In response to our Land Ethic commitment, many people visited our Brentwood campus this summer. We continue to share this precious space as we educate, collaborate, and model best practices. Our farming initiatives have increased access to and consumption of healthy, organic, and locally grown produce for our Brentwood neighbors and the surrounding community. The Thera Farm stand has accepted…
NETWORK’s Nuns on the Bus is on the road again to hold members of Congress accountable for their votes on the 2017 Tax Bill and the many attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The Nuns on the Bus “On the Road to Mar-a-Lago” tour will include 54 events in 21 states over the course of 27 days. The tour will launch…
Each November, local chapters of the Association for Fundraising Professionals throughout the world set aside one special day to recognize the significant impact of philanthropy. It is celebrated as National Philanthropy Day (NPD). They come together to honor outstanding philanthropic contributions of corporations, small businesses, individuals and groups. These individuals and organizations are recognized as having made a real difference in the lives…
God in the Streets of Brentwood On September 8, the Feast of the Nativity of Mary, the people of St. Anne and St. Luke parishes in Brentwood joined in a procession through the streets praying for peace in their community. Carrying signs saying “Eradicate Hate’ and “God bring peace to Brentwood”, hundreds of men, women and children processed through the…
Administrators of our Sisters of St. Joseph Sponsored Schools met at the St. Joseph Villa in Hampton Bays during the last week of September for their workshop on the Sisters of St. Joseph Brentwood (CSJ) mission. The speaker for this annual 2 day workshop was Thomas Nunan, head of St. Joseph Prep in Brighton, Massachusetts, a school sponsored by the…
We, the U.S. Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, join with the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) in strongly opposing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s proposed changes to the public charge regulation. We view such changes as yet another attempt by the Trump administration to restrict immigration and punish immigrant families, to force parents to make impossible…
On Wednesday, August 29, the new teachers from the Sisters of St. Joseph Sponsored Schools in New York gathered for an orientation at Fontbonne Hall Academy in Brooklyn, New York. Sister Helen Kearney , President of the Sisters of St. Joseph Brentwood, greeted the group and spoke of the mission of the schools, as well as the five core values…
In an effort to move beyond promises and pledges, leaders from around the world joined the faith community and others last week in San Francisco to put on display actions under way to address the global threat of climate change, and to mobilize even more. The Sisters of St. Joseph were represented by Sister Karen Burke who was invited as…
St. Joseph Worker Program NY Begins Year Two! As the St. Joseph Worker Program began its second year The Traveler, a poem by John O’Donohue, was an appropriate way to commence the orientation for the Workers and program staff. Every time you leave home, another road takes you into a world you were never in. The road from Accra, Ghana…
Join us for an hour of prayer as we learn from the leaves the art of letting go. Autumn Equinox Friday, September 21st at 5:30 PM at the CSJ Organic Garden Registration is appreciated Email: garden@csjbrentwood.org “Slowly she celebrated the sacrament of letting go. First she surrendered her green then the orange, yellow and red. Finally she let go of…