The Leadership Council for the US Federation held its January 2020 meeting in Brentwood. The US Federation is grateful to the Brentwood congregation for providing hospitality in St. Joseph Renewal Center. The Leadership Council had their meals in the convent dining room with their Brentwood sisters. Members of the Leadership Council: Eileen McCann, CSJ, Albany, NY, Co-chair Joan Gallagher, Brentwood, NY,…
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St. Joseph Worker Nicole Skaluba, who is working in the CSJ JPIC office, was one of over 500 people who joined with RAPP (Release Aging People in Prison) to lobby at the state capital in Albany. Those who were present lobbied to begin to scale back long and life sentences in New York State, promote the release of long serving…
This year’s annual gathering for the St. Joseph Worker Program will take place the week of January 20th at the Catholic Charities Respite Center in McAllen, Texas. As the SJWs and the program staff from Los Angeles, New York and St. Paul gather they will be assisting at the center with various tasks, traveling to Matamoras to provide Humanitarian aid…
The Sisters of St. Joseph Brentwood have recently completed work on two projects on their Brentwood Campus due to grants from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The Sisters had a certified arborist complete their Tree Inventory and Management Plan thanks to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Urban and Community Forestry Grants Program. The tree inventory will support…
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In the new calendar year St. Joseph Workers from NY will gather with the St. Joseph Workers from Los Angeles and St. Paul in McAllen, TX to be of service at the Catholic Charities Respite Center. They will be assisting the center under the direction of S. Norma Pimental, MJ in its work and service to the dear neighbor. In…
Thanks to a grant from the New York State Department of Agriculture and Market’s Community Gardens Grant Program, the Sisters of St. Joseph’s Garden Ministry has completed the construction of 21 raised beds in their Community Gardens on the Brentwood Campus. The Community Gardens Program at Sisters of St. Joseph has been in existence for the past four years. Grant funding…
November 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. It launches the 16 days of the theme for 2019 ”Orange the World: Generation Equality Stands Against Rape.” It concludes on International Human Rights Day, December 10. (www.unwomen.org) This year three significant international actions bring together the instruments and attention to fight for protection of women from…
The School of the Americas Watch Movement initially formed to denounce the massacre of the six Jesuit priests, Elba Ramos and her 16 year old daughter, Celina, in El Salvador. This year marked the 30th anniversary of their martyrdom and the call to close the SOAs echoed among the hundreds who gathered at the gates of the training facility. The…