The East Meadow Kiwanis Club honored Sister Judy Fay at its meeting on July 20, presenting her with the New York District Everyday Hero Award. Fay has been the director of the Parish Social Ministry at St. Raphael’s Church for the past 12 and a half years. Elizabeth Fries, lieutenant governor designate, presented Fay with the Kiwanis award. “You’re my…
Members of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Brentwood, other women religious and laypeople attended a rally in support of For the People Act on July 26 at the Sisters of St. Joseph motherhouse in Brentwood. Following the event, a letter signed by 3,685 religious sisters from various congregations across the nation urging Congress to pass the measure was hand-delivered…
40 Day Fast for Christian Nonviolence, July 1-Aug. 9 Pax Christi MNY has participated in a 40-Day Fast for Christian Nonviolence from July 1st to August 9th, the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, the largest Christian community in Japan at the time. It is also the anniversary of St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein), a victim of the holocaust…
FaithLands is a growing national movement to connect and inspire faith communities to use their land in new ways that promote ecological and human health, support local food and farming, enact reparative justice, and strengthen communities. The Sisters of St. Joseph were highlighted in the recently released Faithlands Toolkit. Dan Heston (PLT) Kim Quarty (PLT), Teddy Bolkas (Thera Farm), and S.…
Amanda Furcall (CSJ Land Ecologist) has been working for the past six weeks with a group of land ecology interns on our Brentwood campus. Last week, they spent two days removing invasive species from the St. Joseph Villa property in the Hamptons. They weeded and mulched the organic garden, cut down vines that strangle trees, cleared bamboo, and cleaned up…
As we look forward to the slower pace of summer, we invite everyone to commit to join us in one action toward our chapter directive on Widening and Deepening our Prophet Call to Justice. The statement partially states, “In response to the sin of racism and other evil, we pledge ourselves to undergo personal and communal transformation.” This list…
St. Michael’s Catholic Academy in Flushing honored the Sisters of St. Joseph of Brentwood at a plaque dedication ceremony on Wednesday, May 26, in the school’s faculty room. The Sisters of St. Joseph have had a strong presence at St. Michael’s, located at 136-58 41st Ave., shortly after the school opened in 1851, where they served as administrators, teachers and…
Today, Tuesday, May 25, is the first anniversary of the murder of George Floyd. We remember not only George Floyd, but all those who have lost their lives to unjust acts of violence. We pray for an end to racism and pray for peace.
Island Harvest’s Healthy Harvest Farm Reopens A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on May 19th at Island Harvest’s Farm on our campus. The ceremony rededicated the farm after the pandemic kept it closed last year. Island Harvest Food Bank’s leadership, representatives from the Sisters of St. Joseph and the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County, locally elected officials, anti-hunger activists, and…
Welcome Land Ecology Interns Through the course of the spring and summer a total of four interns will be working as part of the Sustainability Department. Landscape Ecologist, Amanda Furcall is supervising their activities which include managing the woodlands and meadows, tending the native plant gardens, conducting botanical and wildlife surveys and maintaining trails. The interns will greatly increase our…