Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet

June 3, 2016

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When It’s hard to Discard: Overcoming Clutter

and hoarding type BehaviorsA two hour presentation by Mark Odom, LCSWHoarding ConsultantSaturday, June 11th

1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Classrooms CC

RSVP to smninteman@csjla.org by June 6th

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Directory Information FormsDue today to Communications

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Online Draft of Directorywill go live June 17th

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assembly 2016July 28th - July 31st

Good News to Share!

B ishop Gerald R. Barnes surprised Sister Linda Nicholson, CSJ last Friday with the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Cross at Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral in San Bernardino, CA. This award is presented to individuals whose distinguished

service to the Church and contributions rise to a level that they deserve recognition by the Universal Church. The conferral of this honor may only be made by the Apostolic See with the recommendation of the Diocesan Bishop, and it is one of the highest honors a person may receive in the Catholic Church. Sister was thanked for life of working in our church. She humbly accepted this award in the name of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and the many people she has ministered with over the last 59 years! Last January, the principals also recognized Sister Linda as a courageous educator who has touched the lives their schools, teachers, students and parents with her service and work in our schools. They awarded her with the Thomas Aquinas Award. She has worked hard to impact Catholic Identity and Catholic teaching throughout the curriculum. v ~ Submitted by Sister Sara Kane, CSJ

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Calls to Action

eNgagemeNt PrOCeSS

On May 18th, eight members of AZ Cluster 1 took a field trip to the Kino Border Initiative (KBI), a Jesuit ministry to the migrants and deportees on the AZ/Mexico border. We were welcomed by Sister Celina of the Missionary of the Eucharist community who ministers there and by Father Sean Carroll, SJ the director of the KBI. Approximately 80 migrants filled the 4 long tables. Sister led them in an interactive educational session about their rights as children of God and why it was important for them to stand up for their rights. Fr. Sean then led us in prayer. We helped serve the plates of rice, beans, beef bits, tortillas, coffee and soft drinks. After the meal, we visited with the deportees whose stories were very sad and tugged at our hearts. The womens’ shelter consisits of two apartments on the top floor of a large apartment building. We met three women who were recently deported and were temporarily living there. Another lady with four children lived in the adjacent apartment. They were gracious women though still suffering the separation from their loved ones. They desired a free and peaceful life and were determined to try and cross the border again to be re-united with their families. As we shared lunch, we talked about the deep impact of our experience on each of us. Everyone agreed it was an experience during which not only we had been blessed but we had been gifted with a real sense of widening our tent and reaching out and welcoming our dear neighbor. One of us said, “It was like going on a Pilgrimage”. v ~ Submitted by Sister Irma Odabashian, CSJ

We commit to [practicing] new ways of being in mission with partners and collaborators.Presentation Sisters’ Learning Center in Watts was blessed the day CSJ Sisters volunteered to share their gifts with our adult students. The Sisters’ dedication and fidelity to teaching ESL, music, crafts and citizenship preparation is an inspiration. “Each one, teach one,” a saying that our Presentation Sisters in India use in their schools, is one we try to emulate. Working together as women religious, along with lay volunteers and donors, is the only way forward. Let us continue to widen our tents and join forces to give the gift of education to those who have been deprived of its benefits. v ~ Submitted by Jane Bonar, PBVM

A Pilgrimage

Holy Family Retreat - Path of Mercy

Retreat director Sister Joanne Dehmer, SSND invites retreatants to be on the path of mercy and deepen the quality of compassion and forgiveness in their lives. v

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Find the following by clicking on the NeWS button above.v Carondelet High School, Concord, CA

ForSisters & Associates

Find the following on members Only. Click on button above:v Note from Sisters in Hawaiiv Thank You Note from Sister Kathleen McCarthy, CSJv Thank You Note from Sister Pat Foster, CSJ

Remembering

Sister Therese Donahue, CSJRemembering on line

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PraYerS PLeaSe

When Your Friends Need PrayerThe Sisters of St. Joseph created the website– prayersplease.com. Anybody may request prayers anonymously and free of charge. v

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CongratulationsCongratulations to Sister Carol Quinlivan, CSJ who received a Ph.D. in religious studies, specifically Celtic Spirituality. She will begin teaching at Mount St. Mary’s University in the fall. v~ Submitted by Sister Mary Sevilla, CSJ

Is Celebrating 100 Years of ServiceIn 1916, Sisters of St. Joseph from Lewiston, Idaho answered the call of Father Bender, Pastor of St. Patrick Church in Pasco, area physicians and community members to open the area’s first hospital. Lourdes has been privileged to extend the healing ministry of Jesus to members of the community for 100 years, caring for poor, sick, vulnerable and disenfranchised persons. Lourdes will celebrate this milestone on Saturday, September 24, 2016 with Mass celebrated by The Most Reverend Thomas Daly, Bishop of Spokane, at 10 a.m. at St. Patrick Church. A Gala dinner will be held that evening at the Red Lion Hotel in Pasco. Please join us in prayer as we commemorate our 100 years of ministry. ~ Submitted by Sisters Esther Polacci and Mary Williams, CSJ

Our Lady of Lourdes HospitalPasco, WA