Sisters of St. Joseph - Soundings Update 3-30-11

The latest issue of Soundings Update can be viewed at http://www.csjboston.org/su-March-30-2011.pdf
Please note the Dates to Remember on Page 3. If you are in the Greater Boston area, know you are most welcome to join in liturgies as listed -- In particular our Palm Sunday and Paschal Triduum liturgies.

There is also a Human Trafficking Symposium coming up on April 16. The details are alsoon page 3.

Tonight we will celebrate a Tenebrae Prayer Service with the Credo Dancers. Join us if you can.

Most of these events have been highlighted in recent posts. Scroll down for details.

An Evening of Prayer and Conversation for Women and Men Interested in Religious Life

Thursday, April 7, 2011, 6:00-9:30p.m.

An Evening of Prayer and Conversation

for Women and Men Interested in Religious Life

We hold this treasure in earthen jars.

Do you have a desire to serve the Church? Have you ever considered entering a religious community? Would you like to meet men and women who have recently chosen religious life? If so, you are invited to an Evening of Prayer for women and men interested in religious life Thursday, April 7, 2011 – 6:00-9:30pm. This evening is sponsored by Sponsored by Archdiocese of Boston Delegate for Religious and hosted at the Sisters of St. Joseph Motherhouse, 637 Cambridge Street, Brighton, MA. For more information Phone: 617-747-5637, email Sr_Marian_Batho@rcab.org visit: http://www.bostoncatholic.org/DelegateForReligious.aspx
You can also download a brochure here:

Hint in downloading: If you click the download arrow and save the file to your computer, it will print out with the correct dimensions.

Sisters of St. Joseph 175th Anniversary in the United States

March 25th marks the 175th Anniversary of Sisters of Saint Joseph arriving in Saint Louis, MO. From here their ministry spread quickly across the United States and Canada and many other places in the world.  

A few years ago I prepared a prayer for our Sponsored Ministries. I've adapted it a bit for this anniversary. You can download it here.
 

I've also asked a Sister Jeanne Marie, a friend of mine from the Carondelet-Albany Province, if I could share some prayer cards she prepared for a meeting we were at last November. They have pictures and quotes about each of the first sisters who came to the New World as well as Mother St. John Fontbonne and the Countess de la Rochejaquelin. She is the woman who donated the money to make it possible for the sisters to come to America. You'll learn a little about her in the prayer. Here is the link to the prayer cards.


May we all celebrate the 175th anniversary of these amazing women on whose shoulders we stand. In particular Happy Anniversary to the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Carondelet. Click on their name to watch their video: Serving A World In Need. Learn about our founding in 17th century France and the modern day mission and ministry of the Sisters of Saint Joseph.

Visit our CSSJ U.S. Federation site to learn more about Sisters of Saint Joseph throughout the U.S. There are also links to The U.S. Federation of the Sisters of Saint Joseph is a dynamic union of all the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the United States who claim a common origin in the foundation at LePuy, France in 1650. Today there are approximately 6,500 vowed members as well as 2,500 Associates in the United States. World-wide there are over 13,000 Sisters of Saint Joseph in over 50 countries.

CREDO Liturgical Dance Company of Boston

 presents...

...A danced interpretation of the Passion and Death of Jesus Christ

“Were You There?” is a tenebrae service that takes the observer into the shadow with the passion and death of Jesus. It is a dramatic narration in which each dancer takes turns symbolizing in movement the betrayer and betrayed, interspersed with intervals of prayer, incorporating the observer into the events unfolding before them.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

7:00 PM

Sisters of St. Joseph Chapel

637 Cambridge St.

Brighton, MA

The Women's Table: A Boston CSJ Ministry

The Women's Table, now has a website where you can learn more about this ministry of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Boston. The Women's Table was established in 2008 to provide services for women from all walks of life through education, social support, wellness, spiritual development, and outreach.

On Saturday, March 26, 2011, The Women's Table will sponsor a Lenten Retreat called "Spa for the Soul."

I sent this out a few weeks ago. If you or someone you know may benefit from this retreat, please consider contacting The Women's Table. All the details are in the attached flyer and also on The Women's Table website in the News and Programs section.

St. Jospeh's Day Prayer & Soundings Update



Joseph on the Journey by Mary Southard, CSJ
on grounds of CSJ Orange Motherhouse
photo: Joanne, CSJ, June, 2009



God of Great Love, Your son, Jesus,

was nurtured by St. Joseph.

May we look to Joseph

 as our model of justice, gentleness, and humility.

May we, with Joseph,

nurture the life of Christ in our lives

and in the lives of others

Uniting all people and all creation

with God and with one another.

May Joseph’s life inspire us

to be a hopeful, healing presence within our world.

Amen.

© 1999 -- Joanne Gallagher, CSJ

Happy Saint Joseph's Day

View Soundings Udate for March 16, 2011, at http://www.csjboston.org/su-March-16-2011.pdf
 This issue is packed with events in which you or someone you know may be interested:

• A Lenten Retreat for women with children with various challenges -- March 26, 2011
• Food, Inc, -- a movie about the story of our food -- March 26, 2011
• An Evening of Prayer and Conversation for Women and Men Interested in Religious Life. It is sponsored by the Archdiocese of Boston Delegate for Religious and is coming up on April 7
• A Sympsoium on Human Trafficking offered by the Anti-Trafficking Coalition of the Boston Unit of LCWR
• Tenebrae Service -- March 30
• Taize Prayer dates
• There are many other dates of liturgies, prayer services, etc. to which all are welcome.

Sisters of St. Joseph - Soundings Update 3-2-11



"We hold this treasure in earthen vessels"

 The March 2, 2011, issue of Soundings Update is available at http://www.csjboston.org/su-March-2-2011.pdf
Read about

• St. Michael's College students who stayed at our Hospitality House during a service immersion program.
• An evening of prayer and conversation for Women and Men interested in Religious Life
• Many Dates to Remember...mark you calendars and know you are welcome at many of the events listed.