St. Joseph’s Academy

• 2:30-3:30 p.m.: Nazareth Living Center
renovation presentation

• Friday: Concurrent business assemblies held:
one for sisters, one for associates

• 4:00-5:00 p.m.: CSJ Finance Report
Followed by dinner at 5 p.m.

• Saturday: Keynote speaker and reflection for
sisters and associates
• Sunday: Joint session until noon

Registration information coming soon!
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Province Leadership
2015 Tabitha Grants

For this funding cycle, the Tabitha Grant Committee received a total of 35 applications, requesting over $330,000.
This year the committee disbursed a total of $200,000 to the following organizations:

Agatha Amani House, $9,800: Funding will implement the
Affordable Sanitary Pad Project in Kenya, Africa, a women’s
shelter for victims of sexual and domestic violence.
Bright Futures Fund, $10,000: Funding will support the
St. Joseph’s Assistance Fund providing food and medical
assistance to school families living in poverty in the Kansas
City metro area.
Carondelet Community Betterment Federation, $5,000:
Funding to support the St. Joseph Outreach Utility
Assistance to low-income Carondelet residents.
Catholic Women’s Association, $11,500: Funding will
assist in the building of a structure that will be used to
counsel and support women in the Gulu Vicariate.
Center for Conflict Resolution, $9,800: Funding assists
children and youth at-risk for violence and provides
alternatives for solving conflict in the Kansas City metro
area.
Center for Survivors of Torture & War Trauma, $8,200:
Funding for the Bright Starz Program providing therapy to
refugee children and families who are survivors of torture
and war trauma.
Center for Women in Transition, $9,000: Funding will
be used for the Mentoring and Advocacy Program for
economically poor women in the criminal justice system.
CHARG Resource Center, $10,000: Funding for the
David Quarton Drop-In Center assisting low-income people
living with mental illness in the Denver area.
Earthlinks, Inc., $6,200: Funding for workshop
participants who are homeless and low-income to learn skills
and to create Earth-friendly products that sustain the people
and the planet.
Immigrant & Refugee Women’s Program, $5,000:
Providing in-home English tutoring to isolated immigrants
and refugees.
Institute for Peace & Justice, $3,000: Funding for the
Solving Our Situations (SOS) educational program for
female ex-offenders from the Missouri Eastern Correctional
Center in Pacific, Missouri.
Journey to New Life, $15,000: Provides basic needs to
those returning to society from prison or jail in the Kansas
City area.
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L’Arche Mobile, Inc. $5,000: Funds will be used for the
Leadership & Training Program in Mobile, Alabama.
Mary’s Pence, $5,000: Funds will be used for the ESPERA
Program, a community-lending program for women in
Central America, Mexico and Haiti.
Ministry Formation Program, $5,000: Program teaches
deaf Catholic adults basic skills to serve as lay ministers in
the Catholic deaf community.
Missouri Jobs with Justice, $10,000: The Champions
Program provides support for working people seeking to
improve wages and working conditions across Missouri.
North Grand Neighborhood Services, $10,000: Funding
will be used for supplies and equipment for property
development and the Angel Baked Cookie program.
Rockhaven Ecozoic Center, $4,500: Scholarship grants
for the Personal Renewal Program, Questing Your Spiritual
Nature.
Rosati-Kain High School, $5,000: Money will benefit
economically poor students dealing with family or medical
crisis.
Sacred Heart House of Denver, $7,500: Support for the
In-House Stabilization Program for homeless women and
their children.
Solid Ground Washington, $8,200: Funding for workshop
sessions for homeless adults and teenagers in the Seattle
area.
St. Francis Xavier (College) Church, $10,000: Funding
for documentation outreach assistance for marginalized lowincome men and women and their children.
St. Teresa’s Academy, $10,000: Scholarships for lowincome students from parishes which make up the Strong
City Schools in the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph.
St. Therese Little Flower Catholic Parish, $4,300: Funds
will be used to send staff, youth and adult leaders to the
2015 Archbishop Lyke Conference in San Antonio, Texas.
Saints Teresa & Bridget Church, $8,000: Support for the
parish’s youth ministry program.
Whole Health Outreach, $5,000: Funding to support
the Healthwise for Life Senior Program in southeastern
Missouri.

Corporation & Council Minutes
February Meeting

March Meeting

CORPORATION

CORPORATION

Accepted
• Minutes of Board of Directors of the Corporation
Meeting held January 9 & 15, 2015
• December 2014/January 2015 Financial Statements

Accepted
• Minutes of Board of Directors of the Corporation
Meeting held February 18, 2015
• February 2015 Financial Statements

Approved
• “Restorative Justice” regional conference
co-sponsorship, Avila University—$500
• Journey to New Life—$40,000
• “Beautiful Transformations” 2015 Gala,
CWIT—$5,000
• “Heroes for Hearing” Gala, SJID—$900
• Black Repertory Theater—$1,000
• Congregational Leadership Group Donation for
Peru Province—$10,000
• St. Louis Province Donation for Peru—$5,000

Approved
• African Gala—$1,650
• Bright Futures “School Bell Breakfast”—$1,000
• “Voice of the Voiceless” Annunciation
House—$2,000
• St. Louis Youth Jobs—$2,200
• “Giving Voice” 2015 Membership—$1,000
• Music Listening Program, NLC—$2,000
• St. Louis Province Donation for Peru—$5,000
• Candidate Educational Debt Policy
• Wedge Capital Management Restricted Fund
Manager
• Merrill Lynch Catholic Faith-Based proxy voting
program

Discussed
• Debt Policy for Formation Candidates
• Remuneration thru St. Louis Archdiocese
COUNCIL
Accepted
• Minutes of the Province Council Meetings held
January 9 & 15, 2015
Approved
• Patrimony Requests (2)
• Annual Ministry Reflection Report
• Department Head Annual Reflection
Discussed
• Auxiliary Fund Disbursement
• Community Life Staff, NLC
• Co-Director of Association Office
• Spiritual Directors’ Project
• NLC Spring Party
• Agenda Committee
• 2015 Province Assembly
• Gulu Service Segments

COUNCIL
Accepted
• Minutes of the Province Council Meetings held
February 17-18, 2015
Approved
• Travel Requests (2)
• Patrimony Requests (3)
• Education Requests (2)
Discussed
• “Accusations of Misconduct” Policy
• CSJ Tribute at St. Margaret of Scotland School
• Vowed Member Retreat Evaluation
• 2015 Province Assembly
Updated
• SJID
• Co-Director on Association Interview Process

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Province Leadership
Ascension Health Team Gifts Gulu Maternity Clinic
with Protective Equipment
by Sister Maureen Freeman

The Province Leadership Team and the sisters in Gulu
extend our gratitude to the Ascension Health Team who
helped to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) for
our sisters and the staff at the Aber Lynne Maternity Clinic.
As many of you know, western Africa has lived through a
terrible Ebola epidemic this past year. Fortunately, Uganda
was spared, but it has been a victim of Ebola in the past.

Concerned for our sisters and their workers in Gulu, the
leadership turned to Ascension Health for help. Mariejoe
Clark, logistics manager, implementation of The Resource
Group, LLC (a subsidiary of Ascension Health), worked
tirelessly over a period of several months to find the
equipment in the sizes the sisters needed. You can imagine
how difficult it was to find this equipment while the
epidemic was in full bloom in Western Africa.
The Province Leadership Team wants everyone to know
of this generous gift by Ascension Health. Hopefully, our
sisters will never need this equipment, but now there is peace
of mind knowing that they have what they need to continue
their ministry, no matter what happens. So the next time
you run into someone from Ascension Health, please tell
them how grateful the community is, and especially to
Mariejoe, who put in extra hours to make this happen.
Pictured: Sisters Jo Ann Geary and Fran Voivedich stand with
the boxes of personal protective equipment.

Government Committee Report
submitted by Sister Jeanne Janssen

The Province Government Committee met on May 9
at Carondelet. We reviewed a proposal by the Agenda
Committee outlining a process by which an individual
sister or group of sisters may submit agenda items to the
Agenda Committee. This process will be published by
the Agenda Committee and we will recommend that it be
added as an appendix to the Government Plan since it is
mentioned on page 5 but is nowhere present.
We also continued our review of the Government Plan,
which began after our last meeting in November 2014.
The bulk of the items for change are simple grammar,
punctuation, usage and consistency of language points.
However, there are some slightly more substantial
changes called for in order to make the Government Plan
consistent with current governance practices.
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The normal process for such amendatory procedures
is found in the Government Plan (page 13), but due
to the fluidity around Sectional Assembly currently,
the Government Committee may confer with Province
Leadership about how we will proceed.
The Government Committee is looking for sisters
interested in becoming members. If you are interested or
would like more information, contact co-chairs Sisters
Jeanne Janssen or Jeanene Yackey.
Finally, we want to say out loud in print a word of thanks
to S. Charline Sullivan for her many years of invaluable
service to the committee and the province as executive
secretary of the Government Committee.

Vocation Ministry
What’s Next

by Sister Linda Markway
At the last meeting of the Vocation/Formation Team (Sisters
Pat Bober, Maureen Freeman, Suzanne Giblin, Marilyn
Lott, Linda Markway, Linda Straub and A. Peggy Maguire),
a conversation ensued around the subject of future needs
for both vocation and formation ministry for our province.
Knowing that the “times they are a changing,” this conversation
seems even more imperative. In fact, Sandra Schneiders, IHM
challenges us to respond to the following: Do we desire that
religious life continue? If so, what are we willing to commit
ourselves to for this to happen? What proactive response will
we make to “create the new” that will bridge the now into future
needs for vocation animation and incorporation as a vowed
member of the Sisters of St. Joseph?
A bit of background might be helpful in understanding
what stimulated this conversation. Since July of 2010, I have
served as a vocation minister for our province. As someone
designated by our province to accompany, support, encourage
and provide resources to women exploring religious life, I have
been profoundly impressed by the depth of spirituality, desire
and passion that many of the women seeking religious life
demonstrate during our encounters. This ministry also calls
me to be the public face of the Sisters of St. Joseph in a variety
of forums, such as school presentations, parish programs, high
school and college retreat opportunities as well as one-to-one
encounters. Persons inquire about one or more sisters who
“made a difference” in their lives. The impact of those who
have gone before us is still felt by many today. I also have the
opportunity to represent our province by networking with
local, province, congregation and federation level cohort groups.
There is a powerful, positive energy among the members of
my cohort groups about future membership in religious life. I
share this only to reiterate that hopefulness about the future of
religious life is “out there.”
Though demographics and other data may look like religious
life is coming to an end, to me and to those I am in relationship
with, religious life is evolving into something new and has
a place in the future. It is very evident that young adults are
considering religious life and they believe it is a viable option
for them, but there seems to be a hesitation, not only on their
part but also on ours as to what we are inviting them to at this
time. Throughout these five years, it has become more and
more clear to me that we need to rethink how vocation and
formation ministry needs to be structured so that the ministry
demonstrates an awareness of the generational and cultural

trends within emerging populations of young adults. Change is
inevitable as it has been throughout our history.
To this point, many of my cohorts from other congregations
have described how they have designed new structures, which
engaged more vowed members to be a part of the many aspects
of vocation and formation ministry. These cohorts and their
congregation’s leadership have encouraged membership to
familiarize themselves with the developing trends within the
church populations and among young adults. Like our Chapter
Calls to Action, members of these congregations, as well as
our own, remind us of “the hunger for spirituality, a sense
of belonging, and a commitment to justice” that is prevalent
in the hearts of many today. Pope Francis also invites—in
fact, challenges—consecrated women and men to commit
themselves more authentically to welcoming the emerging
young and multicultural church to respond to their baptismal
call.
Just recently, I had the joy of participating in a workshop
with the vocation ministers of Region 9’s National Religious
Vocation Conference. A portion of this workshop consisted
of a panel of millennials sharing what they think about
consecrated life and how they would suggest this specific life
choice be promoted. The panel described themselves as follows:
“We are global thinkers. Our communication style is technologically
advanced. We seek to be heard, understood and related to in a way
that is mutual. Lifetime commitment is scary to us as it has not
been a part of our experience. We see authentic consecrated life as
an option because it seems to consist of risk takers—is countercultural and demonstrates radical gospel living which is attractive
to us.” I ask myself how I would describe my consecrated life. I
would also ask myself are we ready for this generation and for
those yet to come?
Where is all of this taking us? What’s next for us as we ponder
our experiences and reflect on our Chapter Calls to Action?
The Province Leadership liaisons to the Vocation/Formation
Team are designing a Dream/Think-Tank Weekend for
Vocation/Formation Ministry. It is their intention to invite
vowed members to enter into a discernment process around
vocation/formation topics. The goal of this process will be to
generate the “something new” that is emerging among us as
we respond to the evolving vocation/formation needs of the
province and possibly our congregation and federation as well.
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Congregation News
African-American CSJs Gather in St. Louis
Year of Consecrated Life
by Sister Barbara Moore

Last October, a group of Sisters of St.
Joseph of African-American descent
met in St. Louis at the Motherhouse to
pray, to share stories and to imagine the
future. Sisters Angela Faustina (LA),
Sharon Howell (SP), Ingrid HonoréLallande (LA), Mary Clementine
Lynch (A), Barbara Moore (SL) and
Gail Trippett (SL) agreed to share
reflections with us throughout the year.
To look to the past with gratitude, to
live the present with passion and to
embrace the future with hope.
The contributions of past religious are
countless. In America alone, Catholic
schools, hospitals, universities,
shelters, innovative programs for the
under-served and more would be
scarce, if non-existent, without the
human power of religious and clergy.

Back Row: Sisters Angela Faustina (LA), Gail Trippett (SL), Sharon Howell (SP).
Front Row: Sisters Barbara Moore (SL), Ingrid Honore-Lallande (LA),
Clementine Lynch (A).

There was a fire for living the faith that had no room for
passivity. Each moment was dedicated to focusing on
hearing the Word, doing the Word and reflecting on the
Word. Constantly tapping into the Holy Spirit yielded the
Spirit answering the questions of the faithful with ways to
be the hands of God.
We celebrate with gratitude the legacy of hope and grace
that healed, helped and led many to love God. We are also
graced with the eyes of history to look back and see how
God called us to more.
This early history of “goodness” followed the norms of
society and did not include the hands of some of God’s
children. History helps us to realize that we must be ever
diligent to be aware of and understand cultural norms of
time and place; to guard against allowing culture to guide us
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Thankfully, as God matured our society through the voices
and lost lives of many people of color, religious life opened
its doors to embrace its brothers and sisters of color. Our
journey together has not gone beyond the tip of the iceberg
of grace. Traditionally, the first 50 years of any change is only
the introductory stage. This “getting to know you stage” can
bloom into the productive years of change as we continue to
engage in honest dialogue around what keeps us separate.
The goal of the productive stage is not only to live together
peacefully, but to embrace the new ground God desires
where true unity is achieved. Unity comes when all are
seen as equals with equal contribution and equal voice. The
validity of our voices can lead us to accomplish goals and to
walk in new directions not previously explored.
Pope Francis is calling us to live the present with passion
and joy. Our current situation includes old challenges that
can diffuse passion and diminish joy.
On November 10, 2014, Moral Theologian Fr. Bryan
Massingale gave an excellent presentation on racism in our

culture at Fontbonne University in St. Louis. The topic of
racism raises pangs of conscience, turmoil of anticipated
criticism and shame in most instances. I pray for the day
when we can look at the topic with the fresh eyes of faith.
Faith can fuel our passion and serve as a medium to learn
how we can arrive at a new vision for a future with the
promise of true unity and real joy.
An old adage based on British Parliamentarian Edmund
Burke’s words warn, “If you do not know your history, you
are doomed to repeat it.” In this Year of Consecrated Life, it
is important to look at all that hinders us from encouraging
vocational calls to any person in an area we serve. To find joy
in encouraging vocational calls for all who have ears to hear
and eyes to see to religious life.
God has a lot of work yet to be completed. God requires
all hearts, hands and voices working in unison with unique
perspectives to accomplish what is needed for these times.
My challenge to us as, Sisters of St. Joseph, is to engage in
honest dialogues around what is needed to create an inviting
culture for all races in religious life: to include greater
inclusion strategies into strategic plans, to add benchmark
points that track actual implementation of the goals, and to
invite outside voices into our circles to reflect how we are
perceived.
As we breathe new life into our consecrated call, may a new
generation of called individuals surface. Let us embrace hope
for the future by searching for the kindling that will be the
fire to light the way for countless vocations that are waiting
to be inspired and encouraged by our walk.
• What are we willing to give up to create something new
for our common “bond fire”? As we envision this bond
fire, may we always stoke the flames with the vision
of hands of many colors contributing to the fire of
consecrated life.

• Are we willing to live our common life in an uncommon
way to make room for more hands to serve a new
generation in need?
• What are we willing to do differently that will open the
door to someone who normally passes by our door?

God is breathing new life into our sacred call. May we
respond to Pope Francis’ call to reflect with the zeal ignited
by God’s personal invitation to each one of us. Allow that
zeal to include hearing ways to invite persons from all walks
of life into this sacred vocation.
Our African-American CSJs lived different experiences
“hearing” the call to religious life.
S. Ingrid Honore-Lallande (LA) used to attempt swinging
high enough on her swing set to look over the convent walls
to see what the sisters were doing. She didn’t get a personal
invitation from a sister to enter religious life, but God used
the swings and a burning desire to nurture a vocation.
S. Barbara Moore (SL) was baptized in another faith
tradition as a child. A personal invitation from a sister led to
over 59 years of service as a Sister of St. Joseph.
S. Clementine Lynch’s (A) vocation was nurtured during an
eighth-grade retreat when the retreat master asked her to
consider religious life.
The common truth among us is that an invitation serves as
the voice of God to a woman drawn to religious life.
During this Year of Consecrated Life, we are asked to
consider the relevance of our current ministries to the needs
of the world. As we review ministries, practices, and ways
of engaging a new generation of dedicated sisters, let us
consider walking in new circles and communities to find our
new voices.
Allow the Holy Spirit to guide you down new paths by
creating opportunities like:

• Gathering people from various cultures to pray together
during the Year of Consecrated Life. Invite the people
we minister with to our CSJ community prayer and
celebration.
• Exploring prayer using the traditions of different ethnic
groups every time you gather for prayer this year.
• Reading literature of authors from different cultural
traditions and share your insights with others.
Come Holy Spirit! The future of the Kingdom depends
upon what we do today.
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Association

Back row: Peggy Baker (St. Louis Associate Board Chair); Dianne Nelson, LA; S. Sally Harper Peru (for Chile); Kileen Stone, A;
S. Mary McKay, CLT Liaison; Pua Okamura, Hawaii. Front Row: Marge Mangan, A; Dottie Purdy, Hawaii; Joan Pauly Schneider, SP;
Mary Kaye Medinger, SP; Peggy Maguire, STL.

Carondelet Hosts Congregational ACOF Directors
by Associate Peggy Maguire

Directors of Association from throughout the congregation
gathered in St. Louis from April 9-12 for their annual
meeting with one another and our Congregational Liaison
Sister Mary McKay. As always, we rejoiced and reconnected
with our colleagues from Albany, Los Angeles, St. Louis and
St. Paul and welcomed back our Ohana from Hawaii whom
we had missed the last few years. Although the Familia de
San Jose from Chile was not physically present with us this
year, they were certainly present in spirit in Sister Sally
Harper from Peru who, along with Sister Peggy Murphy,
is relating to the Familia. We also received messages from
them through S. Sally. St. Louis Associate Leadership Board
Chair A. Peggy Baker also joined us for our meetings.

• In response to the Congregational Call to Action “Living
the CSJ Charism”:

Our agenda each day was a full one and we all agreed that
we were praying, discussing, planning with issues that would
move us into the future, not only in our individual units but
as a congregation.

• In response to the Congregational Call to Action
“Claiming Our Oneness”:

As always, we began by sharing materials and what is
happening in each of our units and how we are responding
to the Congregational Chapter.
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º We worked with the issues of associate identity and
commitment, looking at how our units’ documents
define associate identity, our commonalities and
differences and how we live out the charism and
mission. We also designed a process that will be used
in each unit to identify our commonalities. There are
presently 823 ACOF in the congregation.
º We worked with issues of associate leadership
sustainability and associate financial sustainability
and are pursuing the possibility of a grant to help us
address these issues congregationally.

º We began to plan for the possibility of a summer
2017 Congregational Associate Assembly.
º We support the concept of an Online Legacy Resource
Center and made suggestions as to possible materials to
be included.

• In response to the Congregational Call to Action:
“Communion with the Earth Community”:
º We shared how each unit was living out our
commitment to ask in every deliberation: “How does
this decision or action impact the earth community?”
Other discussions centered around topics of various levels
of association and their expectations; agregees; how we
relate as regions, provinces, congregation and federation;
the Federation Event in 2016; and an Order of the House
regarding our meetings. We all agreed this was a “meaty” and
productive meeting and we look forward to continuing to
work together at our October 2015 meeting in St. Paul.
And, yes, of course, we did pray and play as well as work.
Each unit prepared prayer which we used throughout our
meetings. Late Saturday afternoon, we had a wonderful

tour of the Cathedral Basilica arranged for us by S. Pat
Donnelly, celebrated Eucharist there and then enjoyed
dinner at GrbIc’s Bosnian Restaurant. Our new Co-Director
Kay Komotos was able to join us for the tour and dinner
and spend time with her new colleagues-to-be. As always,
our drivers to and from the airport were accommodating
and gracious and our motherhouse won rave reviews for the
food, housekeeping and hospitality. S. Linda Markway made
sure that we enjoyed “A Taste of St. Louis” each evening with
Gus’ Pretzels, Gooey Butter Cake, Ted Drewe’s Concretes
and Fitz’s Root Beer.
How blessed we are to be ACOF (associates, consociates,
Ohana, Familia de San Jose) and to share the charism of
loving unity and the mission of Jesus with one another and
the Sisters of St Joseph of Carondelet.

Our new associate candidates in Gulu—Elizabeth Lalam Okello, Santa Rita Okot and Komakech Richard—meet in an associate
formation session with Sisters Marion Weinzapfel and Jo Ann Geary. A fourth associate candidate, Kerongo Charles,
was unable to be present for that session. Please keep our Gulu associate candidates in your prayer.
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CSJ News
Interfaith Labor Workers’ Memorial
by Sister Kate Filla

Invited to bless the bread at the May 3 Interfaith Labor
Workers’ Memorial prayer service, Sister Maryellen Tierney
and I knew it was right that the Sisters of St. Joseph be
represented.
The theme of the day was Mourn for the Dead and Fight for
the Living. This was the 36th Annual Robert O. Kortkamp
Memorial Union Labor Mass and is sponsored by the St.
Louis Building and Construction Trades Council and the
Greater St. Louis Labor Council.
Robert O. Kortkamp was secretary-treasurer emeritus of the
St. Louis Labor Council, AFL-CIO. He devoted his life to
the labor movement.
A life-long machinist with District 9, Local Lodge 1345,
Kortkamp served as Labor Liaison at the United Way of
Greater St. Louis.
He was a key campaigner in the defeat of the 1978 Right
to Work (for Less) proposition. The Annual Union Labor
Mass was important to him and he reminded union
members of the need to support the beautiful Shrine of St.
Joseph which had been renovated by many union craftsmen.
Before Mass, a prayer service in the courtyard of the Shrine
of St. Joseph began with the acknowledgement of the 45th
anniversary of the passage of OSHA (Federal Occupational
Safety and Health Act) on April 28, 1970.
The fact is that on an average day, 150 workers lose their
lives as a result of workplace injuries and occupational
diseases. We remembered specifically three local men who
died on the job within the last year. In addition, we were
called to help ensure a safe and healthy work environment
for all workers.
Next, bread was blessed to be distributed to all following the
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S. Kate blesses the bread given to everyone after Mass.

this blessing, symbol of our unity, interconnectedness and
the sanctity of labor.
We processed into church for the liturgy, celebrated by Friar
Ed Mundwiller, OFM. Members of various labor groups
participated.
Brunch at Maggie O’Brien’s rounded out the morning.
Depicted in brick and stone on the wall of the banquet hall
were tools of the building trade. St. Joseph was there.

Spiritual Direction
It’s Pentecost Time!
by Sister Pat Quinn

When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in
one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a
noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house
in which they were...And they were all filled with the Holy
Spirit...there were devout (persons) from every nation under
heaven...but they were confused because each one heard
them speaking in his/her own language. (Acts 2: 1-4)
From Tuesday evening, April 14 until Friday noon, April
17, Sisters Paul Bernadette Bounk, Marianne Keena, Linda
Straub and I participated in the Conference of the Spiritual
Directors International (SDI) in Louisville, Kentucky. From
the beginning until the end we, too, had an experience of
Pentecost similar to the disciples on that first Pentecost
so long ago. There were over 500 women and men from
all over the world who are involved in various and creative
forms of spiritual direction/companioning. We combined
languages, religions, cultures from across the globe as we sat,
sang, danced, discussed, played, prayed, listened, loved. Each
received according to need; each gave according to gifts.
Key to the conference was the recognition of two important
anniversaries: the 25th anniversary of the founding of
SDI (Spiritual Directors International) and the 100th
anniversary of the birth of Thomas Merton. We were invited

to make the trek to 4th and Muhammad Ali Street in the
heart of Louisville where Merton had his Epiphany wherein
he suddenly became aware of the truth that all the people he
was seeing on the streets before him were, truly, his brothers
and sisters. This “Pentecost” had a profound effect on him
for the rest of his life.
How has our attendance at this conference affected us
as individuals and CSJs? Many of you know that several
months ago, a decision was made to renovate the second
floors in both the Ministry Center and the Carriage House
in order to create rooms that will be used for spiritual
direction/companioning. It is a hope and a real possibility
that by creating space for spiritual direction here on the
grounds of our motherhouse, this ministry may grow. There
are already several of our sisters who provide spiritual
direction here in St. Louis and elsewhere.
How about you? Are you engaged in a form of spiritual
companioning with others? Do you see yourself moving in
that direction? Have you thought of getting professionally
prepared to do so? There is definitely a great need for such
ministry in our world. This truth was brought home to us in
prayer, presentations and the people present throughout the
conference.
What is next? If you are engaged in spiritual direction/
companioning at present and are willing to have your name
listed in our next directory as one who provides spiritual
direction/companioning, send your name to S. Linda
Straub. Also, if you would see yourself as possibly becoming
a director in the future, please send your name to S. Linda
as well.
We are extending an invitation to those who are involved
in or interested in this as a ministry to join together for
lunch on Friday, July 31 during our Assembly at St. Joseph
Academy.

Sisters Pat Quinn, Linda Straub and Marianne Keena pose by the
Thomas Merton sign.

I leave you with a quotation that was shared with all at the
conference: I am not an accidental tourist (in this life); I am
an intentional pilgrim.

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2015

Jubilee

The Reception of 1955 celebrated their 60th jubilee with family, friends and the CSJ community on May 2 at the Carondelet
Motherhouse. Pictured, in the back row from left to right, are Sisters Marilyn Peot, Jane Kelly, Ruth Stuckel and Catherine Ann
Schuermann. Middle Row: Sisters Mary Joan Dacey, Joan Lacey, Elizabeth Conrad, Joan Tolle and Mary Christopher Brockman.
Front Row: Sisters Ann Schorfheide, Frances Dillman, Sharon Jones, Sarah Mitra and Mary Ellen Jones.

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Honorary Contributions

The names listed are those who made contributions in honor of the 2015 jubilarians.
S. Marie Damien Adams
A. Carrie A. Arnold
Mr. and Mrs. August A. Baechle
A. Kathleen Barnes
S. Mary Louise Basler
Bill Bone and Nan Bone, CSJA
A. Nancy J. Broach
A. Diane Calcaterra
Associates David E. Cassens and Patricia Cassens
A. Santa M. Cuddihee
A. Ann DeMaria
S. Francis Regis Feise
S. Rita Flaherty
Associates William G. and Doris Frede
S. Suzanne Giblin
A. Carolyn Henry

S. Joan Kaucher
A. Marilyn F. Konce
A. Jeremy Lillig
A. Janet M. Linck
A. Peggy M. Maguire
Associates Roland and Marie Martir
Bernard Meyer and Barbara Meyer, CSJA
A. Cathy Modde
A. Antoinette O’Connell
S. Mary Catherine O’Gorman
S. Jean Paul Selissen
St. Therese Convent: Sisters Ann Landers, Joan Tolle,
Gabrielle Smits, Martha Niemann and Rose McLarney
S. Barbara Louise Volk
Jack Wyatt and Carlin Wyatt, CSJA
S. Teresa John Zilch

Thank You
From S. Joan Lacey: Thank you for your cards and
remembrances for my 60th Jubilee and for the many
gifts of the celebration of Mass for my intentions. Your
donations to the Development Fund and CSJ Ministries
continues our CSJ service to the dear neighbor.
From S. Joan Tolle: Thank you very much for all your
prayers, donations, cards, gifts and loving presence for my
jubilee. It was a wonderful celebration. May God bless
you.
Sisters Joan Tolle, Sharon Jones and Joan Lacey share a
joyful moment before the procession.
Pictured on page 18:
Left: Rev. Check Tobin, of Belton, Missouri, officiates the
celebration Mass.
Right: Sisters Sarah Ann Mitra and Mary Joan Dacey are
congratulated by Associate Sue Allender (center) who has
worked in the motherhouse’s housekeeping department for
more than 30 years.

From Sisters Christopher Brockman and
Laura Gruber: We want to thank you for your many
cards and beautiful notes for our jubilees. We thank God
for each one of you!
From S. Ruth Stuckel: CSJ jubilee celebrations surely
confirm our appreciation and care for one another. What
a blessing it is to belong! Thank you for your presence,
special gifts and good wishes.

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Carondelet Chronicles
Sister Jean Paul Selissen: An Unlikely Accountant
by Madeleine Reilly, data coordinator

Sister Jean Paul thought her life’s work
would be in education, especially religious
education. As the saying goes, if you want to
make God laugh, tell him your plans.
The need arose for help in the Finance
Department due to the complicated growth
of finance work. S. Jean, who believes one
of her greatest gifts is organization, applied
to help. She was interviewed, accepted for
the position and began work in the Finance
Department in February 1993. Having no
“official” accounting background, she began by learning the
ins and outs of the central checking system, which was the
accounting system for the local houses. S. Jean believes this
was her greatest accomplishment. “Many sisters have had
a fear of having to deal with finances in their local units.
I believe my greatest accomplishment was to bring an
approachable, friendly face to lessen the fear of dealing with
finances.”
She was proactive in researching Social Security benefits
for sisters who were not receiving them because they were
elderly when the CSJs first bought into the system. She was
also proactive in working on benefits for qualified Medicare
beneficiaries and was able to enroll many sisters. The last
daunting project she undertook was Medicare D. The
mounds of paperwork involved did not sway her from the
task of enrollment for the CSJ sisters.

While she didn’t think she would have stayed
this long in finance, the position “kept on
evolving.” S. Jean says, “Lots of things have
occurred since I started.” She says the greatest
change was the exponential growth of the
computer. So much paperwork was originally
needed to generate reports and reconciling
accounts. The accounting process has been
streamlined by the unfathomable amounts
of information stored and easily accessed for
reporting purposes.
In her remaining days in the Finance Department, she
returned to teaching—teaching others to do the skills she
developed beginning in 1993.
What’s next for S. Jean Paul? She says, “Everyone wants to
know that!” In the immediate future she will be working
on projects for herself and at her house. She plans on
spending time with her family. She will take her exceptional
organizational skills with her as she begins to follow the
calling that is leading her to something connected with the
immigration problem; mentoring, tutoring or perhaps some
sort of advocacy work.
None of her co-workers in finance will be surprised.
As S. Jean says, “They pretty much know all about me.”
And when asked what she will miss most when she leaves
finance? Her reply: “That’s easy. The people.”

Pictured: Photos from S. Jean Paul’s retirement party on April 21 in the motherhouse dining room.
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Linger Over Breakfast: May 9
Sister Paul Bernadette Bounk presents
“Come and See Your Brothers and Sisters”
Reviewed by Sister Kate Filla

Many grew up with the story of creation from the Book
of Genesis in which humans are given dominance over the
natural world. But creation stories from native peoples tell it
differently, like the raven who flew into the sun and the mud
packed onto the back of the turtle. Our growing awareness
of ourselves in relationship to nature is opening up so that
we can begin seeing ourselves as gardeners, caregivers,
nurturers, mystics, poets and lovers of all things. We can
release the view of humanity as lords of the earth.

At the May 9 Linger Over Breakfast event in St. Louis,
Sister Paul Bernadette Bounk reminded us of the rite of
Ash Wednesday when the cross of ashes is placed on our
foreheads: “Remember you are dust and unto dust you
shall return.” The rite calls our attention to our intimate
connection with earth. We are a part of all life. There is
no separation. We are one in the Cosmic Family, one with
everything that is. And as we are attentive to the natural
world, we open ourselves to the Divine that animates and
sustains the web of life. Quoting Thomas Berry, S. Paul
Bernadette reminded us that every event in the natural
world is a mystical moment. Or as Teilhard de Chardin
might put it: “The world is, in truth, a holy place.”
We were reminded that in the calendars of both the Church
and nature, this is the time of Resurrection. In the Gospel
stories, the disciples were shown seeking the comfort of
the natural world after Jesus’ resurrection. In John’s story,
they went to the sea while Luke places them in a village, a
small quiet place away from the city. In Mark’s retelling, the
disciples are on the way to the country. And in Matthew,
they go to the mountains. They went back to nature to
reflect on what was happening within and around them.

Perhaps we can recall the Canticle of the Sun by St. Francis of
Assisi. All things praise God and speak to us of the Divine.
Wind, sun, stars, fire, air, weather—all are our brothers
and sisters. We, with them, praise God. S. Paul Bernadette
challenged us to go into the world of animals and plants
with reverence so that we may learn there who we are in this
wonderful web of life. It is there that we deepen our sense of
communion and understanding of the divine.
There is a growing consciousness of our interdependence
with all of life. In words attributed to Chief Seattle:
This we know. The earth does not belong to us, we belong to
the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites
us all. We did not weave the web of life. We are merely
strands in it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.

CARONDELET COMMUNITY BETTERMENT FOUNDATION’S

Concerts in the Park

Join the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet as we sponsor
the concert featuring Miss Jubilee & the Humdingers.

Sunday, August 9
5:30 p.m. • Carondelet Park
For a listing of this year’s concerts, visit carondeletliving.com.

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Liturgy
Liturgy Calendar
June
3
10
11
17
24

Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m.
Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m.
Come Catch the Fire 8 p.m.
Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m.
Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m.

July
12-17 Opening Our Heritage Retreat

Rest in Peace
March
23 Barbara Breheny, mother of
A. Hannah Breheny
April
12 Bob Schorman, brother of
S. Mary Annette Schorman
21 Generose Kleffner, sister-in-law of
S. Monica Kleffner
22 Fr. Bill Kottenstette, brother of
Srs. Maureen and Mary Kay
Kottenstette
23 Lloyd Eggleston, brother of
S. Kathleen Eggleston
24 S. Rosemarie Carroll (LA)

Source and Summit

by Associate Mary Kay Christian, liturgist
Spring filled the chapel with
music and celebration with
concerts by Earth Mama on
April 17 and the Missouri
Choral Society for an on April
25.
We also celebrated with our
60th Jubilarians on May 2
(see page 14 for pictures).
And, we continued prayer and
celebration in our chapel with
the second and third sisters’
retreats.

Earth Mama, Joyce Johnson Rouse

On May 23 the chapel was
a place of both sorrow and
rejoicing. The funeral of
Sister Helen Rottier began
our day. We closed the day
with a celebration of the
beatification of Archbishop
Oscar Romero in collaboration
with the Archdiocesan Office
of Hispanic Ministry, the St.
Louis Office for the Catholic
Campaign for Human
Development, Latinos en
Axion STL and the Interfaith
Committee on Latin America.
Coming soon...visit
www.csjsl.org for the Romero Romero bust
event video. (Look in the CSJ
Messages for the link.)

25 Bea Ambs, mother of A. Tracy Brown
May
1 Mark Spalding, brother of S. Joan
Spalding
13 Dan Kipping, brother-in-law of
S. Paula Patrice Michaud
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Ministry Change
Ruth Butler, CSJ
Prayer and Witness
Nazareth Living Center
St. Louis, Missouri

MCRI
Spring 2015 Report

by Sister Barbara Jennings, MCRI coordinator
The earth is not an inheritance that we
receive from our parents, but a loan that
our children give to us, in order that we
safeguard it and make it flourish and return
it to them. Pope Francis
MCRI and ICCR, through their annual
spring shareholder meetings, brought
many thought-provoking statements
and questions to Monsanto, Arch Coal,
Ameren, Boeing and Peabody Coal. Here
is a simple summary of our statements
and the responses of these companies.
Monsanto: 300 attendees
Monsanto signed the UN CEO Water
Mandate, committing the company to
self-disclosure on direct operations,
supply chain, watershed management,
public policy, community engagement
and collective action with other
corporations, indigenous peoples and
NGO’s. The company has committed
to reducing water consumption 25%
by 2020. Though Monsanto has made
great strides to respect and protect our
water resources, MCRI will continue to
question and press for change on all the
major challenges.
Ameren: 200 attendees
Coal-fired electricity plants use millions
of gallons of water per day, up to 48%
of all fresh surface water in the United
States. Ameren operates four plants
with no limits on high-temperature
thermal releases into the waterways
or recent updates on water savings
and quality controls. We continue to
ask that Ameren analyze the benefits
of requiring its key supplier data into
Ameren’s water risk, e.g., coal mining
water consumption (1% of all surface
and groundwater). MCRI/ICCR asks
and expects more transparent answers
on the above with the 2014 Corporate

Responsibility Report. MCRI also asked
for more information at the next meeting
regarding the advertised free, five-week
training program for line worker jobs at
Ameren. MCRI expressed a desire and
hope that subsequent training sessions
could be formed in the field of solar jobs
at the O’Fallon or the new Montgomery
County facilities.

fresh surface water. China and India
are realizing the environmental and
financial costs of coal and water and are
developing renewables as well as coal. We
are expecting Peabody’s report at the end
of May on their measurements of water
withdrawal, aquifers affected (Power
River Basin), total volume recycled and
reused, etc.

Arch Coal: 200 attendees
The company has improved the activities
water pollution management and
recycling metals, even as they close mines
in Appalachia. MCRI/ICCR realize the
many difficulties coal companies face:
banks limiting financing of mines and
coal-fired plants; strong opposition from
landowners and conservation groups;
and rail lines facing intense scrutiny.
Given these difficulties with coal mining,
we asked Arch Coal if they are willing to
disclose clean energy investments with
shareholders.

Peabody is also subject to the same
obstacles as Arch Coal: banks backing
away from financing mines and plants;
protests at rail sites and export terminals;
and states now requiring more stringent
Environmental Impact Statements for
ports in the Northwest.

Boeing: 300 attendees
The company has a stronger
commitment to human rights in its
supply chain and to fuller disclosure
based on the UN International Labor
Organization Principles, e.g., child labor,
wage withholding, unsafe buildings,
harassments, rights of assembly and
lack of adequate grievance mechanisms.
How well does Boeing know its supply
chain in the 47 countries it deals with?
If Boeing would award 15 suppliers with
best human right practices, what would
that look like? Boeing appreciates this
dialogue with MCRI/ICCR and is doing
the work to improve their supply chain
as well as to disclose more information.
Peabody Energy: 300 attendees
Coal mining uses four billion gallons
of water per day—87% of that is

Coal is not cheap for our water and air.
Carbon Capture Sequestration is held
out by coal companies as the savior of
climate change. It is extremely extensive
and not marketable for at least 10 years.
It consumes even more precious water
than conventional coal-fired plants
and will be paid for by “public-private
partnerships”(taxes and electricity rates).
Please continue to keep MCRI/ICCR in
your prayers. If you wish to delve further,
go to any of the corporation websites
and read their latest Corporate Social
Responsibility Reports. Read beyond the
pretty pictures to discern the facts and
third-party verification, if any. (European
countries and others are demanding
verification audits on much of this
reporting.)
Our focus for our propositions and
actions continues to revolve around the
way corporations can save the valuable
resource of water and the detailed
changes needed to protect this resource.
We welcome emails at
[email protected].
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Sharing of the Heart
On Becoming Who We Are
by Sister Jean Iadevito

I have no illusions about adding to sophisticated theological thinking, but I think there are a ton of people out
there who are what you might call unbelieving believers, people whose consciousness is completely modern
and yet have this strong spiritual hunger in them, I would like to say something helpful to those people.
~Christian Wiman
When I first began reading On Becoming Who We Are:
Passionate Musings in the Winter of Life by S. Barbara Fiand,
SNDdeN, I thought: Wow! My brain has journeyed around
these concepts and questioned quite a few things, and I’m
a believer! I guess I have a mind that likes pushing the
envelope. Or, maybe, it’s the artist brain that knows there
are always new possibilities waiting to be discovered—new
creations somewhere in the upper left corner of the universe.
One of the gifts of being back in St. Louis is that my brother
closest to me in age comes to visit a couple of times a week.
We never seem to lack for conversation. Often, we push
the envelope in two different directions: he is much more
conservative and I’m much more liberal. Sometimes, we even
agree on some middle ground.
After reading the “musings” of S. Barbara, I’m left with
wishing we could have more conversations in the Church
around various topics. We often seem to fall into “dogma”
rather than seeing truth as an ever evolving and growing
entity. In the words of S. Barbara, it is “the transformation of
consciousness that is opening up for humanity during this
time in history.”
I particularly appreciate her ability to look at those “idols”
that we never seem to want to question or to look at with
new eyes. One of the interesting concepts that she puts forth
is the idol of permanence—indelible marks, perpetual vows,
a priesthood forever, unchanging declarations of dogmatic
certitudes, and the indissoluble bonds of marriage.
We hold on to the Hellenic thought that truth is to be
interpreted in the same way forever. “And we declare
dogmas and doctrines to solidify our explanations of the
Christian mysteries for all times, forbidding any questions or
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Another concept forwarded by the author is that all God
language is metaphor. “It points to the Yes and also always
holds it in tension with the No of whatever it is describing.”
She quotes one of my favorite poets: Rainer Maria Rilke.
You darkness whence I came,
I love you more than the flame
that surrounds the world,
since she can illumine
any one circle with her light
outside of which no one can know her.
But the darkness draws all to herself:
shapes and flames, animals and me,
how quickly she gathers
mortals and might—
And I can sense a powerful presence
surrounding me.
I believe in the night.
At the end of every chapter, S. Barbara includes a section
entitled, “Thoughts and Questions for Meditation.” The
“what if ” questions to which I keep returning relate to how
well am I able to hold things in tension and how well can I
hold together the joy of the light and the fear of the dark.
The author asks: “What if the ecstasy is, in fact, in the
journey, in the questing, in the search for a ‘better dawn?’
What if at times that which can appear as desolation is really
the hidden grace of holy Presence?”

Archives
Meeting Our Ancestors
Profile of an Early Sister Who Died
in the Month of May
Sister M. Adelina Whealan
Sister M. Adelina Whealen died at our House of Retreat,
Nazareth, Missouri, on May 8, 1917, in the 56th year of her
age, and the 35th of her religious life.
Almost the entire religious life of our dear Sister Adelina
was spent in caring for the afflicted portion of Christ's flock,
the deaf mutes. Unswerving fidelity characterized every daily
duty discharged for these dear children whom she loved
with all the tenderness of a mother. Untiring the zeal and
unselfish the heart to work effectively in such a charitable
field, but all these virtues and many more eminent qualities
were found in Sister Adelina. Whether preparing her
pupils for public exhibition, wherein they would manifest
the careful and efficient training of a Catholic school, or
performing the humblest offices for them in the retirement
of the Convent, the same lofty motives ever actuated her,
God and souls. For some years, ill health incapacitated her

for the beloved work of her life, but the respite was well
employed in preparing for the long eternal day wherein her
spirit will praise her God forevermore. [From the Necrology
Book]
Sister Mary Adelina Whealen (Ellen) was born in St. Louis
in 1861 to Ellen Ryan and John Whealen. She entered in
Carondelet on August 15, 1882, was received on December
21, 1882, and made her vows on December 21, 1884. Sister
studied Deaf Education in Buffalo, New York and began
teaching deaf girls at Our Lady of Good Counsel Convent from
1885 until 1890. She then taught the deaf boys at Longwood
from 1890 until 1911. When the deaf students moved to St.
Joseph Institute on Garrison Avenue in St. Louis, Sister Adelina
taught them from 1911 until 1914. She went to Nazareth
Convent in 1914 and died there in 1917 of tuberculosis. She is
buried in Resurrection Cemetery, Row 1 Grave 2.

Longwood School for
deaf boys on Broadway,
not far from Carondelet,
was the summer
retreat of Winfield
Scott Hancock, a Union
General in the Civil
War. He was seriously
wounded at Gettysburg.
Longwood was used
by the deaf boys from
1890-1912 when the
sisters sold it to H. C.
Gillick who opened
Gillick’s Longwood
Subdivision the
following year.
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The Hand of God Shall Hold You

Anne Clifford, CSJA

March 10, 1937 - March 11, 2015
A loving model of service in action, advocate
for community and family dedicated
“I have fought the good fight. I have
finished the race. I have kept the faith.”
2 Timothy 4:7
Anne Marie Niemeier Clifford was
born to pharmacist father Russe T.
Niemeier and mother Antoinette
Grover Niemeier March 10, 1937 in
St. Louis. Anne was sister to older
brother Grover and younger sister
Susan. Anne was educated at Visitation
Academy and Fontbonne College.
Three virtues characterize Anne’s life:
hospitality, service and family.
Hospitality: Both Anne and husband
Tom were founding members of
CSJ Association and it was Anne’s
hospitality that nurtured the growth
of community. Love made it easy for
Anne.
As A. Peggy Maguire states:
In the early days of Association we
had no formed concept who or what
associates were or were to be, what
association was all about or what we
were supposed to do. We spent lots
of time praying about this, discussing
this, asking many questions of the
sisters and writing a number of
mission statements. This was often
confusing and frustrating and I
truly believe that the Cliffords’ gift
of hospitality is a major reason that
Association continued on from those
early days in 1974.
It was simply a need to gather in
community that was a mark of the
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Cliffords. Anne’s associate group
faithfully met every month. Even in
the last months of her life, she wanted
us to be there with her. Until the day
Anne died, all were welcomed in the
Clifford’s home with a good drink and
a delicious bowl of homemade soup.
The virtue of hospitality came easily to
the Cliffords.

SJA experience to bear, getting others
to move their feet slightly closer to
the real earth.” And finally how could
anyone doubt Anne’s spirituality as she
had a way of making it easy for family
members to attend Mass by bringing
Mass to her home, therefore making
prayer just a part of everyday life.
Service in action was her hallmark.

Service: Anne sometimes stated that
she did not know how to pray and was
afraid she would not get to heaven
because of this. But Anne’s prayer life
was one of lived service. How could
anyone overlook her fulfilling one
of S. John Marie Riley’s visions of
association? As first associates, Anne
and Tom along with Peggy Maguire,
S. Suzanne Giblin and Margaret
Kemner fulfilled this dream.

Family: As someone noted, “When
Anne met Tom, the light in her eyes
increased noticeably.” Family came
first for Anne and Tom. Each child,
and then grandchild, increased their
joy. As their son Peter stated at his
mom’s memorial Mass, “My mom
would always ask us the same question;
‘What’s the most important thing in
life?’ The answer was always family.”

The Clifford’s modeled service and
social justice to their children. How
could anyone overlook the thousands
of cans of corn collected for Fr. Bob
Gettinger? How could anyone forget
Anne’s devotion to her patroness, St.
Anne? Both she and Tom attended the
summer novena to St. Anne almost
every year of their lives. Anne modeled
service as a devoted college counselor
at St. Joseph Academy, looking to place
every student where she could best
flourish. She was personally known
throughout the counseling community
as one of the best. While serving
on Fontbonne’s board, one member
stated, “Anne was a wonderful voice
of reason and experience bringing her

Anyone who visited the Clifford
home would attest to this truth by the
number of pictures Anne displayed of
her family, especially of her cherished
grandchildren. Atop the mantel was
a beautiful large photo of the family’s
yearly gathering at Sanibel Island,
Florida. Each year the photo grew as
another beautiful grandchild was born.
Anne was not shy about bragging
to others about her family with her
favorite adjective “neat.” Indeed the
Cliffords are neat! Anne will be greatly
missed. She leaves a hole in our hearts
and in our CSJ Community, but we
rejoice that suffering has ended and she
is at peace.
Associate Santa Cuddihee

The Hand of God Shall Hold You

Sister Loretta Hennekes, CSJ
(S. John Bernard)
February 28, 1929 - April 6, 2015
A passionate champion for justice,
a joyful woman, a good friend
Loretta, youngest child of John and
Wilhemina Warnick Hennekes, was
born in St. Louis February 28, 1929.
She attended Corpus Christi Grade
School and Laboure High School.
After graduation from Laboure she
worked for two years before entering
the Sisters of St. Joseph on September
15, 1949. Loretta first heard of the
CSJs when her sister Mary’s friend,
Ann Judith McCormick, entered.
Later on, her parish priest, a friend of
S. Viola Mary Moore, suggested she
consider the Sisters of St. Joseph. She
received the habit and the name,
S. John Bernard, on March 19, 1950.
Her degree in history was from
Fontbonne.
S. Loretta taught elementary students
in Missouri for ten years (St. John &
James; St. Cecilia; St Edward; Holy
Name; St. Matthew the Apostle).
“I loved the people there…I loved
those students” was a comment made
repeatedly about the places she taught,
as well as, “I certainly enjoyed the
sisters I lived with.” A memory from
her first mission: a woman in the
parish whose son S. Loretta taught,
asked the two youngest sisters (walking
home from Mass in rank), if she could
show them the sights of Ferguson. She
and S. Marian Cowan happily got in
her car—a convertible—for a tour.
(Picture veils flying!) Although their
superior was waiting to speak to them
when they got back, they didn’t mind
too much!

From 1962-1980, S. Loretta taught
in various high schools: Little
Flower, Chicago, Illinois; Bergan,
Peoria, Illinois; St. Thomas Aquinas,
Florissant, Missouri; and St. Louis
Prep Seminary North, also in
Florissant. S. Loretta pursued her
master’s in modern European history at
St. Louis University. It was there that
she met S. Audrey Olson, also studying
for a master’s in history. That was the
beginning of a long friendship.

sesquicentennial year). She helped to
organize a march from the hotel to the
Arch grounds where a tree was to be
planted. Speaking at the Federation
Event was Dom Helder Camara, an
archbishop from Brazil, of whom she
commented, “I consider him a saint of
the age.” To her utter amazement and
delight, he wished to participate in the
march. At the Arch, S. Miriam Therese
Larkin spoke, as well as Robert Mueller
from the UN.

Life sometimes involved the
unexpected, like learning to drive
in Chicago. She was often put in
situations for which she had no
previous training such as directing a
Pom Pom group in Peoria; teaching six
classes of religion at Aquinas or at the
seminary; being costume director for
school plays; doing spiritual direction;
teaching religion (and being the only
woman on the staff ). “You can do it,
Sister,” people said—and she did.

After directing the Justice and Peace
Office in Evansville, Indiana, for a
year, S. Loretta returned to St. Louis
to be campus minister at St. Louis
University. From 1990-1996 she was
director of the Justice and Peace Office,
Green Bay, Wisconsin.
In 1996, following a sabbatical in
Dover, Massachusetts, she chose to
succeed her friend, S. Audrey Olson,
as coordinator of Association and
Partnership. She retired in 2002 to
do volunteer ministry. In her early
days of retirement, she and S. Audrey,
with whom she lived, went on road
trips when possible. Most memorable,
though, was a trip to England and
Scotland where she was thrilled to
walk in the places that she had taught
about in her classes.

In 1980 S. Loretta attended the Jesuit
School of Theology in Chicago. Then
her friend S. Audrey asked if she would
be interested in being director of the
Social Justice Office at Carondelet.
Already aroused by the injustices she
had seen in parishes and dioceses, as
well as the plight of many women and
children, she agreed.
One highlight from S. Loretta’s days as
social justice director happened during
the 1986 Federation Event (also our

In 2005, S. Loretta began to have
health problems and, in 2008, retired
to Nazareth.
S. Helen Oates
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The Hand of God Shall Hold You

Sister Cecilia Sullivan, CSJ
October 19, 1924 - April 9, 2015

A peaceful, gentle woman of prayerfulness,
joy and acceptance.

John and Sarah (Carroll) Sullivan of
Kansas City, Missouri, welcomed their
daughter Cecilia on October 19, 1924.
Cecilia had five sisters and one brother.
Three of the girls chose religious life.
Mary, an older sister, became S. Mary
Agnes, a Daughter of Charity. Her
sister Regina, later S. Emily Frances,
also entered the Sisters of St. Joseph.
After starting her second year of junior
college, Cecilia decided she was called
to religious life. She had BVM sisters
in grade and high schools but did not
feel attracted to them.
I entered the Sisters of St. Joseph
because [her cousin] Sister Cyril
Lynch used to come to visit and she
was always so cheerful and so full
of fun that when I wanted to enter
I said that I think I want to be a
Sister of…I didn’t know what order
she was…but I want to be like Sister
Cyril. So my mother said, ‘I think
they are at Assumption Convent, so
why don’t you go up there and talk to
the sisters?’
Cecilia entered the Sisters of St. Joseph
February 11, 1943, receiving the habit
and the name S. Regina Margaret
on August 15, 1943. She received
a bachelor’s degree in elementary
education from Fontbonne College in
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For 34 years, S. Cecilia ministered
in elementary education teaching
primary grades in these schools: St.
Louis, Englewood, Colorado (1945);
Our Lady of Presentation, St. Louis,
Missouri (1948); Sts. John & James,
Ferguson, Missouri (1953); Sacred
Heart, L’Anse, Michigan (1956);
Immaculate Conception, St. Joseph,
Missouri (1959); St. Bede, Chicago,
Illinois (1961); Cathedral of the
Immaculate Conception (1962) and
Our Lady of Perpetual Help (1963),
both in Kansas City, Missouri; St.
Louis, Waco, Texas (1972); and St
John the Evangelist, Valdosta, Georgia
(1977).
While S. Cecilia was in Waco,
Texas, she became interested in
the charismatic movement and,
when possible, actively continued
that interest in each subsequent
assignment. “It was a real gift to me.
It was a beautiful gift.” Describing the
spirituality she strove for she said,
“always accept things as they come,
accept them with joy and patience...”
In 1979, S. Cecilia became a pastoral
minister at St. Joseph Parish in Jesup,
Georgia. The following year, she went
to St. Rose of Lima in Houston, Texas,
where she was the director of ASAP
(After School Activities Program).

This program provided after school
supervision of homework as well as
play time and snacks—a safe place for
children whose parents worked.
She remained at St. Rose until 1986
when she asked for a sabbatical.
After a short sabbatical at the Oblate
School of Theology in San Antonio
and some time at the Benedictine
Monastery in Pecos, New Mexico,
S. Cecilia became a pastoral associate at
St. Monica Parish in Cameron, Texas,
in 1986.
S. Cecilia joined a sharing of the heart
group during the 1980s and remained
faithful to that group. When she could
no longer travel to meetings, the sisters
came to Nazareth to meet there.
In 1990, S. Cecilia returned to St.
Louis and took a position as parish
secretary at St. Luke the Evangelist
until 1993 when she became a tutor for
the children in the grade school.
In 2000 she retired to Nazareth Living
Center where she could be close to her
sister, S. Emily Frances.
S. Helen Oates

The Hand of God Shall Hold You

Sister Margaret Alice Daues, CSJ
February 5, 1928 - April 10, 2015

A delightful, welcoming, humble woman

February 5, 1928, Frederick and Alice
(Hutti) Daues of St. Louis, welcomed
their second child, who was baptized
Audrey Mary at St. Anthony’s Parish.
Audrey grew up in St. Stephen’s Parish
with her brothers Fred, Dan and Ken.
She attended elementary school there
and later, Ursuline Academy. Although
she intended to go to college, thoughts
of a religious vocation intruded. Drawn
by the example of her two aunts, Sisters
of St. Joseph Fabian and Florence Marie
Hutti, she decided to investigate that
community, thinking that she could
always leave if she didn’t like it.
Audrey entered the Sisters of St. Joseph
on September 15, 1945, receiving the
habit and the name S. Margaret Alice
on March 19, 1946. Initially studying
dietetics, she was requested to change to
home economics, receiving her degree
from Fontbonne College in St. Louis in
1961. 1n 1968 she received a master’s
in education administration from St.
Xavier College in Chicago and in 1983,
a doctorate in administration and church
and school leadership from Fordham
University in New York.
S. Margaret taught in elementary schools
for many years: St. Gregory, in St.
Ann, Missouri (1948); Sacred Heart,
Muskogee, Oklahoma (1950); Notre
Dame de Lourdes, Wellston (1951);
St. Francis de Sales, Denver (1953); St.
Philip Neri, St. Louis (1953); All Saints,
St. Louis (1954); St. Gregory, St. Ann
(1958); St. James, Denver (1959).

She became the principal at St. Cecilia
in Peoria, Illinois (1961) returning to St.
Roch in St. Louis (1967).
In 1968 she became principal of Little
Flower, Mobile, Alabama. Then
S. Margaret became superintendent
of schools for the Diocese of Mobile
(1973) and vicar for education (19791980). In 1980, S. Margaret received a
certificate from the mayor of Mobile for
her contributions to the civic community.
That same year she received the M.O.
Beale Scroll of Merit for outstanding
education achievements in the Mobile
Diocese from the Mobile Press Register.
In 1980 she began studies for her
doctorate at Fordham University
becoming a member of Phi Delta Kappa,
Fordham University Chapter NY.
Returning to the south (1983), she went
to Shreveport, Louisiana, serving as vicar
for education. From 1986-2003 she was
chancellor of the diocese. She was only
the fifth person in the country who was
not a priest to hold that office. She then
became director of mission effectiveness
for two years. The Diocese of Shreveport
recognized her service and contributions
with a diocesan medal in 1988.
It was in Shreveport that S. Margaret
worked with Bishop Friend, who indeed,
became a dear friend over the years.
Seeing firsthand the lack of education in
the faith, she devoted herself to working
with the bishop in setting up programs
to enable adults to learn about their faith
and receive training to better participate
actively in their parishes.

Living with S. Margaret Alice at Notre
Dame in Wellston in 1950s S. Teresa
Marie Eagan recalls:
This was a hard mission in many
ways and came at a difficult time for
Margaret as her mother had only
recently died very suddenly. Margaret
was trying very hard to be a rock of
support to the family as they were going
through this very difficult adjustment.
What I remember most was her sense
of humor during this period which
enabled us to endure all the problems
we were facing.
S. Mary Joyce Bringer remembers,
She was always interested in knowing
what was going on at Little Flower
in Mobile. She loved her work at the
school and she was respected by the
people. She always gave 100% in all
she did...”
In 2005, after 22 years in Shreveport, S.
Margaret retired in St. Louis, where she
continued to serve through volunteer
work for the community. She moved to
the Village at Nazareth in 2013.
She is remembered less for her
achievements than for how she treated
those persons she encountered in her
day-to-day existence with interest and
gentleness. She had a sense of humor and
was always ready to learn from books,
from people and from situations.
S. Helen Oates

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The Hand of God Shall Hold You

Sister George Antoinette
Vander Loop, CSJ
July 21, 1938 - April 20, 2015

Generous, caring, thoughtful, and hardworking
Elizabeth Ann was born in De Pere,
Wisconsin, July 21, 1938, the first
of nine children born to George and
Antoinette (Van Bogart) Vander Loop.
Her family moved from DePere to
a small community named Allouez
where they stayed for about eight or
nine years.
S. George Antoinette said:
And then in 1948 they moved to
a small farm in the town of Eaton,
about twenty miles out of Green Bay.
And at that time when we first went
out to see the place, we thought dad
was taking us to the end of the world
because it was so far from everything.
I knew what dairy farming meant...
[that] we as a family would be doing
things together. This is what my
mother and father believed, that we
were all going to work at this together
and it would be someplace where
we would be very happy and would
enjoy everything that was a part of
that.
The children attended a small Catholic
school, Sts. Cyril and Methodius,
operated by Franciscan Sisters of St.
Joseph. When it came time for high
school, the first year Elizabeth stayed
with her grandmother in Green Bay
during the week so that she could
attend the academy. At the end of the
week, she took a bus to DePere where
her father picked her up to come home
every weekend. The next year, she
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found a ride with a neighbor who drove
the 25 miles back and forth to Green
Bay every day.
Elizabeth entered the Sisters of St.
Joseph on September 15, 1956. She
received the habit and the name S.
George Antoinette on March 19,
1957 and made her final profession
on August 6, 1964. She received
her bachelor’s degree in elementary
education from Fontbonne College
in St. Louis in 1961, followed by a
master’s in reading from Cardinal
Stritch College in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, in 1975.

Leaving the classroom in 2002, she
volunteered at Hearts and Hands
Ministry in Glenwood Springs for a
short time. Remaining in St. Stephen’s
Parish, she worked in pastoral care for
seniors until 2013 when she retired to
Nazareth Living Center.
Thoughts from S. Laverne Aufmuth
(George Ellen):
Sister George Antoinette and I
were in the same reception and
shared the same saint's name...
George…my memories of her are...
soft spoken, quiet, and always had
a shy smile.

S. George Antoinette spent 17 years
teaching primary classes in Chicago,
Illinois, first at St. Viator School
(1961) and then Nativity of Our Lord
(1964).

S. Mary Ann Figlino shares that her
“fondest memory of [S. George] is
how welcoming she was anytime I was
in the Glenwood Springs area. She
opened her house, her warmth.”

In 1978, she moved to Glenwood
Springs, Colorado, where she served for
the next 24 years at St. Stephen’s Grade
School, first in religious education until
1981 and then as principal and teacher
until 2002.

Associate Dodie Suduth writes:

In 1999, the treatments she was
undergoing for long-standing kidney
problems no longer helped and she
needed a kidney transplant. Several of
her family offered to be tested to see
if they were compatible but it was the
oldest of her brothers, Ken, who was
a match so he agreed to donate his
kidney.

Taking [sister] to her dialysis
weekly for several months gave
us [Dodie and husband Bill] a
lasting impression of what a CSJ
is—kind, loving, self-less, caring
and thoughtful. She never spoke
of her pain but instead would ask
about our family. She spoke of hers
with heart-felt emotion. How very
generous was her spirit. There truly
is one more angel in heaven and
one more star in the sky.
S. Helen Oates

The Hand of God Shall Hold You

Carol Politsch, CSJA
March 10, 1962 - April 21, 2015

A strong, compassionate and kind-hearted caregiver

Associate Carol Politsch had every
intention to make her Ongoing
Commitment to the Sisters of St.
Joseph of Carondelet in the spring of
2014, but a serious illness of cancer
deprived her from that privilege. Her
death surprised everyone who knew
her, for she fought bravely to keep her
strength to the end. She died on April
21. When I think of Carol, I cannot
help from reflecting on the verses from
the Book of Wisdom:
The virtuous woman, though she
dies before her time, will find rest.
Length of days is not what makes age
honorable, nor numbers of years the
true measure of life...She has sought
to please God, so God has loved
her…Coming to perfection in so
short a while, she achieved long life,
her soul being pleasing to the Lord.
Carol was born in St. Louis on
March 10, 1962. She graduated from
Lindbergh High School, and received
a bachelor of science in nursing at
the University of Kansas School of
Nursing in 1984. She married in 1985
and gave birth to two boys, Collin and
Tyler.
Carol’s brother Kent said, ”Carol’s
business cards had an insane amount
of letters after her name.” I would say
they probably ran off the edge! We are
privileged to know four of them: CSJA.
In 2011 she became an adultgerontological nurse practitioner

and received her Master of Science
in nursing. She worked as a staff
nurse in coronary care and cardiac
rehab, and was a nurse manager, an
office nurse (OB/GYN), a clinical
research coordinator, and adjunct
instructor for senior nursing students
at Avila University and an adult nurse
practitioner.

knees as if to show polite recognition.
By soft command Carol then told him
to exit. That gentle beast retrieved
without any trouble, a reflection of
Carol’s spirit. Kent reported that Carol
was not an angry person until someone
abused an animal. “Carol loved to
snuggle with her dogs and laugh with
friends and family.”

Susan Fetsch, RN PhD, CSJA (Avila’s
dean of the School of Nursing) wrote
of Carol:

Carol’s mentor, during her year of
CSJ Associate Formation, S. Rose
McLarney reported, “Carol is very
conscientious and open to discernment
for where the truth and wisdom of
God lies.”

By nature of the career Carol has
chosen, she follows in the spirit of
the CSJs as she brings care to the
most vulnerable in our society those
who seek healing. In particular
she has shared her expertise
with students working with the
mentally ill and who seek social
services. In these settings she serves
as a role model for future nurses’
interactions with segments of the
vulnerable in our society. With her
kind manner and easy laughter,
Carol is extremely approachable.
This means that people of all kinds
can interact and feel safe with her.
Her family and her pets were the
dearest to her heart. When S. Ruth
Stuckel, a dear friend of Carol’s, and I
went to visit Carol near the end of her
life, she called her beautiful German
shepherd to come from the kitchen
to say hello, he slowly walked in and
gently rested his face on each of our

On May 4, 2011, Carol Politsch made
this commitment statement to the
Sisters of St. Joseph in Holy Family
Chapel:
As a CSJA, I will strive to be a sign
of unity to others in my personal and
professional undertakings. I will bear
witness to God’s love through my
actions and interactions with others,
and I will practice patience and
tolerance in my work with ‘the dear
neighbor.’ Finally, I will continue to
grow in faith and commitment to
carrying out God’s purpose in my life.
Carol, you were virtuous, strong, gentle
and valiant. May the God whom you
loved so dearly in “the dear neighbor,”
welcome you to full union!
Associate Nicole Nicoll
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LEADERSHIP Calendar
June
1
6-7
9-11
11
22-23
29

Associate Task Force Mtg. (ML, LS)
Associate Leadership Board Retreat & Mtg. (ML, LS)
Province Leadership Planning Mtg. (All)
LCWR Breakfast (ML, RS, LS)
Council/Corporation Mtg. (All)
NLC Joint Ministry Committee (LS)

July
9
12-17
20-21
30
31

LCWR Breakfast (ML, RS, LS)
Retreat LS
Council/Corporation Mtg. (All)
Finance Report, Motherhouse (All)
2015 Assembly, St. Joseph’s Academy (All)

August
1-2
2015 Assembly, St. Joseph’s Academy (All)
3
Agenda Committee Mtg. (All)
4
Department Head Mtg. (MML, ML, RS, LS)
11-15 LCWR Mtg. (MML, RS, LS)
24-25 Council/Corporation Mtg. (All)
26
Investment Managers’ Mtg. (All)
28-30 “Imagining the Future” of Vocation/Formation
Ministry (LS)

PROVINCE Calendar
June
11
Come Catch the Fire
21
Order of the House
22-26 Mission & Service Project: Feet to the Street
July
12-17 Opening Our Heritage, Envisioning Our Future
Retreat, presented by S. Lisa Lazio
30
Pre-Assembly Meetings for Sisters
31
Province Assembly, St. Joseph’s Academy
August
1-2 Province Assembly, St. Joseph’s Academy
9
CSJ-sponsored CCBF Concert in the Park,
Carondelet Park
September
12
Sara Thomsen Concert
19
Associate Picnic
21
27th Annual Golf Tournament, Westborough
Country Club
27
Haunted by God: Life of Dorothy Day Performance
*All events at Carondelet Motherhouse unless otherwise noted.
For more event listings and details, visit our
Members Only Calendar of Events at csjsl.org.

Come Catch the Fire
Young adults talking to young adults (18-35) about their
faith journeys while giving praise and worship to God.

MISSION & SERVICE PROJECT:

FEET TO THE STREET
June 22-26 • Carondelet Neighborhood

Third Session:
“Loveworks...Service”
with Kristen & Adam Hall
Thursday, June 11 • 8-10 p.m.
Holy Family Chapel
Admission:
Free! Bring a canned good for the Carondelet Community
Betterment Foundation food pantry.

Learn more: Visit www.csjsl.org

Sisters and associates are invited to work side-by-side
with young adult volunteers and offer their time and talent
to CWIT (Center for Women in Transition) and CCBF
(Carondelet Community Betterment Foundation), building
one-on-one relationships with the dear neighbor.
Volunteer opportunities include minor home repairs, plant a
garden, neighborhood cleanup, digitalize records and more.
If you would like to volunteer, contact Sister Linda Markway
at 314-678-0315 or [email protected].
Monetary donations are also being accepted for supplies.
They can be sent to the Carondelet Motherhouse with
attention to the Vocation Ministry Office.

NEXT ISSUE: September PNN & Directory Changes
Submission Deadline: Aug. 15 • Publication Date: Sept. 1
For a complete PNN schedule, visit Members Only at www.csjsl.org.
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