Journal” that outlined the places to be visited each day along with photos, Evening Prayer, and suggestions for sharing. The travelers visited the sites sacred to Sisters of St. Joseph everywhere, including Lourdes, Toulouse, Le Puy, Lyon, Annecy, and Paris. They were able to attend Mass in each city’s Cathedral/ church and experienced wonderful liturgies. They began in Lourdes where they participated in the baths, the procession and prayers. They stopped in Toulouse for a city tour, then traveled to Le Puy where they spent three days at the International Centre of the Sisters of St. Joseph. Sister Rita led the walking tours in Le Puy. Highlights were meeting the SSJ Associates make June Pilgrimage to Le Puy, France, and other French cities Vol. 1 Issue 5 Inside: Sister Kathleen Carr’s Column 2 New Finance Director 2 Le Puy Pilgrimage Preached Retreat 3 Maintenance position opening 4 June/July 2019 On the Journey Publisher: Sister Kathleen Carr, SSJ General Superior Editor: Sister Carol Stovall, SSJ S ixteen eager pilgrims made the journey to Le Puy, France under the guidance of SSJ Associates Directress, Sister Rita Baum, June 16 – 26. Le Puy is the French city in which the first Sisters of St. Joseph were established in 1650. The spiritual journey came from a request by a Central Florida Associate and was supported by requests from several others. Eight Associates, three family members, three friends, and Sisters of St. Joseph Rita and Kathleen Power accepted the challenge of pilgrimage. ________________________ Associates are laity who are spiritual companions and coworkers with the Sisters while continuing their daily lives. Associates do not take public vows; do not live in community or a convent; and do not have a voice in congregational governance or any financial obligations to the Congregation. ________________________ At an early planning meeting, Sister Kathleen Power introduced many suggestions for a proper preparation for pilgrimage: prayer, activities, selection of items to be left in places visited, etc. She created a “Pilgrims’ Prayer (continued on page 3) SSJ Associates in the kitchen in Le Puy
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Journal” that outlined the places to be visited each day along with photos, Evening Prayer, and suggestions for sharing.
The travelers visited the sites sacred to Sisters of St. Joseph everywhere, including Lourdes, Toulouse, Le Puy, Lyon, Annecy, and Paris. They were able to attend Mass in each city’s Cathedral/church and experienced wonderful liturgies. They began in Lourdes where they participated in the baths, the procession and prayers. They stopped in Toulouse for a city tour, then traveled to Le Puy where they spent three days at the International Centre of the Sisters of St. Joseph. Sister Rita led the walking tours in Le Puy. Highlights were meeting the
SSJ Associates make June Pilgrimage to
Le Puy, France, and other French cities
Vol. 1 Issue 5
Inside:
Sister Kathleen Carr’s Column
2
New Finance Director
2
Le Puy Pilgrimage
Preached Retreat
3
Maintenance position
opening
4
June/July 2019
On the Journey
Publisher:
Sister Kathleen
Carr, SSJ
General Superior
Editor:
Sister Carol
Stovall, SSJ
S ixteen eager pilgrims made the journey to Le Puy, France under the guidance of SSJ
Associates Directress, Sister Rita Baum, June 16 – 26. Le Puy is the French city in which the first
Sisters of St. Joseph were
established in 1650. The spiritual journey came from a request by a Central Florida Associate and was supported by requests from several others. Eight Associates, three
family members, three friends, and Sisters of St. Joseph Rita and
Kathleen Power accepted the
challenge of pilgrimage.
________________________
Associates are laity who are
spiritual companions and
coworkers with the Sisters while continuing their daily lives.
Associates do not take public vows; do not live in community or a convent; and do not have a voice in congregational governance or any financial obligations to the Congregation.
________________________
At an early planning meeting,
Sister Kathleen Power introduced many suggestions for a proper preparation for pilgrimage: prayer, activities, selection of items to be left in places visited, etc. She
created a “Pilgrims’ Prayer (continued on page 3)
SSJ Associates in the kitchen in Le Puy
Retreat in our daily life
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D uring these summer months our Sisters take the time for
retreat and some days of vacation. The summer heat causes all of us to slow down and move at a lighter pace. I have been reflecting lately on what these summer days are calling us to in the fall, winter and springtime of our lives. Are not our hearts always burning within us? The love of Christ impels us to run to Him each and every day. We retreat into times of prayer through-out the day, we take times of rest that help us to settle into being aware of God’s presence, and before you know it, the rough edges of our busy-ness become smooth and calm. It is often said that a retreat is a “vacation with God.” A period of retreat is very necessary for remembering
Whose you are. For a time we are called away from our ordinary schedules and place of work and where we live. We allow God to allure us into the desert and speak to our hearts. The smoldering embers in our heart are once again stirred into flame. What if we learned to “retreat” some time every day? Perhaps that would make a difference as to why you get up each morning. What would happen if we took some time to rest in God’s presence throughout the day? I can only imagine that the quality of our work or our presence to others would be greatly enriched. As a former school principal/teacher I would often think of the three “’R’s”: Reading, (w)Riting, and (a)Rithmetic, as necessary for growth and development. Now I see many more “R’s” that nourish my soul. Retreat, Relax, Reflect, Recollect, Rest, Renew, Rediscover, Refresh, Receive…and Run…Run to the Lord and do not look back.
Volume 1, Issue 5
Sister Kathleen
Carr, SSJ
Frank Castillo becomes Finance Director in July
Frank Castillo
After a lengthy nationwide search, Sister Kathleen
Carr has appointed Frank D. Castillo the new
Finance Director of the Sisters of St. Joseph of St.
Augustine, Florida.
Frank comes to his new position with a wealth of
experience, most recently serving as president and
CEO of Feeding Northeast Florida. He holds a
Bachelor of Science in commerce with an emphasis
in finance from Santa Clara University, California,
as well as a Masters of Divinity from Reformed
Theological Seminary, Oviedo, Florida.
He began working for the Congregation on July 22
in the Governance Offices at the Motherhouse.
Franks resides in Jacksonville.
June Pilgrimage to Le Puy, France for SSJ Associates
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(continued from front page)
Sister of St. Joseph from Brazil and the
Associate from Kalamazoo, MI who live
there, seeing the First Kitchen, the Living
History Center, the Cathedral de Notre
Dame du Puy, and visiting with the sheep
in their backyard.
After Le Puy, the pilgrims went to Lyon for
a city tour, and a visit to Mother Saint John
Fontbonne’s room and the Heritage Room.
Mother Saint John was the Congregation’s
Lights for Liberty Vigil held in Plaza in
downtown St. Augustine on July 12.
leader at the time of the first French sisters going
to serve in the U.S.A. in 1836 in St. Louis. Next
was a visit to Annecy with the Basilica of the
Visitation which houses the relics of both St.
Francis de Sales and St. Jane de Chantal.
The final leg of the journey brought the pilgrims
to Paris, where they traveled as close as possible
to view Notre Dame Cathedral and pray for its
renovation. They enjoyed a guided tour of the
Rodin Museum, and Monet’s home and garden in
Giverny. A final celebration dinner was enjoyed
by all in Montmarte, near Sacre Coeur Basilica.
Renewal Center holds
silent preached retreat
St. Joseph Renewal Center held its first
silent preached retreat June 30—July 7.
Father Anthony Aarons, T.O.R, from San
Pedro Spiritual Center, Orlando, led the
retreat that had as its theme “Eucharistic
Discipleship.” Ten sisters and one SSJ lay
associate made the retreat. Retreatants
were from St. Augustine, Jacksonville
and Boynton Beach. Rev. Anthony Aarons, T.O.R., left, with retreatants
at St. Joseph Renewal Center.
Lights for Liberty Vigil in
St. Augustine on July 12
Nancy and David O’Byrne (Nancy is second
from right), SSJ Justice Coordinators, at
Lights for Liberty Vigil in St. Augustine with
Sisters and at least one other SSJ Associate.
The purpose of the event was to protest the
inhumane conditions faced by refugees in
our country.
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Deacon Christopher Knight, seminarian for the Diocese of St. Augustine assigned to
the Cathedral-Basilica this summer, visits the Archives with Archivist Sister Catherine
