Outreach to Women: A New CSJ Ministry

Our Vocation Team offered Taizé Prayer this evening. Before the prayer, there was an informal open house for Sisters and Associates to learn more about Outreach to Women [OTW]. I didn’t do a specific count but it seemed as if there were over 30 Sisters and Associates who dropped by to learn more about this newly evolving ministry.

This statue and beautiful arrangement of tulips was on a side table at the open house. It seems like a fitting way to image this evolving ministry.

While the goal of OTW is to provide opportunities for women to improve the quality of their lives, this goal is not exactly new. For the 135 years we’ve been in Boston, Sisters of St. Joseph have served in a wide variety of areas including education, health, pastoral work, and much more. The common thread has always been to deepen the relationship with God and neighbor without distinction.

Outreach to Women continues this way of being with others by responding to today’s needs. We have always sought to help women in need. Mary Rita, one of our Associates, is the Director of OTW and is networking with Sisters, Associates, and agencies in the Brighton-Allston area to further develop this ministry. She also intends to do networking in other neighborhoods where Sisters and Associates are present.