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News NotesPROVINCE

SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH OF CARONDELET AND ASSOCIATES ST. LOUIS PROVINCE NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2015


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Province News Notes is apublication of the Sisters of St.Joseph of Carondelet, St. LouisProvince. Its purpose is to promotedialogue and unity within theSt. Louis province and to keepmembers informed on those

subjects that promote communityand ministry.

We welcome your submissions!Submit articles and photos toSarah Baker at [email protected].

**Materials are subject to editingand will be published at thediscretion of the editor.

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

CONGREGATIONALMEETINGS

View photos and readreports on several ministrygroups as they gatheredthis fall for their annualmeetings.

KC MENTAL

HEALTH CARE

Sister Paddy Lorenzreects on the sale of

St. Joseph and St. Marysto fund a mental healthcenter.

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CSJ EVENTS

Join us this Adventand Christmas as wecelebrate the reasonsfor the seasons inupcoming events at themotherhouse.

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CONTENTSProvince Leadership News ..................................................................................3

Focus on Earth ......................................................................................................4

Gulu, Uganda .......................................................................................................5

Corporation/Council ...........................................................................................6

Congregation News ............................................................................................7

Congregational Meetings............................................................................. 8-11

Association .................................................................................................... 12-13

CSJ News .............................................................................................................14

Sharing of the Heart ...........................................................................................15

Archives ...............................................................................................................16

Necrology: S. Juliana Feld .................................................................................17

Kansas City News ...............................................................................................18

CSJ Book Club ....................................................................................................19

CSJ Events ..................................................................................................... 20-23

Back Cover .........................................................................................................24

ON THE COVER: LET THERE BE PEACE

Peace expresses itself only in peace, a peace which is notseparate from the demands of justice but which is fostered by

personal sacrice, clemency, mercy and love (World Day of

Peace Message, 1975).

Forgiveness, dialogue, reconciliation these are the words

of peace, in beloved Syria, in the Middle East, in all the world!Let us pray for reconciliation and peace, let us work forreconciliation and peace, and let us all become, in every place,

men and women of reconciliation and peace! Amen.

~Pope Francis, homily, New York City, Sept. 7, 2014

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Province Leadership Team

Tis the Seasonby Sister Marilyn Lott

2014-2019 Province Leadership Team: Sisters Rita Marie Schmitz, Marilyn Lott, Mary Margaret Lazio,Linda Straub and Maureen Freeman.

Tere is an appointed time for everything.And there is a time for every event under heaven

A time to give birth, and a time to die;A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.

Ecclesiastes, 3:1-2

Autumn is a time of transition. We see the green turning togold, brown and blonde fading to gray. Autumn is the seasonfor reaping and all becomes ready for the harvest.

It is a season not only for reaping but also for turning up theEarth and planting and putting in the bulbs and rhizomes.Te work of sowing now leaves the time for rest, hiddendeep in the ground to be protected from the cold winter. Aswe wait for winter we have been gifted with the beauty ofcolors and the gift of a chill in the air, crunching leaves underfoot and the anticipation of the holidays.

Te course of the seasons can mirror the movements withinour spiritual lives. It is a good time to pause and take sometime to reflect and take the opportunity to look at ones life.

Tis is a great time to take stock of the season of our lifebefore we get caught up in the busyness of the holidays.Spiritual writer Chris Sullivan presents some questions thatare helpful for reflection:

In what season of life do you find yourself? Are you stillin the newness of springtime? Te high days of summer?Te transition of autumn? Te settling of winter? Can yousee the spirit of autumn in different parts of your spiritualjourney? When have you had or taken the opportunity forreaping and gathering in ... of planting and waiting with

patience for the new growth and insights.

Te seasons of autumn and winter bring about a deeperawareness that we live in a continual cycle of dying andrisingone might say a time for conversion, a call to beopen to the surprise of God throughout life and open tochange. As we pay attention to each day we notice thechanges around usthe light and darkness are differentfrom the long days of summer.

In her book Little Pieces of Light, Joyce Rupp talks of thisbeing a time when we can continue on our spiritual journeysand befriend our inner darkness. Te earlier darkness for uscan be more of a place of silent nurturance, where the slow,steady testation needed for my souls growth can occur.

So as we move toward Christmas where life can tend toget hectic and frenzied, let us take time to continue to bereflective and to make a special place for contemplation thathones our spiritual lives and opens us up for the blessing ofthe days we have and plant new seeds of life.


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Climate Change and the Right to Foodby Sister Joanne St. Hilaire, Albany province

focus on earthWe produce enough food to feed the world, but one in eightpeople still go hungry, quoted Caritas International in apaper, What Climate Change Means for Feeding the Planet.

Tis organization is one of the many organizations workingwith the UN to relieve world hunger. Tis paper is an in-depth resource on the complexity of causes of world foodinsecurity, and the necessity of preventing continuing climatechange.

Far beyond donating to local food pantries, this issue must

be dealt with on governmental levels. For us, this meanspaying attention to attitudes toward climate change by thoserunning for office.

Listed below are some facts on the far-reaching effects ofclimate change on food insecurity:

Small farmers, who are the backbone of our food systems,are among the poorest and most vulnerable to changes inclimate.

Agro-fuels, thought to decrease carbon-dioxide emissions,only increase the amount because agri-businesses requirelarge amounts of fossil fuel for clearing land, felling trees,plowing and harvesting; furthermore, these large amountsof land for agro-fuels decrease the land available for foodproduction.

Large amounts of water quality, quantity and availabilityare affected.

Sea levels rise, intensifying flooding, stormy seas, erosionand salinisation of coastal water sources.

Ocean changes adversely impact fishing because of anincrease in coral bleaching and the death of reefs and theirecosystems.

Rising air temperatures result in severe droughts adverselyaffecting crops.

Rising temperatures cause extreme rainfall and floodingresulting in increased plant diseases affecting both cropsand livestock.

Migration of peoples (the poorest) living in coastal citiessuffer more from malnutrition and starvation.

Te accumulation of these facts is overwhelming, but muchalready has been done. Te UN has been working withinternational groups on eliminating world hunger since2000, and it has achieved nearly 50 percent of its goal. Tishas happened because of greater public awareness andlegislation put in place by so many nations. Reducing climatechange and world hunger must be a priority for electedofficials.

Te committee has released the last module of the Reflection Processes created inresponse to our Chapter initiative. In light of Pope Francis Encyclical, Laudato Si,this module is different from the previous three modules. It focuses on the changesthat Francis is asking of us and provide processes of reflection and explanationtoward our ongoing conversion.

o access this and the previous three modules on water ( July 2015), food(April 2015), and Lenten Earth practice (March 2015), visit csjcarondelet.org.

Congregational Reection Guides: Laudato Si and Conversionfrom the Ad Hoc Communion Within the Earth Committee


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Gulu, Uganda

You are learning a great secretthat whenwomen come out and join together, the wholeworld gets better.

With these words, Sister Marion Weinzapfelsaid farewell to the Catholic WomenAssociation Gulu Vicarate women. It hasbeen four years since a dynamic team, ledby Irene Labwot, gathered women parish-by-parish who had survived the massacres,the abduction of their children by the Lords

Resistance Army (LRA), and life in internaldisplacement camps.

Irene used the occasion of 150 womenvisitors from the next diocese to call for thecreation of a Catholic Womens ResourceInstitute, and is bringing the dream into areality. So far, they have almost finished an administrationblock they call their motherhouse, the first building of theinstitute.

Circumstances remain dire for many women. Some wereso traumatized that they were mute; many still do not reador write and are unaware of their basic rights as women toinherit land. Male/female relations leave women with littlesay over how money earned will be used; the burden of theirchildrens schooling is theirs. Wife-beating and polygamy arecommon.

Sister Marion lifted up the women present, telling them thestory of Luke 13:10-17, where a crippled woman who wasbent over for 18 years, unable to stand up. Jesus saw her inthe Synagogue and called to her saying, Woman you are setfree of your infirmity! At once she stood up straight and

glorified God! She was half the size of everyone else. Yet, hesaw her.

God sees us in the spaces and places where we are so heavilyburdened we cannot stand up straight, S. Marion said.oday we notice that God has already seen us and freed usto be the women he created us to be.

Stand Up and Be Christs LoveAyu wunu malo ka bedo mar pa Kristo!

Sister Marion Weinzapfel says farewell to the CatholicWomen Association Gulu Vicariate.

Looking for a unique gift this Christmas? As many of youknow, our sisters in Gulu have been working on severaldifferent projects. Tis Christmas you can support thoseprojects by making a donation in someones honor ormemory.

Currently funds are needed to support the water filterproject as well as the building fund to support the

classroom block of the Catholic Womens ResourceInstitute. A gift of $60 will purchase one water filter anddonations of any size can be given to the building fund.

Please send any donations to the Mission AdvancementOffice at the motherhouse and be sure to include thefollowing: what your donation is designated for and thename of the person that it is in honor or memory of.

Holiday Giving: Gulu Christmas Donation


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AUGUST MINUTES

CorporationAccepted Minutes of Board of Directors of the Corporation

Meeting held July 21

Adjusted June 2015 & July 2015 Financial Statements

Approved S. Jean Abbotts Work in Belize$15,000

S. Mary Dang$2,400

St. Josephs Academy$5,000

SJID Annual Founders Circle Breakfast,Indianapolis$1,000

S. Roseanne Siebert as SJID Board of DirectorMember

abitha/Ministry Fund Preference to Communionwith Earth Projects

Council

Accepted Minutes of the Province Council Meetings held

July 20-21

Approved F on Association Recommendation Water With Blessings Covenant Development Advisory Council Dissolution

CORPORATION & COUNCIL

SEPTEMBER MINUTES

CorporationAccepted Minutes of Board of Directors of the Corporation

Meeting held Aug. 24

August 2015 Financial Statements

Approved St. Margaret Parish Youth Catechesis$4,700

SJID Annual Christmas Gala$3,000

Center for Survivors of orture/War rauma Gala$500

Countess Scholarship Fund$5,000

Kickstarter Initiative, Angel-Baked Cookies$2,000

Updated BHS Leadership Conference 2015

Council

Accepted Minutes of the Province Council Meetings held

Aug. 24-25

Approved Patrimony Requests (3)

Association ask Force 2013 Proposal

Gulus Contract Renewal

Updated S. Fran Voivedich Debriefing


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God Will Get You Where You are Supposed to Beby Sister Angela Faustina, Los Angeles province

Congregation News

A year after our initial meetingtogether, the six Sisters of St. Josephof Carondelet of African-Americandescent (Sisters Angela Faustina,Barbara Moore, Clementine Lynch,Gail rippett, Ingrid Honor-Lallande, and Sharon Howell)met in the St. Paul province. Asconversations and hopes continue tounfold, we experienced the following:

Rejoicing in what each of us hasexperienced in 12 months.

Praying in song with SisterManette Durand and the Sistersof Carondelet Village. We hadhoped the prayer would bolster thejourney to healing; ultimately, itwas accompaniment to her home-going.

Meeting with Dr. Diana Hayes for

conversation and sharing her book,Forged by the Fiery Furnace,reinforced how an idea cancome into being.

Sharing with parishioners of St. Peter Claveropportunities for education and dedicated service in thechurch.

Marveling in the beauty of the leaves and mild weather.

Dreaming for the next opportunity to meet and to serve.

Te time went by so quickly. As it was time to return home,each sister was grateful for that 72-hour window of time,deeply aware and grateful that God got us where weresupposed to be at for others and ourselves!

New Logo for the Congregational OfcesTe Congregational Offices are freshening up our stationerywith a new logo. Tis design will be used in all communicationsfrom the Congregational Leadership eam and on our website.Te logo we had been using for many years had seven segmentsrepresenting seven units, which no longer reflects who we are.We think this new design echoes the spirit of the former logowith the circle and cross, but with a new look. Be on the lookoutfor it in future communications!

Front: Sister Ingrid Honor-Lallande. Middle: Srs. Angela Faustina,Clementine Lynch, Manette Durand and Barbara Moore.Back: Srs.Sharon Howell and Gail Trippett.


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Te archivists of the congregationmet at Carondelet Center in LosAngeles during the last week ofOctober. Te group was comprisedof Jane Behlmann, Danielle Bonetti(congregational liaison), MaryDugar (H), Mary Kraft (SP),Mary Salvaterra (A), Patricia RoseShanahan (LA), and Carol MarieWildt, SSND (congregationalcenter). Patricia Rose, our hostess

and convener, made us feel right athome. Te weather was warm to hot,with Santa Ana winds blowing in andreminding us about global warmingissues. We enjoyed an intense andproductive meeting, accompanied bymuch laughter.

We reviewed the reality issues andquestions raised by the ProcessDesign eam from our viewpoint as

archivists, a congregational workinggroup. Tis conversation brought us,once again, to our ongoing reality thatit is unlikely that other province/vice province CSJs willcontinue our work in each unit archive and that we sense anurgency to complete work needed for consolidation. Eacharchivist knows the priorities for this work based upon herown experience and knowledge, our ongoing relationshipswith one another, and the unit evaluation summariescompleted by consultant Jane Kenamore. Jane will presenther final report with consolidation recommendations to ourworking group in mid-January 2016. Te report will then beforwarded to the Congregational Leadership Group (CLG).

We decided to send a second proposal to the CLG forconsideration at their February 2016 meeting. (TeFebruary 2015 proposal formally introduced the needfor consolidation and the need to hire a consultant to

help begin the process.) Te next proposal will identify alocation for the consolidated archive and a timeline, theneed to determine costs associated with preparation of thesite and the move of each archive, as well as future budgetconsiderations, especially regarding staffing of the newarchive. Some issues, such as how to collect and forwardarchival information to the consolidated archive still needfurther discussion.

Te meeting included a visit with Vicky McCargar, archivistof Mount St. Marys University. Vicky challenged the groupon digitization issues, especially digitizing primarily foraccess. Vickys insights and attitudes about a broad spectrumof archival issues reminded each of us to keep our sense ofhumor as we move steadily into the future.

Archivists Meet in Los Angelesby S. Mary Kraft, St. Paul Province

Front: Sisters Patricia Rose Shanahan (LA), Mary Kraft (SP) andDanielle Bonetti (congregational liaison). Back: Srs. Mary Salvaterra(A), Jane Behlmann, Carol Marie Wildt (congregation archivist) and

Mary Dugar (H).

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Justice PersonnelThe Congregational JusticePersonnel met at St. JosephsProvincial House, Latham, NewYork, from Oct. 22 to 24 and thencontinued on to the meeting ofthe Federation Justice personnel

in Brentwood.

Participants include: (back row,l-r) Consociate Ginger Hedstrom(SP), S. Diane Smith (LA), S. FranDempsey (A), Megan Bender(SP), Elea Ingram (SP, St. JosephWorker); (front row: l-r) Sisters IdaRobertine Berresheim, DoreenGlynn (A), Danielle Bonetti (CLT),and Linda Neil (A).

Members of the Congregational Community LifeTeams met at St. Josephs Provincial House in Latham,New York, from Sept. 23 to 27.

Participants included (front row, l-r) Donna Bradle (A),Lucille Theroux (A), Irma Aranita (LA), Rosemary Hock(A), Kathleen Karbowski and Patricia Dunphy; (middlerow) Charla Whimple (A), Kathleen Connor (A),

Angela Schreiber (SP), Patty Chang (H), Monica Lubitz(SP), Katharine Earley (A) and Renuka Ram (LA); (backrow) Mary Ann Leininger (CLT), Yardsley Macpherson(A), Trish Callahan, Pope Francis, Sharon Margaret

Ninteman (LA), Libby Costanzo (A), Bonnie AnnMurray, Alma Gutierrez (LA), Nahid Alishahl (LA) andRay Mattes (LA).

Community Life Teams


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Directors of Association fromthroughout the congregationgathered in St. Paul Sept. 24-27 for their annual meeting.Our days together were busyas we discussed present issuesand future plans that willmove us towards progress andunity within our units, as wellas with our congregation.

We started each day withprayer, seeking wisdom andunderstanding that set thetone for our commitmentto unified mission. Weshared our hopes for thenext few days and what ishappening in each of ourunits. In response to one ofthe action items from our lastmeeting in April, regarding

the Congregational Call toAction Living the CSJ Charism, the province ACOF unitshad compiled information in two chart formats to illustratedifferences and similarities between associates (Albany, LosAngeles, St. Louis), consociates (St. Paul), Ohana (Hawaii)and La Familia de San Jose (Chile). Te information chartnoted comparisons in the areas of general participation,leadership, orientation, candidacy, commitment, statistics,and finance. Te identity and commitment chart focusedon the statements on identity, commitment, and renewal ofcommitment.

S. Mary McKay, our CL liaison, gave a report fromCL/CLG meetings. Te Design eam is workingon processes to further implement the chapter call forcontinued conversations and discernment on oneness andstructures. Te CLG asked for clarification on some of theinformation found in the information charts and suggesteda move to establishing a core curriculum or commonoutcomes to promote a more mutual orientation.

Another topic of ACOF interest was continued examinationof a Legacy-Resource Center. With this pooled resource,the community encompassing ACOF, sisters, and partnersin mission, would explore best practices and leadershipdevelopment as a whole, instead of searching for informationfrom each of the provinces/vice provinces. Te Legacy-Resource Center would serve as both a depository of whatwas said in the past, to visions of the future that wouldinclude written material as well as video and spoken pieces.With a center located at one site, the history of the CSJscould serve as a leadership development tool. At this

accessible online site, we would want to include formationmaterials, core curriculum that would incorporate commonvalues, and focused themes that would be spread to everyarea of our community.

Te ACOF directors discussed how various grants andfoundations could be utilized to help strengthen leadershipdevelopment as well as financial responsibilities throughoutthe provinces/vice-provinces.

St. Paul Hosts ACOF Directorsby Associate Kay Komotos, co-director of association

ACOF (l-r): Joan Pauly Schneider (SP), Mary McKay (CLT),Dianne Nelson (LA), Menche Rojas (Chile), Anne Harpham (H), Monica Ibarra(Chile), Peggy Maguire, Marge Mangan (A), Kileen Stone (A), Kay Komotos,Mary Kaye Medinger (SP).

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With regard to the desire for a possible Carondelet agrgecommunity, directors will reach out to those individuals whohave expressed interest and assist them to be in conversationacross units, possibly gathering together in person at some

point in the next year or two.

We joined in collaboration with the vocation formationgroup, who also met in St. Paul, to discuss the followingtopics:

Reflection on Elizabeth Johnsons presentation

Calls to Action, Living the Charism

Te Legacy-Resource Center and brainstorming ideason what materials could/should be gathered.

Presentation followed by conversation on the CSJInstitute starting at Mount St. Marys in Los Angeles.Tis initiative is comprehensive in both its processesand goals. A follow-up action is to see if the CSJInstitute is open to collaboration with the congregation.Subcommittees have been formed within VocationFormation and ACOF to begin discussion and possibleconnection with this initiative.

ACOF reconvened to discuss the feasibility of hosting a2017 Carondelet Congregational ACOF Convocation.Te majority of the people who responded to our surveyindicated a positive response. Location is yet to be decided.

Directors are checking on lodging and conference availabilityfor this event.

Te afternoon concluded with dialogue on Calls toAction-Living the CSJ Charism related to ACOF Identityand Commitment. A sub-group of directors was formedto prepare a timeline, a process, a questionnaire, andindividual/communal response sheets, which will be sharedwith ACOF members in all the unit groups. Once feedbackis received, it will be compiled and sent out to all membersafter May 1, 2016.

Sunday morning was a time for prayer, reflection andcelebration as we concluded our time together as amemorable time well-spent.

How blessed we are to be ACOF and to share the charism ofloving unity and the mission of Jesus with one another andthe Sisters of St Joseph of Carondelet.

Vocation/Formation

PersonnelThe CongregationalVocation/Formationpersonnel met in St.Paul at the same timeas the members ofACOF.

Participants are (backrow,l-r) Sisters Jeanne

Marie Gocha (A), SallyHarper (Peru), MiriamUkeritis (CLT) andDarlene Kawulok (LA);(front row)S. Linda Markway,S. Jill Underdahl (SP),S. Genoveva Herrera(Peru), S. Marilyn Lottand Jennifer Tacheny(SP).


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Te ask Force on Association has concluded its service, andwe are pleased to share with you their recent efforts, their finalproposal and our next steps. At its final meeting on Sept. 9, thetask force members reviewed the responses submitted after theassembly presentation. Teir work and recommendations wereinformed by these responses.

1. Convene Coordinating Group: Not SupportedAt the August 2015 Assembly, the task force presented therecommendation that the Province Leadership eam createa coordinating group to convene conversations around anew way of being together as sisters and associates. Te

responses expressed the general sentiment among thecommunitymore formal committees or conversations arenot necessary, but we need to move into our lived realitytogether. Te task force agreed and did not further thisinitial recommendation.

2. Dual Assembly Schedule: SupportedIn addition, the table responses indicated that thecommunity is largely in favor of dual assembly days, withsisters and associates meeting separately and as a whole.Te following proposal was then made to the ProvinceLeadership eam:

Recognizing the evolution of the relationships in theprovince among and between vowed members andassociates, we propose that future meetings be structuredwith times for vowed members and associates to meet bothtogether as a whole and separately as distinct groups. Tevowed members will meet separately to participate directlyin the governance of the province regarding issues suchas finances, policy/direction setting, leadership/elections,the common life. Te associates meetings will focus onissues related to association, building on the work begunin 2013. Issues that pertain to both groups may include

spirituality, mission, charism and relationship building.

Tis proposal was approved by the PL on Sept. 28.

3. Next Steps: IntercommunicationAs the task force terminated its work, it made this finalrecommendation to the PL:

aking into account the responses from the 2015Assembly and the Acts of Chapter 2013, the task forcerecommends that:

We rejoice in the vitality of all that is happeningamong associates and sisters in the various regions ofthe province;

We encourage the ongoing development of theseregional experiences as they evolve in response to thesigns of the times in their areas;

We ask the Province Leadership eam to create a wayto enhance intercommunication so that the entireprovince family can be encouraged and inspired bywhat each group is doing to live the charism andfurther the mission.

Province Leadership approved this recommendation onSept. 28.

4. Share Our StoriesHow can we best facilitate this intercommunication?It is not merely the work of leadership or a task forceor a committee or an office. It is a communal call torejoice in how we are living out the charism as sistersand associates, and to share our stories that animateand encourage one another as community. However,

we are making a conscious effort to share news throughthe Communications Office, seeking ways to featureboth individuals and associate communities both in thenewsletter and online.

PHOOS WANED: Our first effort is quick and easy:sharing photos! We ask that you send in photos of what ishappening in your associate/regional communities along with abrief caption. Send photos to Jenny Beatrice at

[email protected]. Look for these pictures to be used in PNN,on the web, on Facebook and in the CSJ Messages.

Tank You!A big thank you to the Associate ask Force members for theirtime, service and commitment. Te members are: S. MaryCarol Anth, A. Peggy Baker, S. Maureen Freeman, S. MarianneKeena, S. Marilyn Lott, S. Mary McGlone, S. BarbaraMoore, S. Mary Catherine OGorman, S. Audrey Olson, A.Michelle Piranio, S. Linda Straub, A. Clara Ulrich and JoanneHanrahan, SSND facilitator.

Association

Final Report from Task Force on Associationfrom Province Leadership


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Te sisters and associates who attended the 2014Associate Retreat/Assembly, June 7-8, 2014, created theDirectional Framework Document to guide sisters andassociates as they moved forward together.

Te Associate Leadership board publishes theDirectional Framework Document at this time toinform all sisters and associates of its content and tocreate a context for further development of our preferredfuture together. Te first three sections entitledCommunity, Mission, and Spiritual Journey wereaffirmed with great enthusiasm at the assembly.

Te two remaining sections entitled Leadership andResources were created with the understanding thatfurther discussion was needed.

Te Directional Framework flows from theCongregational Chapter 2013 Calls to Action: Livingthe CSJ Charism (p. 8), Claiming our Oneness (p. 9),and Partnering with New Eyes (p. 10). It also resemblesthe Congregational Chapter 2013 published format.

Te Directional Framework document is available inmembers only at csjsl.org in the Association section.

Avila President Ron Slepitza and his wife,Suzanne, once again welcomed the Kansas CityCSJ communitysisters and associatesinto theirhome for the annual potluck dinner on Nov. 1.

Guests present included ... Back (l-r): Clara andChuck Uhlrich, Jim Johnson, Suzanne Slepitza,Cory Roup, Lynn Fearis, S. Jeanne Janssen, Ron

Slepitza, Kate Thompson Brown, Peggy Maguireand S. Laverne Aufmuth.

Middle:Jackie Johnson, Darby Gough, SistersJoan Tolle, Ann Landers, Helen Alder, andGabrielle Smits, and Kathleen Kelly Harris, KarenGarber-Miller, S. Paddy Lorenz, and S. RosemaryFlanigan.

Front:Kay Komotos, Haley Jones, S. Ruth Stuckel,Nicole Nicoll, Jodie Hueschen, S. Rose McLarney

and honorary associate Lily, the dog.

Kansas City Associate Potluck Dinner

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE!Associate Leadership Board Shares Directional Framework Document


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CSJ News

Transformationby Sister Jean Paul Selissen

Like the Apostles we sit

in the locked roomOf frozen behavior patterns whose

weight could spell doom.

We question if we are moving toward.

We look for fresh air and an open door.

Is there a future at all?

We feel stuck in a call to afuture we cannot see.

Faith is knowing our diversity

Is grasped by the master gardenerwho resets plants

In pleasing patterns of color,texture, and size.

We invite the Spirit who is Wise

o breathe transformation into our lives.

Live-Death-Life

by Sister Mary Hugh McGowen

o die is toGo into the unconditional

Love of God

Jesus the Divine, diedHis resurrection the

Gift of new life

We pray for thoseWho have gone from us

So as to continue ourRelationships

God does not abandon anyoneTose who grieve

Share their loved onesWith the God who created them

We love themSo share in their

Joy

Similar to community supported agriculture (CSA), where individuals ororganizations purchase a share of produce for a season, annual CommunitySupported Retreat (CSR) members receive a "share" of overnight stays atWellsprings Farm. Like the CSA, the CSR is a creative, local economicmodel rooted in reciprocity and connection. In its best form, the CSR modelallows for more direct and meaningful relationship to the land and to oneanother. Te hearts behind this endeavor are Dan and Joan Pauly Schneider.Joan is the co-director of the consociate program in the St. Paul province.

Te farm is a 40-acre parcel near Annandale, Minnesota. Tis property,previously known as Clares Well, had been owned and run by theFranciscan Sisters of Little Falls for over 25 years. As members of thisCSR, the St. Louis province receives 20 nights/days at Wellsprings Farm(Sept. 1-Aug. 31). Anyone wishing to make a reservation needs to do thatthrough Sister Maureen Freeman, province liaison for Wellsprings Farm, [email protected].

Check out the cozy hermitages on their website: www.wellspringsfarm.org.

St. Louis Province Becomes Shareholder in

First Community Supported Retreat ModelWellsprings Farm

from Province Leadership


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Advent: Preparing a Spaceby Sister Jean Iadevito

We are all meant to be mothers of GodFor God is always needing to be bornMeister Eckhart

In their book entitled Te First Christmas, biblical scholarsMarcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan state thatChristmas is about light coming into the darkness of ourindividual lives, about our return from exile, about innerpeace. Indeed, it is about the birth of Christ within us. Inthe thirteenth century, the Christian mystic Meister Eckhartpreached about Christmas as the birth of Christ within us

through the union of Gods Spirit with our flesh.

We are entering the season of the year when we areoverwhelmed with images. It is winter in the NorthernHemisphere, and the emphasis is on light, on starry skies,and messenger stars and angels guiding us through thedarkness of our lives.

Although I love all the images of Christmas, my thoughtskeep returning to the time of Advent. Ive pulled out mycopy of Te Reed of Godby Caryll Houselander. Te reed is

a description of Mary. As Barbara Fiand reminded us, thereed or flute is a symbol of emptiness and openness.

Houselander in a kind of poetic language shares the qualitiesof the emptiness of Mary:

It is emptiness like the hollow in the reed,the narrow riftless emptiness,

which can have only one destiny: to receive the pipers breathand to utter the song that is in his heart.

It is emptiness like the hollow in the cup, shaped to receive wateror wine.

It is emptiness like that of the birds nest,built in a round warm ring to receive the little bird.

In my mental Advent journeys, I return to some of themost elegant symbols of devotion to Marythe GothicCathedrals, especially those in France. My minds eyejourneys toward the cobalt blue in the rose window as wellas the stained glass windows in the Chartres Cathedral.

And then to thelabyrinth on thefloora pilgrimageundertaken bymany. It is a kind ofwalking meditationduplicated across theworld, even in backyards, where stoneshave been placed tocut the path.

Te Gothiccathedral is trulyfeminine. In thewords of MatthewFox, it was amovement fromthe patriarchal,defensive, thick-walled soul ofRomanesque times to the spacious, open, color-filled, tree-

imitating, and soaring Gothic soul of the Gothic cathedrals.

Sometimes, I wonder why artists have so seldom portrayedMary as pregnant. Perhaps, its too feminine of an image.But, what better image of Mary during Advent time, or anytime for that matter. It would remind us of Meister Eckhartswords that God is always needing to be born.

Tat most creative and prolific 12th century artist Hildegardof Bingen had much to say about Mary. She wrote a numberof songs in her honor, and calls her the sister of Wisdom,the Mother of all joy, and a glowing, moist green verdantsprout.

In this Advent time, my prayer to Mary is that written byHildegard:

You have established life!

Ask for us life.

Ask for us radiant joy.

Ask for us the sweet, delicious ecstasy that is forever yours.

Sharing of the Heart

All is Calm, All is Brightby S. Jean Iadevito


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Meeting Our AncestorsProle of an early sister who died

in the month of Decemberby Sister Jane Behlmann

Sister Joseph Aloysius Geissert died atNazareth Convent, Lemay, Missouri,December 6, 1961, in the 79th year ofher age and the 50th of her religiousprofession. Of a naturally friendly,sympathetic, and warm disposition,Sister Joseph Aloysius early in herprofessional and religious life displayed

strong traits of character that endearedher to her colleagues and students. Anative St. Louisan, she taught at HolyName Parochial School, St. Louis,Missouri, and St. Joseph Academiesin Chillicothe, Missouri, and GreenBay, Wisconsin. At the last namedhigh school, she was also principal andsuperior.

Appointed dean of Fontbonne College

on two different occasions, from 1928to 1935, and from 1941 to 1950, she

likewise served one term as presidentof the college and superior of thecommunity, from 1935 to 1941. SisterJoseph Aloysius guided the youngcollege bravely in an academic worldthat faced the depression of 1929 andWorld War II, two tragic happeningsthat inevitably affected higher

education.

As only constituents in a small collegemay discern, faculty and students easilyrecognized Sister Joseph Aloysius'kindly concern for and interest in them.In particular, students were aware ofher regard for justice; faculty respectedher aims for a scholastically betterinstitution. Te latter supported hervery practical measures to strengthen

the departments and to fill the need foran organized system of recruitment of

students in a city where competitionhas always been keen. Troughouther life at Fontbonne, she showed anextraordinary interest in the highereducation of sister-teachers and sister-nurses, whose place she often spokeof as being assured in the extension ofChrist's kingdom.

ruly a stable and bright example ofa "community woman," Sister JosephAloysius was a most prayerful andhumble religious. Many heavy crosses,both professional and personal, werehers to shoulder. She accepted themwith humility, constantly expressingher complete faith in God who hadpermitted these tribulations to cometo her. May her friendly soul rest in

peace. [Necrology Report]

Sister Joseph Aloysius [Frances] wasborn on January 10, 1883 in St. Louis,Missouri to Norah Sheehy and GeorgeGeissert. She entered at Carondelet fromSts. Mary and Joseph Parish on March20, 1910, was received into the novitiateon August 15, 1910, and made her firstprofession on August 15, 1912. Sheprofessed final vows on August 15, 1917.

Sister received bachelor and masterdegrees from Catholic Universityin Washington, D.C. She died ofgeneralized arteriosclerosis andParkinsons disease on December 6,1961. She is buried in ResurrectionCemetery Row 3 grave 57.

Sister Aloysius Joseph Geissert is holding the shovel for the groundbreaking of Medaille Hall at Fontbonne College.

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Sister Juliana Marie Feld, CSJSeptember 25, 1934 - November 1, 2015

A positive, gentle woman who lived simplyand was attentive to each person she met

Te Hand of Go Sha Hold You

S. Juliana Marie loved telling stories,remembering details long after mosthad forgotten them. A greater love,though, was the poor, especiallychildren. She never forgot her ownexperiences. During a time when herfamily lost their rental space, they

found themselves sleeping in a park.In the midst of adversity, S. Julianadeveloped a resilience that enabled herto overcome difficulties and remainjoyful and other-centered throughouther life.

Rita Marie Feld was born in Carroll,Iowa, September 25, 1934, to Josephand Josephine Dobberstein Feld. wo-year-old Jerry and one-year-old Dongreeted her arrival. Mary arrived ayear and a half later. Her mother toldRita that in the morning their fatherwould put a big pot on the stove to boildiapers, then rinsed and hung them upbefore he left for work!

Teir dad farmed, but couldnt earnenough to support the family. In themiddle of Ritas kindergarten year, theymoved to St. Louis, Missouri, settlingin St. Tomas of Aquin Parish whereshe met the Sisters of St. Joseph. Latershe attended Rosati-Kain High school.During high school, she worked inthe newborn nursery at St. AnthonyHospital. (Franciscan sisters staffed thehospital, Notre Dame and St. Joseph,Rosati.)

Tough Mary talked about becoming areligious, Rita hoped to marry and haveten children! When she realized thatmaybe religious life was her calling, itwas difficult choosing a community, shereally liked each one she knew.

Te pastor at her parish suggestedshe wait a yearpartly because herbrothers had both been drafted andhe thought that it would be very hardon her parents to have another childleave home. She was still undecided onwhich community.

She entered the Sisters of St. Josephon September 15, 1953, receiving thehabit and the name, S. Juliana Marieon March 19, 1954. S. Julianas first 10years of ministry were spent at schoolsin Missouri: St. Anthony, Nativity, andSt. Gregory.

In 1966 she went to St. Johns, GreenBay, Wisconsin. By 1970, her fathershealth was poor. Since local superiorswere meeting in St. Louisa longweekend tripher pastor suggestedshe take the opportunity to visit herfamily. On the way, the sisters werein an accident in Oshkosh. Among S.Julianas multiple injuries was a brokenback. Eventually returning to GreenBay by ambulance, she continued along road to recovery. At the end ofthe school year, she returned to St.Anthonys arriving in her steel brace,unable to bend or even bathe herself.

When her brother Don was transferredto California, he urged his parents,both of whom had health issues, tocome out there where there was abetter climate. In 1975, S. Juliana,concerned about her mothers health,got permission to be there for her

parents. She was also able to find workin our schools. In 1976, when hermother was better, she was assignedto St. Marys in Colorado, whichshe loved. In 1986, she was back inCalifornia, teaching. In the ensuingyears, her Dad died, then brother Donwho had Lou Gehrigs disease, andfinally her Mom.

S. Juliana returned to St. Louis to teachat St. Margaret of Scotland in 1992.She continued to live there when shelater worked at Childgarden School in1975 and when she became a caregiverfor CSJ Care in 2000.

By 2004, Julies health wasdeteriorating and she retired toCarondelet where she was involved inmany activities until 2008 when shemoved to Nazareth Living Center.

S. Helen Oates


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Kansas City News

Mental Health Care in Kansas CitySale of St. Joseph and St. Marys to help fund mental health center

by Sister Paddy Lorenz

Mental health, both psychiatric and substance-abuse, iswoefully underfunded in Missouri in general. In addition,many of the 300,000 or so citizens who are unable to gethealth insurance in Missouri because of the failure to passMedicaid Expansion have mental health problems.

Currently when Kansas City police pick up individualswho seem to have a mental health problem (includingintoxication or addiction), they have two choices: take themto jail or an emergency room. Neither option is appropriateand simply results in a revolving door.

A step toward a solution is being taken by plans to set upa new mental health assessment and triage center at 12thand Prospect in Kansas City, Missouri. Te center will bepartially funded by $20 million set aside for charity carefrom the proceeds of the sale of St. Joseph and St. MarysMedical Centers. Negotiations with Ascension Healthresulted in the decision to use $2 million a year over 10years; the remainder of the funding for the estimated $3million a year operating cost will come from Kansas Cityarea hospitals and charitable foundations.

Plans are that the center will be open by next summer, or atleast by a year from now. Te facility will have 16 beds, eightsobering and eight stabilizing.

Police will then be able to take individuals with mentalhealth problems to the center where they can be assessed,held for up to 23 hours, if indicated, in "sobering" or"stabilizing" beds and then transferred to existing treatmentcenters or jail as appropriate.

I see the importance of this issue through my ministry as amember of the Board of Directors of the Heartland Centerfor Behavioral Change (HCBC). Since 1982 the agency,formerly known as the Kansas City Community Center, hasprovided a variety of outpatient and residential programs forthe treatment of substance abuse in a number of locations,including some outside of the metropolitan area.

HCBC has a number of outpatient substance abusetreatment programs, halfway houses and a short-terminpatient detoxification center for both federal and state

offenders transitioning back to community. Most recently,HCBC has become a provider in the Disease ManagementProject of the Missouri Department of Mental Health.

While the majority of HCBC clients still come throughthe criminal justice system, we are now branching out to amore general population. Our funding comes primarily fromgovernmental contracts and grants, both state and federal.

Tere was a good editorial in the Kansas City Star,October 17, 2015, on the new crisis center that, while

recognizing it is a good step, states "... its financing representsa further retreat for the state of Missouri's role in mentalhealth care" because it utilizes private charity funding.

So while the crisis center should relieve pressure on the jailsand hospital emergency rooms, and would be a better short-term option for the clients, it may just move the revolvingdoor to a somewhat better place because of lack of access toafter-care.


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Te sky is the same onboth sides of the Mexicanborder; however, livesare not. In Te Same Skyby Amanda Eyre Wardwe meet Carla living inHonduras and Alice livingin exas. Both are thevoices of social issues of

our day: adoption, fertility,infertility and illegalimmigrants.

Carla is an 11-year-old girl living in Honduras with hergrandmother and baby brother. When she was 5, her motherfled to exas hoping to earn money to bring Carla and herbrother to America. Te children with their grandmotherlive in extreme poverty, scrounging for food in the garbagedump. When her grandmother dies, Carla makes thedecision to flee to the Mexican border in order to find hermother.

Alice is the second woman in the novel. She lives with herhusband in exas where they have a successful restaurantand a good life; what they dont have is a child. Cancer anda failed adoption have left Alice childless and her dreamof being a mother keeps crumbling and is a threat to hermarriage.Te author deftly tells the two separate stories weavingback and forth between Alice and Carla. Although thechild and the older women are both on a journey seekinga better life, Carlas story and her dangerous journey to theMexican border overshadow that of Alice who is living theAmerican dream. Carla lives in a world of hunger, povertyand fear; what sustains her is her faith. By contrast, Alice hasa restaurant, a car, a home and a husband. In chapter afterchapter we see her searching for something to fill the voidin her life. Without diminishing the importance of Alicespain and disappointment when motherhood evades her, the

author is able to draw her reader's attention and empathyto Carla. Te contrast between the two lives is the moststriking aspect of the story.

We can believe the details of Carlas life in Honduras andher dangerous journey to the border because the authorhas done significant research. For over a year, AmandaEyre Ward visited shelters in Brownsville, exas and SanDiego, California. In an interview she said, At each shelter,

the children would be asked if they wanted to tell me theirstories. Ten I would listen as kids from the age of five toseventeen told me where they had come from, why they hadleft and what they hoped to find in America.

If you have wondered about the news stories that more than67,000 unaccompanied immigrant children showed up atour southern border last year, this book explains why andhow they got there. What happens once they arrive in theUnited States is not addressed in the book; however as wewell know it is the subject of presidential debates, radio talkshows, newspaper and magazine articles.

No matter where you stand on illegal immigration, the bookgives many things on which to reflect. Te author does notoffer any real solutions to the issues raised in her novel;neither does she offer any resolution to the controversysurrounding unaccompanied immigrant children.Te Same Skywas published in September 2015. Treemonths later, David Horsey, in his political commentaryin the Los Angeles imes writes: Europes migrant crisisdwarfs the U.S. problem at the Mexican border. Accordingto Horsey, todays crisis of asylum seekers fleeing the civilwar in Syria could be the first gush of a human tsunami thatwill swamp the continent.Amanda Eyre Wards Te Same Skygives us a piece, avery poignant piece, of this human tsunami that is alreadyswamping the continents of our world.

CSJ BOOK CLUBThe Same SkyBy Amanda Eyre Ward

Reviewed by Sister Joan Pitlyk


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Opening Our Heritage: Discerning Our Futureby Sister Lisa Lazio

2016 REGISTRATION

Opening Our Heritage:Discerning Our Future

May 22-27

Retreat Cost:

$400 for those staying at

Carondelet

$250 for commuters

$125 for those living atCarondelet

These costs include threemeals per day, snacks andprinting. Financial assistancemay be available.

Reservations may be madewith Sister Betty Leiwe [email protected] or314-726-0220.

*Reservations are due byMarch 1.

Please join us inremembering in prayer eachday those who will be a partof this retreat.

CSJ EVENTS & HAPPENINGS

It would take an entire issue to adequatelyconvey the experience of last Julys OpeningOur Heritage retreat. We began on Sundaywith dinner and shared prayer and heartswith each other for the next five days. Teatmosphere of living in the totality of Godsgreat love deepened as we went.Each day started with Sharing of the Heartgroups. Later in the morning we had input

on our living spiritual heritagefocused onliving continually in the grace of discernment.

Tere was time for rest and personal prayer. Spiritual direction was available.Each day we gathered for community conversation and prayer. We experiencedcontemplation and liturgical celebrations that drew us into a deeper awareness ofGods great love. Everyone was welcomesisters and associates, commuters andovernighters.Te community subsidized the program in order to make it available to thegreatest number of people. Tere were 34 in all.

Te spirit of the retreat is best captured in the comments of the participants:

As I came to this retreat I experienced warmth, acceptance, and welcome foralland there was a holy assuming that all were valued and loved. -S. Jean Abbott

My retreat has been a radical trusting of Gods care for me ...-S. Barbara Volk

As I experienced this weeknot just a single me and God experiencebut ame and God in community which is my challenge to live the CSJ charismloveof God and neighbor without distinction.-Santa Cuddihee

Tis has been a week of deepening trust in Gods presence in each person.A delight to observe the peace and joy deepen in each of us. -Jane Gerard

In looking toward the future, we are once again offering this retreat. We willbegin Sunday, May 22 with dinner and close after lunch on Friday, May 27.

To learn more, see the featured box on the right.


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Associate Cathy Modde presentsStoking the Fire of Resilience

Third Session: Oct. 17by Sister Helen Oates

Linger Over Breakfast provided an opportunity to feed boththe body and the heart. After a delicious breakfast includingwonderful blueberry pancakes, hot apple slices and a variety

of other goodies, CSJ Associate Cathy Modde, took us ona journey to explore spiritual sources of resilience and wayswe can fan the flames of the resilience within so that wecan stay strong and bounce back in hard times.

Cathys background includes five years as a parish youthminister at St. Joan of Arc and 16 years as a campus ministerwith young adults at Washington University CatholicStudent Center. Currently she is director of marketing forKRJ Architects and is an independent life coach. Teseexperiences have allowed her to observe people over the

spectrum of age as they react to what life hands them.

Youve probably met people who seem to be caught up inanger at lifes adversities, or who have become so subdued bylife that they are unable to laugh or find joy in the ordinary,like the beauty of a sunset. Teir sole focus seems to be theirtroubles, their loss, their pain, the unfairness of it all. Yetothers are admirable in their encounters with adversity. Mostof us have read or heard about someone who has overcomegreat difficulties in life, maybe even someone close to us.How did they do that? How did they stay calm or joyful or

peaceful, or keep their great sense of humor?o help us discover possible causes of the difference inreactions, Cathy encouraged us to share stories. She invitedus to take time to think about people we know whomwe would consider resilient. As we shared the stories ofthose we thought of, a couple of the following words coulddescribe the character traits most of them demonstrate:faith, acceptance, trust; gratitude, laughter, forgiveness;

hopeful, non-judgmental and caring. Stories can bepowerful. Once we can identify and describe behaviorscommon to resilient people, it seems more possible to

imitate those traits that we find attractive. One key foraccepting whatever life brings seems to be an appreciationfor the life weve been givenmost often expressed throughgratitude and forgiveness.

Identifying resilient people was an enriching experience butthere was more to our morning. Cathy shared that thereare scientific studies that prove we can re-train our brainsto be more positive. Neurons in our brain develop paths(connections) according to our habits of thought. Most ofour life experiences are positive or just neutral. Tose who

constantly wallow in negative memories or thoughts tend tolook at life negatively.

On the other hand, if we choose to focus on what is positive,neurons in our brain develop along that path towardsresilience. Cathy suggested that we can practice throughoutthe day. Pausing for even 30 seconds several times a dayto remember something that makes us happy or peacefuldevelops paths toward positive attitudes. Tinking gratefulthoughts at bedtime and when we awake in the morning caneven be life-changing. Read more about that in Sleeping with

Breadby Matthew Linn, SJ.

Other reference material used in this talk included: MakingHeart Bread, Whats My Song; Healing Purpose of Your Life,also by members of the Linn family.

Join us for another year of enriching programsthat promise to feed your mind, body and spirit.See page 23 for the 2016 Linger Over Breakfast seriesprograms in St. Louis and Kansas City.


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CSJ EVENTS & HAPPENINGSSOURCE & SUMMIT

by Associate Mary Kay Christian, province liturgist

Te chapel has been a busy place since September! We celebrated Mass onthe annual celebration of Founders Day on Oct. 15. Ten, on the followingSunday, Associate Marilyn Koncen planned a beautiful prayer service inhonor of the 500th anniversary of the death of St. eresa of Avila. OnOct. 23, some of our sisters and associates gathered to celebrate our newUnited Nations Peace Pole with a blessing prayer and dinner. Te MissionAdvancement Office once again hosted a Mass for All Souls Day onNov. 2, with over 150 people remembering their loved ones. We celebratedthe ongoing commitments of six new associates with the 24th AnnualAssociates Tanksgiving Celebration on Nov. 22.

As Advent approaches we are excited to be hosting the Missouri ChoralSociety for their Christmas concert on Dec. 5 at 2:30 p.m. as a part of theogether In Faith event series. Ten, join us for music and prayer on Dec. 13at our Advent Vespers service at 4 p.m. Come and bring friends to get intothe spirit of the season!

Finally, on Jan. 10 all sisters and associates are invited to close the Christmasseason with mass at 10 a.m., followed by brunch. Be sure to mark yourcalendars for these upcoming celebrations.

LITURGY CALENDAR

December2 Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m.5 Missouri Choral Society 2:30 p.m.

9 Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m.13 Advent Vespers 4 p.m.16 Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m.

January6 Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m.10 Baptism of Jesus Mass 10 a.m.

13 Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m.20 Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m.27 Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m.

Online Advent Prayers

CSJ PRAYER BLOGSubscribe to our prayer blog,

togetherwepray.org,to receive daily Advent reections via e-mail,

created by Liturgist and Associate Mary Kay Christian

ADVENT CALENDAR

Visit www.stlcatholicsisters.orgto view an Advent calendar from the

Communicators for St. Louis Catholic Sisters.

Click on the Follow button at the bottom right-handcorner of the page to subscribe and receive the

Advent meme of the day via e-mail.

Artwork by Sister Lisa Lazio


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JAN NOVOTKA IN CONCERTSaturday, Jan. 23 at 7 p.m.

Holy Family ChapelJan sings of the sacredness and oneness ofall. Her music touches people of all faiths,

cultures and backgrounds. Admissionis free. Freewill offering for Anti-Human

Trafcking Ministr ies.

ST. LOUIS

Stoking the Fire of Resiliencewith Cathy Modde, CSJA

Saturday, Oct. 179-11 a.m.

Carondelet Motherhouse

Explore spiritual sources of resilience

and ways to fan the ames of the

resilience within (even if it feels like

just a little spark) to stay strong andbounce back in hard times.

Cost:$16Register by Oct. 12to

314-678-0307 or [email protected]

SAVE THE DATES

LEARN MORE AND VIEW OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS AT CSJSL.ORG.

BAPTISM OF JESUSSunday, Jan. 10

10 a.m. Mass

Holy Family Chapel

Join us as we celebrate the Feast of

the Baptism of the Lord. Mass will be

followed by brunch. RSVP by Jan. 4.

2016 SERIES PROGRAMS

ST. LOUIS

FEB 27

Exploring Our Soul Energywith Carol Patron, CSJ

APR 30

Live Until You Die:Aging and Care Giving

with Pat Dunphy, CSJ &Kathleen Karbowski, CSJ

SEPT 17

Habits of HighlyEffective Christians

with Santa Cuddihee, CSJA

OCT 29

Ebb and Flowwith Kate Filla, CSJ

KANSAS CITY

APRIL 16

CSJ Spirit and Spirituality ...What Keeps Our Feet in the Street

with Marianne Keena, CSJ

OCT 15

St. Teresaof Avila:

Prayer Guru andFearless Apostle

with RuthStuckel, CSJ

For more

details, visit

csjsl.org.

ST. LOUIS PROVINCETOWN HALL MEETING

Sisters & Associates Welcome

Thursday, Jan. 7Carondelet Motherhouse &

via Streaming

Two Sessions Available:1:30 p.m. & 6 p.m.

The discussion will be a follow up of

our responses to the Fall SectionalDesign Team questions.

Participants need only choose one of

the sessions listed above to attend.

A link for the streaming of the event

will be sent closer to the time of theevent. Be on the lookout for the link in

the CSJ Messages or a separate email.

Lunch will not be served, but coffee,tea and soft drinks will be provided.

RSVP by Dec. 15 at 314-481-8800 [email protected].

Overnight Accommodations

Those traveling from out of town inneed of overnight accommodations,

contact Denise Raggio at

314-678-0478 or [email protected].

Nazareth SistersThe sisters at Nazareth with have their

meeting on Friday, Jan. 8 at 1:30 p.m.

ADVENT VESPERS SERVICESunday, Dec. 13 at 4 p.m.

Holy Family Chapel

Join us in music and prayer.

*For all motherhouse events, RSVP to 314-481-8800 or [email protected].


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LEADERSHIP CALENDARDecember1 Dept. Head Mtg. (ML, MML, RS, LS)

6-26 Gulu (ML)

8 Nazareth Christmas Party (MF, MML, RS, LS)

10 LCWR Breakfast (MML, RS, LS)10-11 Avila Board Mtg. (RS)

14-15 Council/Corporation Mtgs. (MF, MML, RS, LS)

16 Province Ofce Christmas Party (MF, MML, RS, LS)

17 SJID Executive Committee (MF)

January5 Elder Care Study Group (ML, MML)

5 Vocation Mtg. (MF, ML, LS)

11-12 Council/Corporation Mtg. (All)

18 Martin Luther King Holiday (All)

25 Agenda Committee Mtg. (MF, LS)25 SJA Board Mtg. (RS)

29 Sponsorship Mtg., Fontbonne University (MML, RS)

February1 Elder Care Study Group (ML, MML)

6 Fontbonne Board Mtg. (MML)

6 Avila Steer Dinner (All)

11-12 Council/Corporation Mtgs. (All)13-24 CLG, Peru (ML, MML, RS)

16-26 CLG, Peru (MF, LS)

29 Elder Care Study Group (ML, MML)

March5 Sponsorship Task Force (MML, RS)

7-8 Council/Corporation Mtgs. (All)

14-18 LCWR Region X Mtg., Dubuque (All)

19 60th Jubilee Celebration, NLC (All)

22 Investment Managers Mtg. (All)

FREE ADMISSION RSVP TO 314-481-8800 OR [email protected]

Saturday, Dec. 5 2:30 p.m.

Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet MotherhouseFree Admission RSVP to 314-481-8800 or [email protected]

Learn more attogetherinfaithseries.com

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