Boston Red Sox bring back 'Nuns Day at Fenway Park'

Well, today many sisters from around Boston and beyond are heading to Fenway Park. Back in the 1950's they used to have what was called "Nuns Day at Fenway Park." This time the invitation came with the title "Sisters Day at Fenway Park." Good...because "nuns" are actually women religious who are cloistered, live in a monastery, and would not be likely to go "out to the ball game." Sisters are apostolic women religious who live and minister among people. Yes, we come in all sizes, shapes, and ages...but we are not cloistered or monastic. It's interesting that the Springfield Republican newspaper continued to use the word "nuns" in an article they posted yesterday. Here is the link to the article.
http://www.masslive.com/redsox/index.ssf/2013/06/boston_red_sox_bring_back_nuns.html
It seems that the inspiration for this event came from a woman in Springfield whose daughter works with the Red Sox. It's all explained in this article.

A Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston is throwing out the first pitch. So...stay tuned for pictures later today or tomorrow.

CSJ Boston Soundings Update June 19, 2013

Our latest edition of Soundings Update is now available at:
http://www.csjboston.org/su-June-19-2013.pdf

Read about

• The Literacy Connection Celebration of Gratitude and Accomplishment
• Visit with our New Mexico Associates
• Annual Welcome Summer CSJ Picnic
• Pennies for Peru [Loose change welcome too! ]

Justice for Immigrants

 

As you probably know, the full U.S. Senate is discussing the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill [CRI] that came out of the Senate Committee last week. May we pray for open minds and hearts during these discussions. The following is a link to a prayer from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. The Justice Prayer

 

There are also many resources available to learn about Justice for Immigrants on the USCCB website at: http://www.justiceforimmigrants.org/index.shtml

Sisters of St. Joseph Soundings Update 6-5-13

view from St. Joseph Retreat Center on a beautiful Saturday in May.
click through to visit the retreat center site.

 

Our latest edition of Soundings Update is now available at:

http://www.csjboston.org/su-June-5-2013.pdf

Helen Sullivan, CSJ

Read about Helen Sullivan, CSJ, our new appointed Director of the Office of Justice and Peace. Helen officially begins this ministry on June 17, 2013.

Also view pictures of our annual Donor Day liturgy and brunch. This is always a well attended event and we are so grateful to all our donors -- both those who could participate and those who were with us in spirit.

We had a wonderful Social Media workshop last Saturday. In light of that, this is as good a time as any to remind you to "like" our CSJ Facebook Fanpage at: https://www.facebook.com/csjboston

It's important to know that you click the PAGE "like" that is under the masthead picture and on the right across from the words "Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston. Some people have just been clicking individual posts and not the PAGE self.