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News NotesNews NotesPROVINCESISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH OF CARONDELET AND ASSOCIATES ST. LOUIS PROVINCE MAY/JUNE 2015

From the rising of the sun to its setting,the name of the LORD is to be praised!Psalms 113:3

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Province News Notes is a publication of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, St. Louis Province. Its purpose is to promote dialogue and unity within the St. Louis province and to keep members informed on those subjects that promote community and ministry.

We welcome your submissions! Submit articles and photos to Sarah Baker (e-mail preferred to [email protected]).

**Materials are subject to editing and will be published at the discretion of the editor.

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Inside this Issue

ContentsProvince Leadership News ......................................................................................... 3-6Vocation Ministry ..............................................................................................................7Congregation News ..................................................................................................... 8-9Association ................................................................................................................ 10-11CSJ News ..........................................................................................................................12Spiritual Direction ...........................................................................................................132015 Jubilee ............................................................................................................... 14-15Carondelet Chronicles ........................................................................................... 16-17Liturgy ................................................................................................................................18MCRI ..................................................................................................................................19Sharing of the Heart. ......................................................................................................20Archives .............................................................................................................................21Necrology: Associate Anne Clifford ............................................................................22Necrology: Sister Loretta Hennekes ..........................................................................23Necrology: Sister Cecilia Sullivan ................................................................................24Necrology: Sister Margaret Alice Daues ....................................................................25Necrology: Sister George Antoinette Vander Loop ................................................26Necrology: Associate Carol Politsch ...........................................................................27Calendars ..........................................................................................................................28

Carondelet Hosts Congregational ACOF Directors Pages 10-11Read about what transpired at this years annual meeting for the Directors of Association.

2015 JubileePages 14-15View photos from the Reception of 1955s 60th Jubilee Celebration at the motherhouse on March 15.

On the Cover: Summer BlessingsThe May-June Province News Notes is the last issue of our 2014-2015 year. We hope youve enjoyed reading our variety of articles, personal refl ections and event sharings from throughout the CSJ community.

We invite you to share your stories, personal refl ections, book/movies reviews, etc. with us for next years newsletters. Contact Sarah Baker at [email protected]. Have a wonderful summer and we will see you again in September!

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The Presence of the Spiritby Sister Rita Marie Schmitz

Province Leadership

Back: Sisters Moe Freeman, Rita Marie Schmitz and Mary Margaret Lazio. Front: Sisters Marilyn Lott and Linda Straub.

May we continue to be refreshed with the presence of the Spirit!

Benedictine monk-poet, Killan McDonnell, said of Mary: Power will fall. You will bear God with skin.

Th ats the reality with which we struggle. Our God-with-skin lived among us for a time, and promised to be with us always. Like the disciples, we huddle together, anxious, unsurein the midst of the struggle and chaos of our world, our church, and our congregationshow, where is this God-with-us?

Here! Spirit comes to ll the spaces of our lives, swirling with power, then separating, falling, and resting on each of us.

Now! Spirit stirs in our hearts, inviting, urging, prodding us to throw open the doors closed by fear, to step out into the unknown future.

Yes! We will walk into the chaos that births life and Spirit.

(Bea Eichten, OSF)

As we enter the lazy days of summer, lets use here, now, and yes as our daily mantra. Th e Spirit is here, resting on each of us, inviting us to the newness called forth from our retreat times together, from what the August Assembly will call us to, and the newness called forth from our Priority Province Direction and our Acts of Chapter. Now is the time to leave fear behind, to create our unknown future together. What we do know is that contemplative sitting, collaboration, and creativity will help us choose what is most needed for mission, for serving a world in need. Yes is the way! What Sandra Schneiders, IHM and Nancy Schreck, OFM both encourage is being true to who we are. How encouraging to know that chaos births both life and Spirit.

Nothing lazy about our days of summer! My hope for each of us is a summer of refreshment, engagement with one another, dreaming together how best to be the face of Jesus in our world today, tomorrow and always.

2015 Province Assembly Facilitators: Jean Wincek, CSJ and Colleen OMalley, CSJ (SP)

Keynote speaker: Barbara Fiand, SNDdeN

Pre-Assembly Meetings for SistersThurs., July 30 St. Josephs Hall

2:30-3:30 p.m.: Nazareth Living Center renovation presentation

4:00-5:00 p.m.: CSJ Finance Report Followed by dinner at 5 p.m.

Registration information coming soon!

Assembly ScheduleFri., July 31 - Sun., Aug. 2 St. Josephs Academy

Friday: Concurrent business assemblies held: one for sisters, one for associates

Saturday: Keynote speaker and reflection for sisters and associates

Sunday: Joint session until noon

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Province Leadership2015 Tabitha Grants

For this funding cycle, the Tabitha Grant Committee received a total of 35 applications, requesting over $330,000. This year the committee disbursed a total of $200,000 to the following organizations:

Agatha Amani House, $9,800: Funding will implement the A ordable Sanitary Pad Project in Kenya, Africa, a womens shelter for victims of sexual and domestic violence.Bright Futures Fund, $10,000: Funding will support the St. Josephs Assistance Fund providing food and medical assistance to school families living in poverty in the Kansas City metro area. Carondelet Community Betterment Federation, $5,000: Funding to support the St. Joseph Outreach Utility Assistance to low-income Carondelet residents.Catholic Womens Association, $11,500: Funding will assist in the building of a structure that will be used to counsel and support women in the Gulu Vicariate. Center for Con ict Resolution, $9,800: Funding assists children and youth at-risk for violence and provides alternatives for solving con ict in the Kansas City metro area. Center for Survivors of Torture & War Trauma, $8,200: Funding for the Bright Starz Program providing therapy to refugee children and families who are survivors of torture and war trauma.Center for Women in Transition, $9,000: Funding will be used for the Mentoring and Advocacy Program for economically poor women in the criminal justice system. CHARG Resource Center, $10,000: Funding for the David Quarton Drop-In Center assisting low-income people living with mental illness in the Denver area. Earthlinks, Inc., $6,200: Funding for workshop participants who are homeless and low-income to learn skills and to create Earth-friendly products that sustain the people and the planet.Immigrant & Refugee Womens Program, $5,000: Providing in-home English tutoring to isolated immigrants and refugees.Institute for Peace & Justice, $3,000: Funding for the Solving Our Situations (SOS) educational program for female ex-o enders from the Missouri Eastern Correctional Center in Paci c, Missouri.Journey to New Life, $15,000: Provides basic needs to those returning to society from prison or jail in the Kansas City area.

LArche Mobile, Inc. $5,000: Funds will be used for the Leadership & Training Program in Mobile, Alabama.Marys Pence, $5,000: Funds will be used for the ESPERA Program, a community-lending program for women in Central America, Mexico and Haiti. Ministry Formation Program, $5,000: Program teaches deaf Catholic adults basic skills to serve as lay ministers in the Catholic deaf community. Missouri Jobs with Justice, $10,000: Th e Champions Program provides support for working people seeking to improve wages and working conditions across Missouri.North Grand Neighborhood Services, $10,000: Funding will be used for supplies and equipment for property development and the Angel Baked Cookie program. Rockhaven Ecozoic Center, $4,500: Scholarship grants for the Personal Renewal Program, Questing Your Spiritual Nature. Rosati-Kain High School, $5,000: Money will bene t economically poor students dealing with family or medical crisis. Sacred Heart House of Denver, $7,500: Support for the In-House Stabilization Program for homeless women and their children.Solid Ground Washington, $8,200: Funding for workshop sessions for homeless adults and teenagers in the Seattle area.St. Francis Xavier (College) Church, $10,000: Funding for documentation outreach assistance for marginalized low-income men and women and their children.St. Teresas Academy, $10,000: Scholarships for low-income students from parishes which make up the Strong City Schools in the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph. St. Th erese Little Flower Catholic Parish, $4,300: Funds will be used to send sta , youth and adult leaders to the 2015 Archbishop Lyke Conference in San Antonio, Texas.Saints Teresa & Bridget Church, $8,000: Support for the parishs youth ministry program.Whole Health Outreach, $5,000: Funding to support the Healthwise for Life Senior Program in southeastern Missouri.


Corporation & Council Minutes

March MeetingFebruary Meeting

CORPORATION

Accepted Minutes of Board of Directors of the Corporation

Meeting held January 9 & 15, 2015 December 2014/January 2015 Financial Statements

Approved Restorative Justice regional conference

co-sponsorship, Avila University$500 Journey to New Life$40,000 Beautiful Transformations 2015 Gala,

CWIT$5,000 Heroes for Hearing Gala, SJID$900 Black Repertory Th eater$1,000 Congregational Leadership Group Donation for

Peru Province$10,000 St. Louis Province Donation for Peru$5,000

Discussed Debt Policy for Formation Candidates Remuneration thru St. Louis Archdiocese

COUNCIL

Accepted Minutes of the Province Council Meetings held

January 9 & 15, 2015

Approved Patrimony Requests (2) Annual Ministry Re ection Report Department Head Annual Re ection

Discussed Auxiliary Fund Disbursement Community Life Sta , NLC Co-Director of Association O ce Spiritual Directors Project NLC Spring Party Agenda Committee 2015 Province Assembly Gulu Service Segments

CORPORATION

Accepted Minutes of Board of Directors of the Corporation

Meeting held February 18, 2015 February 2015 Financial Statements

Approved African Gala$1,650 Bright Futures School Bell Breakfast$1,000 Voice of the Voiceless Annunciation

House$2,000 St. Louis Youth Jobs$2,200 Giving Voice 2015 Membership$1,000 Music Listening Program, NLC$2,000 St. Louis Province Donation for Peru$5,000 Candidate Educational Debt Policy Wedge Capital Management Restricted Fund

Manager Merrill Lynch Catholic Faith-Based proxy voting

program

COUNCIL

Accepted Minutes of the Province Council Meetings held

February 17-18, 2015

Approved Travel Requests (2) Patrimony Requests (3) Education Requests (2)

Discussed Accusations of Misconduct Policy CSJ Tribute at St. Margaret of Scotland School Vowed Member Retreat Evaluation 2015 Province Assembly

Updated SJID Co-Director on Association Interview Process

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Province Leadership

Th e Province Government Committee met on May 9 at Carondelet. We reviewed a proposal by the Agenda Committee outlining a process by which an individual sister or group of sisters may submit agenda items to the Agenda Committee. Th is process will be published by the Agenda Committee and we will recommend that it be added as an appendix to the Government Plan since it is mentioned on page 5 but is nowhere present.

We also continued our review of the Government Plan, which began after our last meeting in November 2014. Th e bulk of the items for change are simple grammar, punctuation, usage and consistency of language points. However, there are some slightly more substantial changes called for in order to make the Government Plan consistent with current governance practices.

Th e normal process for such amendatory procedures is found in the Government Plan (page 13), but due to the uidity around Sectional Assembly currently, the Government Committee may confer with Province Leadership about how we will proceed.

Th e Government Committee is looking for sisters interested in becoming members. If you are interested or would like more information, contact co-chairs Sisters Jeanne Janssen or Jeanene Yackey.

Finally, we want to say out loud in print a word of thanks to S. Charline Sullivan for her many years of invaluable service to the committee and the province as executive secretary of the Government Committee.

Th e Province Leadership Team and the sisters in Gulu extend our gratitude to the Ascension Health Team who helped to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) for our sisters and the sta at the Aber Lynne Maternity Clinic. As many of you know, western Africa has lived through a terrible Ebola epidemic this past year. Fortunately, Uganda was spared, but it has been a victim of Ebola in the past.

Concerned for our sisters and their workers in Gulu, the leadership turned to Ascension Health for help. Mariejoe Clark, logistics manager, implementation of Th e Resource Group, LLC (a subsidiary of Ascension Health), worked tirelessly over a period of several months to nd the equipment in the sizes the sisters needed. You can imagine how di cult it was to nd this equipment while the epidemic was in full bloom in Western Africa.

Th e Province Leadership Team wants everyone to know of this generous gift by Ascension Health. Hopefully, our sisters will never need this equipment, but now there is peace of mind knowing that they have what they need to continue their ministry, no matter what happens. So the next time you run into someone from Ascension Health, please tell them how grateful the community is, and especially to Mariejoe, who put in extra hours to make this happen.

Pictured: Sisters Jo Ann Geary and Fran Voivedich stand with the boxes of personal protective equipment.

Ascension Health Team Gifts Gulu Maternity Clinic with Protective Equipment

by Sister Maureen Freeman

Government Committee Reportsubmitted by Sister Jeanne Janssen


Whats Nextby Sister Linda Markway

Vocation Ministry

At the last meeting of the Vocation/Formation Team (Sisters Pat Bober, Maureen Freeman, Suzanne Giblin, Marilyn Lott, Linda Markway, Linda Straub and A. Peggy Maguire), a conversation ensued around the subject of future needs for both vocation and formation ministry for our province. Knowing that the times they are a changing, this conversation seems even more imperative. In fact, Sandra Schneiders, IHM challenges us to respond to the following: Do we desire that religious life continue? If so, what are we willing to commit ourselves to for this to happen? What proactive response will we make to create the new that will bridge the now into future needs for vocation animation and incorporation as a vowed member of the Sisters of St. Joseph?

A bit of background might be helpful in understanding what stimulated this conversation. Since July of 2010, I have served as a vocation minister for our province. As someone designated by our province to accompany, support, encourage and provide resources to women exploring religious life, I have been profoundly impressed by the depth of spirituality, desire and passion that many of the women seeking religious life demonstrate during our encounters. Th is ministry also calls me to be the public face of the Sisters of St. Joseph in a variety of forums, such as school presentations, parish programs, high school and college retreat opportunities as well as one-to-one encounters. Persons inquire about one or more sisters who made a di erence in their lives. Th e impact of those who have gone before us is still felt by many today. I also have the opportunity to represent our province by networking with local, province, congregation and federation level cohort groups. Th ere is a powerful, positive energy among the members of my cohort groups about future membership in religious life. I share this only to reiterate that hopefulness about the future of religious life is out there.

Th ough demographics and other data may look like religious life is coming to an end, to me and to those I am in relationship with, religious life is evolving into something new and has a place in the future. It is very evident that young adults are considering religious life and they believe it is a viable option for them, but there seems to be a hesitation, not only on their part but also on ours as to what we are inviting them to at this time. Th roughout these ve years, it has become more and more clear to me that we need to rethink how vocation and formation ministry needs to be structured so that the ministry demonstrates an awareness of the generational and cultural

trends within emerging populations of young adults. Change is inevitable as it has been throughout our history.

To this point, many of my cohorts from other congregations have described how they have designed new structures, which engaged more vowed members to be a part of the many aspects of vocation and formation ministry. Th ese cohorts and their congregations leadership have encouraged membership to familiarize themselves with the developing trends within the church populations and among young adults. Like our Chapter Calls to Action, members of these congregations, as well as our own, remind us of the hunger for spirituality, a sense of belonging, and a commitment to justice that is prevalent in the hearts of many today. Pope Francis also invitesin fact, challengesconsecrated women and men to commit themselves more authentically to welcoming the emerging young and multicultural church to respond to their baptismal call.

Just recently, I had the joy of participating in a workshop with the vocation ministers of Region 9s National Religious Vocation Conference. A portion of this workshop consisted of a panel of millennials sharing what they think about consecrated life and how they would suggest this speci c life choice be promoted. Th e panel described themselves as follows: We are global thinkers. Our communication style is technologically advanced. We seek to be heard, understood and related to in a way that is mutual. Lifetime commitment is scary to us as it has not been a part of our experience. We see authentic consecrated life as an option because it seems to consist of risk takersis counter-cultural and demonstrates radical gospel living which is attractive to us. I ask myself how I would describe my consecrated life. I would also ask myself are we ready for this generation and for those yet to come?

Where is all of this taking us? Whats next for us as we ponder our experiences and re ect on our Chapter Calls to Action? Th e Province Leadership liaisons to the Vocation/Formation Team are designing a Dream/Th ink-Tank Weekend for Vocation/Formation Ministry. It is their intention to invite vowed members to enter into a discernment process around vocation/formation topics. Th e goal of this process will be to generate the something new that is emerging among us as we respond to the evolving vocation/formation needs of the province and possibly our congregation and federation as well.

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Last October, a group of Sisters of St. Joseph of African-American descent met in St. Louis at the Motherhouse to pray, to share stories and to imagine the future. Sisters Angela Faustina (LA), Sharon Howell (SP), Ingrid Honor-Lallande (LA), Mary Clementine Lynch (A), Barbara Moore (SL) and Gail Trippett (SL) agreed to share re ections with us throughout the year.

To look to the past with gratitude, to live the present with passion and to embrace the future with hope.

Th e contributions of past religious are countless. In America alone, Catholic schools, hospitals, universities, shelters, innovative programs for the under-served and more would be scarce, if non-existent, without the human power of religious and clergy.

Th ere was a re for living the faith that had no room for passivity. Each moment was dedicated to focusing on hearing the Word, doing the Word and re ecting on the Word. Constantly tapping into the Holy Spirit yielded the Spirit answering the questions of the faithful with ways to be the hands of God.

We celebrate with gratitude the legacy of hope and grace that healed, helped and led many to love God. We are also graced with the eyes of history to look back and see how God called us to more.

Th is early history of goodness followed the norms of society and did not include the hands of some of Gods children. History helps us to realize that we must be ever diligent to be aware of and understand cultural norms of time and place; to guard against allowing culture to guide us spiritually.

Th ankfully, as God matured our society through the voices and lost lives of many people of color, religious life opened its doors to embrace its brothers and sisters of color. Our journey together has not gone beyond the tip of the iceberg of grace. Traditionally, the rst 50 years of any change is only the introductory stage. Th is getting to know you stage can bloom into the productive years of change as we continue to engage in honest dialogue around what keeps us separate.

Th e goal of the productive stage is not only to live together peacefully, but to embrace the new ground God desires where true unity is achieved. Unity comes when all are seen as equals with equal contribution and equal voice. Th e validity of our voices can lead us to accomplish goals and to walk in new directions not previously explored.

Pope Francis is calling us to live the present with passion and joy. Our current situation includes old challenges that can di use passion and diminish joy.

On November 10, 2014, Moral Th eologian Fr. Bryan Massingale gave an excellent presentation on racism in our

Congregation NewsAfrican-American CSJs Gather in St. Louis

Year of Consecrated Lifeby Sister Barbara Moore

Back Row: Sisters Angela Faustina (LA), Gail Trippett (SL), Sharon Howell (SP). Front Row: Sisters Barbara Moore (SL), Ingrid Honore-Lallande (LA), Clementine Lynch (A).


culture at Fontbonne University in St. Louis. Th e topic of racism raises pangs of conscience, turmoil of anticipated criticism and shame in most instances. I pray for the day when we can look at the topic with the fresh eyes of faith. Faith can fuel our passion and serve as a medium to learn how we can arrive at a new vision for a future with the promise of true unity and real joy.

An old adage based on British Parliamentarian Edmund Burkes words warn, If you do not know your history, you are doomed to repeat it. In this Year of Consecrated Life, it is important to look at all that hinders us from encouraging vocational calls to any person in an area we serve. To nd joy in encouraging vocational calls for all who have ears to hear and eyes to see to religious life.

God has a lot of work yet to be completed. God requires all hearts, hands and voices working in unison with unique perspectives to accomplish what is needed for these times.

My challenge to us as, Sisters of St. Joseph, is to engage in honest dialogues around what is needed to create an inviting culture for all races in religious life: to include greater inclusion strategies into strategic plans, to add benchmark points that track actual implementation of the goals, and to invite outside voices into our circles to re ect how we are perceived.

As we breathe new life into our consecrated call, may a new generation of called individuals surface. Let us embrace hope for the future by searching for the kindling that will be the re to light the way for countless vocations that are waiting to be inspired and encouraged by our walk.

What are we willing to give up to create something new for our common bond re? As we envision this bond re, may we always stoke the ames with the vision of hands of many colors contributing to the re of consecrated life.

Are we willing to live our common life in an uncommon way to make room for more hands to serve a new generation in need?

What are we willing to do di erently that will open the door to someone who normally passes by our door?

God is breathing new life into our sacred call. May we respond to Pope Francis call to re ect with the zeal ignited by Gods personal invitation to each one of us. Allow that zeal to include hearing ways to invite persons from all walks of life into this sacred vocation.

Our African-American CSJs lived di erent experiences hearing the call to religious life.

S. Ingrid Honore-Lallande (LA) used to attempt swinging high enough on her swing set to look over the convent walls to see what the sisters were doing. She didnt get a personal invitation from a sister to enter religious life, but God used the swings and a burning desire to nurture a vocation.

S. Barbara Moore (SL) was baptized in another faith tradition as a child. A personal invitation from a sister led to over 59 years of service as a Sister of St. Joseph.

S. Clementine Lynchs (A) vocation was nurtured during an eighth-grade retreat when the retreat master asked her to consider religious life.

Th e common truth among us is that an invitation serves as the voice of God to a woman drawn to religious life.

During this Year of Consecrated Life, we are asked to consider the relevance of our current ministries to the needs of the world. As we review ministries, practices, and ways of engaging a new generation of dedicated sisters, let us consider walking in new circles and communities to nd our new voices.

Allow the Holy Spirit to guide you down new paths by creating opportunities like:

Gathering people from various cultures to pray together during the Year of Consecrated Life. Invite the people we minister with to our CSJ community prayer and celebration.

Exploring prayer using the traditions of di erent ethnic groups every time you gather for prayer this year.

Reading literature of authors from di erent cultural traditions and share your insights with others.

Come Holy Spirit! Th e future of the Kingdom depends upon what we do today.

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Carondelet Hosts Congregational ACOF Directorsby Associate Peggy Maguire

Association

Directors of Association from throughout the congregation gathered in St. Louis from April 9-12 for their annual meeting with one another and our Congregational Liaison Sister Mary McKay. As always, we rejoiced and reconnected with our colleagues from Albany, Los Angeles, St. Louis and St. Paul and welcomed back our Ohana from Hawaii whom we had missed the last few years. Although the Familia de San Jose from Chile was not physically present with us this year, they were certainly present in spirit in Sister Sally Harper from Peru who, along with Sister Peggy Murphy, is relating to the Familia. We also received messages from them through S. Sally. St. Louis Associate Leadership Board Chair A. Peggy Baker also joined us for our meetings.

Our agenda each day was a full one and we all agreed that we were praying, discussing, planning with issues that would move us into the future, not only in our individual units but as a congregation.

As always, we began by sharing materials and what is happening in each of our units and how we are responding to the Congregational Chapter.

In response to the Congregational Call to Action Living the CSJ Charism:

We worked with the issues of associate identity and commitment, looking at how our units documents de ne associate identity, our commonalities and di erences and how we live out the charism and mission. We also designed a process that will be used in each unit to identify our commonalities. Th ere are presently 823 ACOF in the congregation.

We worked with issues of associate leadership sustainability and associate nancial sustainability and are pursuing the possibility of a grant to help us address these issues congregationally.

In response to the Congregational Call to Action Claiming Our Oneness:

We began to plan for the possibility of a summer 2017 Congregational Associate Assembly.

We support the concept of an Online Legacy Resource Center and made suggestions as to possible materials to be included.

Back row: Peggy Baker (St. Louis Associate Board Chair); Dianne Nelson, LA; S. Sally Harper Peru (for Chile); Kileen Stone, A; S. Mary McKay, CLT Liaison; Pua Okamura, Hawaii. Front Row: Marge Mangan, A; Dottie Purdy, Hawaii; Joan Pauly Schneider, SP; Mary Kaye Medinger, SP; Peggy Maguire, STL.


In response to the Congregational Call to Action: Communion with the Earth Community:

We shared how each unit was living out our commitment to ask in every deliberation: How does this decision or action impact the earth community?

Other discussions centered around topics of various levels of association and their expectations; agregees; how we relate as regions, provinces, congregation and federation; the Federation Event in 2016; and an Order of the House regarding our meetings. We all agreed this was a meaty and productive meeting and we look forward to continuing to work together at our October 2015 meeting in St. Paul.

And, yes, of course, we did pray and play as well as work. Each unit prepared prayer which we used throughout our meetings. Late Saturday afternoon, we had a wonderful

tour of the Cathedral Basilica arranged for us by S. Pat Donnelly, celebrated Eucharist there and then enjoyed dinner at GrbIcs Bosnian Restaurant. Our new Co-Director Kay Komotos was able to join us for the tour and dinner and spend time with her new colleagues-to-be. As always, our drivers to and from the airport were accommodating and gracious and our motherhouse won rave reviews for the food, housekeeping and hospitality. S. Linda Markway made sure that we enjoyed A Taste of St. Louis each evening with Gus Pretzels, Gooey Butter Cake, Ted Drewes Concretes and Fitzs Root Beer.

How blessed we are to be ACOF (associates, consociates, Ohana, Familia de San Jose) and to share the charism of loving unity and the mission of Jesus with one another and the Sisters of St Joseph of Carondelet.

Our new associate candidates in GuluElizabeth Lalam Okello, Santa Rita Okot and Komakech Richardmeet in an associate formation session with Sisters Marion Weinzapfel and Jo Ann Geary. A fourth associate candidate, Kerongo Charles, was unable to be present for that session. Please keep our Gulu associate candidates in your prayer.

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Invited to bless the bread at the May 3 Interfaith Labor Workers Memorial prayer service, Sister Maryellen Tierney and I knew it was right that the Sisters of St. Joseph be represented.

Th e theme of the day was Mourn for the Dead and Fight for the Living. Th is was the 36th Annual Robert O. Kortkamp Memorial Union Labor Mass and is sponsored by the St. Louis Building and Construction Trades Council and the Greater St. Louis Labor Council.

Robert O. Kortkamp was secretary-treasurer emeritus of the St. Louis Labor Council, AFL-CIO. He devoted his life to the labor movement.

A life-long machinist with District 9, Local Lodge 1345, Kortkamp served as Labor Liaison at the United Way of Greater St. Louis.

He was a key campaigner in the defeat of the 1978 Right to Work (for Less) proposition. Th e Annual Union Labor Mass was important to him and he reminded union members of the need to support the beautiful Shrine of St. Joseph which had been renovated by many union craftsmen.

Before Mass, a prayer service in the courtyard of the Shrine of St. Joseph began with the acknowledgement of the 45th anniversary of the passage of OSHA (Federal Occupational Safety and Health Act) on April 28, 1970.

Th e fact is that on an average day, 150 workers lose their lives as a result of workplace injuries and occupational diseases. We remembered speci cally three local men who died on the job within the last year. In addition, we were called to help ensure a safe and healthy work environment for all workers.

Next, bread was blessed to be distributed to all following the Mass. All present were invited to share the responsibility of

this blessing, symbol of our unity, interconnectedness and the sanctity of labor.

We processed into church for the liturgy, celebrated by Friar Ed Mundwiller, OFM. Members of various labor groups participated.

Brunch at Maggie OBriens rounded out the morning. Depicted in brick and stone on the wall of the banquet hall were tools of the building trade. St. Joseph was there.

Interfaith Labor Workers Memorialby Sister Kate Filla

CSJ News

S. Kate blesses the bread given to everyone after Mass.


Its Pentecost Time!by Sister Pat Quinn

When the time for Pentecost was ful lled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it lled the entire house in which they were...And they were all lled with the Holy Spirit...there were devout (persons) from every nation under heaven...but they were confused because each one heard them speaking in his/her own language. (Acts 2: 1-4)

From Tuesday evening, April 14 until Friday noon, April 17, Sisters Paul Bernadette Bounk, Marianne Keena, Linda Straub and I participated in the Conference of the Spiritual Directors International (SDI) in Louisville, Kentucky. From the beginning until the end we, too, had an experience of Pentecost similar to the disciples on that rst Pentecost so long ago. Th ere were over 500 women and men from all over the world who are involved in various and creative forms of spiritual direction/companioning. We combined languages, religions, cultures from across the globe as we sat, sang, danced, discussed, played, prayed, listened, loved. Each received according to need; each gave according to gifts.

Key to the conference was the recognition of two important anniversaries: the 25th anniversary of the founding of SDI (Spiritual Directors International) and the 100th anniversary of the birth of Th omas Merton. We were invited

to make the trek to 4th and Muhammad Ali Street in the heart of Louisville where Merton had his Epiphany wherein he suddenly became aware of the truth that all the people he was seeing on the streets before him were, truly, his brothers and sisters. Th is Pentecost had a profound e ect on him for the rest of his life.

How has our attendance at this conference a ected us as individuals and CSJs? Many of you know that several months ago, a decision was made to renovate the second oors in both the Ministry Center and the Carriage House in order to create rooms that will be used for spiritual direction/companioning. It is a hope and a real possibility that by creating space for spiritual direction here on the grounds of our motherhouse, this ministry may grow. Th ere are already several of our sisters who provide spiritual direction here in St. Louis and elsewhere.

How about you? Are you engaged in a form of spiritual companioning with others? Do you see yourself moving in that direction? Have you thought of getting professionally prepared to do so? Th ere is de nitely a great need for such ministry in our world. Th is truth was brought home to us in prayer, presentations and the people present throughout the conference.

What is next? If you are engaged in spiritual direction/companioning at present and are willing to have your name listed in our next directory as one who provides spiritual direction/companioning, send your name to S. Linda Straub. Also, if you would see yourself as possibly becoming a director in the future, please send your name to S. Linda as well.

We are extending an invitation to those who are involved in or interested in this as a ministry to join together for lunch on Friday, July 31 during our Assembly at St. Joseph Academy.

I leave you with a quotation that was shared with all at the conference: I am not an accidental tourist (in this life); I am an intentional pilgrim.Sisters Pat Quinn, Linda Straub and Marianne Keena pose by the

Thomas Merton sign.

Spiritual Direction

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2015Jubilee

The Reception of 1955 celebrated their 60th jubilee with family, friends and the CSJ community on May 2 at the Carondelet Motherhouse. Pictured, in the back row from left to right, are Sisters Marilyn Peot, Jane Kelly, Ruth Stuckel and Catherine Ann Schuermann. Middle Row: Sisters Mary Joan Dacey, Joan Lacey, Elizabeth Conrad, Joan Tolle and Mary Christopher Brockman. Front Row: Sisters Ann Schorfheide, Frances Dillman, Sharon Jones, Sarah Mitra and Mary Ellen Jones.


Honorary Contributions Th e names listed are those who made contributions in honor of the 2015 jubilarians.

S. Marie Damien AdamsA. Carrie A. ArnoldMr. and Mrs. August A. BaechleA. Kathleen BarnesS. Mary Louise BaslerBill Bone and Nan Bone, CSJAA. Nancy J. BroachA. Diane CalcaterraAssociates David E. Cassens and Patricia CassensA. Santa M. CuddiheeA. Ann DeMariaS. Francis Regis FeiseS. Rita FlahertyAssociates William G. and Doris FredeS. Suzanne GiblinA. Carolyn Henry

S. Joan KaucherA. Marilyn F. KonceA. Jeremy LilligA. Janet M. LinckA. Peggy M. MaguireAssociates Roland and Marie MartirBernard Meyer and Barbara Meyer, CSJAA. Cathy ModdeA. Antoinette OConnellS. Mary Catherine OGormanS. Jean Paul SelissenSt. Th erese Convent: Sisters Ann Landers, Joan Tolle, Gabrielle Smits, Martha Niemann and Rose McLarneyS. Barbara Louise VolkJack Wyatt and Carlin Wyatt, CSJAS. Teresa John Zilch

From S. Joan Lacey: Th ank you for your cards and remembrances for my 60th Jubilee and for the many gifts of the celebration of Mass for my intentions. Your donations to the Development Fund and CSJ Ministries continues our CSJ service to the dear neighbor.

From S. Joan Tolle: Th ank you very much for all your prayers, donations, cards, gifts and loving presence for my jubilee. It was a wonderful celebration. May God bless you.

From Sisters Christopher Brockman and Laura Gruber: We want to thank you for your many cards and beautiful notes for our jubilees. We thank God for each one of you!

From S. Ruth Stuckel: CSJ jubilee celebrations surely con rm our appreciation and care for one another. What a blessing it is to belong! Th ank you for your presence, special gifts and good wishes.

Thank You

Pictured on page 18:Left: Rev. Check Tobin, of Belton, Missouri, ociates the celebration Mass.

Right: Sisters Sarah Ann Mitra and Mary Joan Dacey are congratulated by Associate Sue Allender (center) who has worked in the motherhouses housekeeping department for more than 30 years.

Sisters Joan Tolle, Sharon Jones and Joan Lacey share a joyful moment before the procession.

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Sister Jean Paul thought her lifes work would be in education, especially religious education. As the saying goes, if you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.

Th e need arose for help in the Finance Department due to the complicated growth of nance work. S. Jean, who believes one of her greatest gifts is organization, applied to help. She was interviewed, accepted for the position and began work in the Finance Department in February 1993. Having no o cial accounting background, she began by learning the ins and outs of the central checking system, which was the accounting system for the local houses. S. Jean believes this was her greatest accomplishment. Many sisters have had a fear of having to deal with nances in their local units. I believe my greatest accomplishment was to bring an approachable, friendly face to lessen the fear of dealing with nances.

She was proactive in researching Social Security bene ts for sisters who were not receiving them because they were elderly when the CSJs rst bought into the system. She was also proactive in working on bene ts for quali ed Medicare bene ciaries and was able to enroll many sisters. Th e last daunting project she undertook was Medicare D. Th e mounds of paperwork involved did not sway her from the task of enrollment for the CSJ sisters.

While she didnt think she would have stayed this long in nance, the position kept on evolving. S. Jean says, Lots of things have occurred since I started. She says the greatest change was the exponential growth of the computer. So much paperwork was originally needed to generate reports and reconciling accounts. Th e accounting process has been streamlined by the unfathomable amounts of information stored and easily accessed for reporting purposes.

In her remaining days in the Finance Department, she returned to teachingteaching others to do the skills she developed beginning in 1993.

Whats next for S. Jean Paul? She says, Everyone wants to know that! In the immediate future she will be working on projects for herself and at her house. She plans on spending time with her family. She will take her exceptional organizational skills with her as she begins to follow the calling that is leading her to something connected with the immigration problem; mentoring, tutoring or perhaps some sort of advocacy work.

None of her co-workers in nance will be surprised. As S. Jean says, Th ey pretty much know all about me. And when asked what she will miss most when she leaves nance? Her reply: Th ats easy. Th e people.

Sister Jean Paul Selissen: An Unlikely Accountantby Madeleine Reilly, data coordinator

Carondelet Chronicles

Pictured: Photos from S. Jean Pauls retirement party on April 21 in the motherhouse dining room.


Linger Over Breakfast: May 9Sister Paul Bernadette Bounk presents

Come and See Your Brothers and SistersReviewed by Sister Kate Filla

At the May 9 Linger Over Breakfast event in St. Louis, Sister Paul Bernadette Bounk reminded us of the rite of Ash Wednesday when the cross of ashes is placed on our foreheads: Remember you are dust and unto dust you shall return. Th e rite calls our attention to our intimate connection with earth. We are a part of all life. Th ere is no separation. We are one in the Cosmic Family, one with everything that is. And as we are attentive to the natural world, we open ourselves to the Divine that animates and sustains the web of life. Quoting Th omas Berry, S. Paul Bernadette reminded us that every event in the natural world is a mystical moment. Or as Teilhard de Chardin might put it: Th e world is, in truth, a holy place.

We were reminded that in the calendars of both the Church and nature, this is the time of Resurrection. In the Gospel stories, the disciples were shown seeking the comfort of the natural world after Jesus resurrection. In Johns story, they went to the sea while Luke places them in a village, a small quiet place away from the city. In Marks retelling, the disciples are on the way to the country. And in Matthew, they go to the mountains. Th ey went back to nature to re ect on what was happening within and around them.

Many grew up with the story of creation from the Book of Genesis in which humans are given dominance over the natural world. But creation stories from native peoples tell it di erently, like the raven who ew into the sun and the mud packed onto the back of the turtle. Our growing awareness of ourselves in relationship to nature is opening up so that we can begin seeing ourselves as gardeners, caregivers, nurturers, mystics, poets and lovers of all things. We can release the view of humanity as lords of the earth.

Perhaps we can recall the Canticle of the Sun by St. Francis of Assisi. All things praise God and speak to us of the Divine. Wind, sun, stars, re, air, weatherall are our brothers and sisters. We, with them, praise God. S. Paul Bernadette challenged us to go into the world of animals and plants with reverence so that we may learn there who we are in this wonderful web of life. It is there that we deepen our sense of communion and understanding of the divine.

Th ere is a growing consciousness of our interdependence with all of life. In words attributed to Chief Seattle:

Th is we know. Th e earth does not belong to us, we belong to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. We did not weave the web of life. We are merely strands in it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.

CARONDELET COMMUNITY BETTERMENT FOUNDATIONS

Concerts in the ParkJoin the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet as we sponsor

the concert featuring Miss Jubilee & the Humdingers.

Sunday, August 95:30 p.m. Carondelet Park

For a listing of this years concerts, visit carondeletliving.com.

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Source and Summitby Associate Mary Kay Christian, liturgist

Liturgy

June3 Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m.10 Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m.11 Come Catch the Fire 8 p.m.17 Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m.24 Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m.

July12-17 Opening Our Heritage Retreat

Liturgy Calendar

Spring lled the chapel with music and celebration with concerts by Earth Mama on April 17 and the Missouri Choral Society for an on April 25.

We also celebrated with our 60th Jubilarians on May 2 (see page 14 for pictures). And, we continued prayer and celebration in our chapel with the second and third sisters retreats.

On May 23 the chapel was a place of both sorrow and rejoicing. Th e funeral of Sister Helen Rottier began our day. We closed the day with a celebration of the beati cation of Archbishop Oscar Romero in collaboration with the Archdiocesan O ce of Hispanic Ministry, the St. Louis O ce for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, Latinos en Axion STL and the Interfaith Committee on Latin America.

Coming soon...visit www.csjsl.org for the Romero event video. (Look in the CSJ Messages for the link.)

Barbara Breheny, mother of A. Hannah Breheny

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Rest in Peace

Bob Schorman, brother of S. Mary Annette Schorman

Generose Kle ner, sister-in-law of S. Monica Kle ner

Fr. Bill Kottenstette, brother of Srs. Maureen and Mary Kay Kottenstette

Lloyd Eggleston, brother of S. Kathleen Eggleston

S. Rosemarie Carroll (LA)

Bea Ambs, mother of A. Tracy Brown

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Mark Spalding, brother of S. Joan Spalding

Dan Kipping, brother-in-law of S. Paula Patrice Michaud

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Earth Mama, Joyce Johnson Rouse

Romero bust

Ministry ChangeRuth Butler, CSJ

Prayer and WitnessNazareth Living Center

St. Louis, Missouri


Th e earth is not an inheritance that we receive from our parents, but a loan that our children give to us, in order that we safeguard it and make it ourish and return it to them. Pope Francis

MCRI and ICCR, through their annual spring shareholder meetings, brought many thought-provoking statements and questions to Monsanto, Arch Coal, Ameren, Boeing and Peabody Coal. Here is a simple summary of our statements and the responses of these companies.

Monsanto: 300 attendees Monsanto signed the UN CEO Water Mandate, committing the company to self-disclosure on direct operations, supply chain, watershed management, public policy, community engagement and collective action with other corporations, indigenous peoples and NGOs. Th e company has committed to reducing water consumption 25% by 2020. Th ough Monsanto has made great strides to respect and protect our water resources, MCRI will continue to question and press for change on all the major challenges.

Ameren: 200 attendeesCoal- red electricity plants use millions of gallons of water per day, up to 48% of all fresh surface water in the United States. Ameren operates four plants with no limits on high-temperature thermal releases into the waterways or recent updates on water savings and quality controls. We continue to ask that Ameren analyze the bene ts of requiring its key supplier data into Amerens water risk, e.g., coal mining water consumption (1% of all surface and groundwater). MCRI/ICCR asks and expects more transparent answers on the above with the 2014 Corporate

Responsibility Report. MCRI also asked for more information at the next meeting regarding the advertised free, ve-week training program for line worker jobs at Ameren. MCRI expressed a desire and hope that subsequent training sessions could be formed in the eld of solar jobs at the OFallon or the new Montgomery County facilities.

Arch Coal: 200 attendeesTh e company has improved the activities water pollution management and recycling metals, even as they close mines in Appalachia. MCRI/ICCR realize the many di culties coal companies face: banks limiting nancing of mines and coal- red plants; strong opposition from landowners and conservation groups; and rail lines facing intense scrutiny. Given these di culties with coal mining, we asked Arch Coal if they are willing to disclose clean energy investments with shareholders.

Boeing: 300 attendeesTh e company has a stronger commitment to human rights in its supply chain and to fuller disclosure based on the UN International Labor Organization Principles, e.g., child labor, wage withholding, unsafe buildings, harassments, rights of assembly and lack of adequate grievance mechanisms. How well does Boeing know its supply chain in the 47 countries it deals with? If Boeing would award 15 suppliers with best human right practices, what would that look like? Boeing appreciates this dialogue with MCRI/ICCR and is doing the work to improve their supply chain as well as to disclose more information.

Peabody Energy: 300 attendeesCoal mining uses four billion gallons of water per day87% of that is

fresh surface water. China and India are realizing the environmental and nancial costs of coal and water and are developing renewables as well as coal. We are expecting Peabodys report at the end of May on their measurements of water withdrawal, aquifers a ected (Power River Basin), total volume recycled and reused, etc.

Peabody is also subject to the same obstacles as Arch Coal: banks backing away from nancing mines and plants; protests at rail sites and export terminals; and states now requiring more stringent Environmental Impact Statements for ports in the Northwest.

Coal is not cheap for our water and air. Carbon Capture Sequestration is held out by coal companies as the savior of climate change. It is extremely extensive and not marketable for at least 10 years. It consumes even more precious water than conventional coal- red plants and will be paid for by public-private partnerships(taxes and electricity rates).

Please continue to keep MCRI/ICCR in your prayers. If you wish to delve further, go to any of the corporation websites and read their latest Corporate Social Responsibility Reports. Read beyond the pretty pictures to discern the facts and third-party veri cation, if any. (European countries and others are demanding veri cation audits on much of this reporting.)

Our focus for our propositions and actions continues to revolve around the way corporations can save the valuable resource of water and the detailed changes needed to protect this resource. We welcome emails at [email protected].

MCRISpring 2015 Report

by Sister Barbara Jennings, MCRI coordinator

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Sharing of the HeartOn Becoming Who We Are

by Sister Jean Iadevito

When I rst began reading On Becoming Who We Are: Passionate Musings in the Winter of Life by S. Barbara Fiand, SNDdeN, I thought: Wow! My brain has journeyed around these concepts and questioned quite a few things, and Im a believer! I guess I have a mind that likes pushing the envelope. Or, maybe, its the artist brain that knows there are always new possibilities waiting to be discoverednew creations somewhere in the upper left corner of the universe.

One of the gifts of being back in St. Louis is that my brother closest to me in age comes to visit a couple of times a week. We never seem to lack for conversation. Often, we push the envelope in two di erent directions: he is much more conservative and Im much more liberal. Sometimes, we even agree on some middle ground.

After reading the musings of S. Barbara, Im left with wishing we could have more conversations in the Church around various topics. We often seem to fall into dogma rather than seeing truth as an ever evolving and growing entity. In the words of S. Barbara, it is the transformation of consciousness that is opening up for humanity during this time in history.

I particularly appreciate her ability to look at those idols that we never seem to want to question or to look at with new eyes. One of the interesting concepts that she puts forth is the idol of permanenceindelible marks, perpetual vows, a priesthood forever, unchanging declarations of dogmatic certitudes, and the indissoluble bonds of marriage.

We hold on to the Hellenic thought that truth is to be interpreted in the same way forever. And we declare dogmas and doctrines to solidify our explanations of the Christian mysteries for all times, forbidding any questions or reinterpretations in their regard.

Another concept forwarded by the author is that all God language is metaphor. It points to the Yes and also always holds it in tension with the No of whatever it is describing.

She quotes one of my favorite poets: Rainer Maria Rilke.

You darkness whence I came,I love you more than the ame that surrounds the world, since she can illumine any one circle with her lightoutside of which no one can know her.

But the darkness draws all to herself:shapes and ames, animals and me, how quickly she gathersmortals and might

And I can sense a powerful presencesurrounding me. I believe in the night.

At the end of every chapter, S. Barbara includes a section entitled, Th oughts and Questions for Meditation. Th e what if questions to which I keep returning relate to how well am I able to hold things in tension and how well can I hold together the joy of the light and the fear of the dark.

Th e author asks: What if the ecstasy is, in fact, in the journey, in the questing, in the search for a better dawn? What if at times that which can appear as desolation is really the hidden grace of holy Presence?

I have no illusions about adding to sophisticated theological thinking, but I think there are a ton of people out there who are what you might call unbelieving believers, people whose consciousness is completely modern

and yet have this strong spiritual hunger in them, I would like to say something helpful to those people.

~Christian Wiman


Meeting Our AncestorsProfi le of an Early Sister Who Died

in the Month of MaySister M. Adelina Whealan

Archives

Sister M. Adelina Whealen died at our House of Retreat, Nazareth, Missouri, on May 8, 1917, in the 56th year of her age, and the 35th of her religious life.

Almost the entire religious life of our dear Sister Adelina was spent in caring for the a icted portion of Christ's ock, the deaf mutes. Unswerving delity characterized every daily duty discharged for these dear children whom she loved with all the tenderness of a mother. Untiring the zeal and unsel sh the heart to work e ectively in such a charitable eld, but all these virtues and many more eminent qualities were found in Sister Adelina. Whether preparing her pupils for public exhibition, wherein they would manifest the careful and e cient training of a Catholic school, or performing the humblest o ces for them in the retirement of the Convent, the same lofty motives ever actuated her, God and souls. For some years, ill health incapacitated her

for the beloved work of her life, but the respite was well employed in preparing for the long eternal day wherein her spirit will praise her God forevermore. [From the Necrology Book]

Sister Mary Adelina Whealen (Ellen) was born in St. Louis in 1861 to Ellen Ryan and John Whealen. She entered in Carondelet on August 15, 1882, was received on December 21, 1882, and made her vows on December 21, 1884. Sister studied Deaf Education in Bu alo, New York and began teaching deaf girls at Our Lady of Good Counsel Convent from 1885 until 1890. She then taught the deaf boys at Longwood from 1890 until 1911. When the deaf students moved to St. Joseph Institute on Garrison Avenue in St. Louis, Sister Adelina taught them from 1911 until 1914. She went to Nazareth Convent in 1914 and died there in 1917 of tuberculosis. She is buried in Resurrection Cemetery, Row 1 Grave 2.

Longwood School for deaf boys on Broadway, not far from Carondelet, was the summer retreat of Winfi eld Scott Hancock, a Union General in the Civil War. He was seriously wounded at Gettysburg. Longwood was used by the deaf boys from 1890-1912 when the sisters sold it to H. C. Gillick who opened Gillicks Longwood Subdivision the following year.

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Anne Clifford, CSJAMarch 10, 1937 - March 11, 2015

A loving model of service in action, advocate for community and family dedicated

Th e Hand of God Shall Hold You

I have fought the good ght. I have nished the race. I have kept the faith.

2 Timothy 4:7

Anne Marie Niemeier Cli ord was born to pharmacist father Russe T. Niemeier and mother Antoinette Grover Niemeier March 10, 1937 in St. Louis. Anne was sister to older brother Grover and younger sister Susan. Anne was educated at Visitation Academy and Fontbonne College.

Th ree virtues characterize Annes life: hospitality, service and family.

Hospitality: Both Anne and husband Tom were founding members of CSJ Association and it was Annes hospitality that nurtured the growth of community. Love made it easy for Anne.

As A. Peggy Maguire states:In the early days of Association we had no formed concept who or what associates were or were to be, what association was all about or what we were supposed to do. We spent lots of time praying about this, discussing this, asking many questions of the sisters and writing a number of mission statements. Th is was often confusing and frustrating and I truly believe that the Cli ords gift of hospitality is a major reason that Association continued on from those early days in 1974.

It was simply a need to gather in community that was a mark of the

Cli ords. Annes associate group faithfully met every month. Even in the last months of her life, she wanted us to be there with her. Until the day Anne died, all were welcomed in the Cli ords home with a good drink and a delicious bowl of homemade soup. Th e virtue of hospitality came easily to the Cli ords.

Service: Anne sometimes stated that she did not know how to pray and was afraid she would not get to heaven because of this. But Annes prayer life was one of lived service. How could anyone overlook her ful lling one of S. John Marie Rileys visions of association? As rst associates, Anne and Tom along with Peggy Maguire, S. Suzanne Giblin and Margaret Kemner ful lled this dream.

Th e Cli ords modeled service and social justice to their children. How could anyone overlook the thousands of cans of corn collected for Fr. Bob Gettinger? How could anyone forget Annes devotion to her patroness, St. Anne? Both she and Tom attended the summer novena to St. Anne almost every year of their lives. Anne modeled service as a devoted college counselor at St. Joseph Academy, looking to place every student where she could best ourish. She was personally known throughout the counseling community as one of the best. While serving on Fontbonnes board, one member stated, Anne was a wonderful voice of reason and experience bringing her

SJA experience to bear, getting others to move their feet slightly closer to the real earth. And nally how could anyone doubt Annes spirituality as she had a way of making it easy for family members to attend Mass by bringing Mass to her home, therefore making prayer just a part of everyday life. Service in action was her hallmark.

Family: As someone noted, When Anne met Tom, the light in her eyes increased noticeably. Family came rst for Anne and Tom. Each child, and then grandchild, increased their joy. As their son Peter stated at his moms memorial Mass, My mom would always ask us the same question; Whats the most important thing in life? Th e answer was always family.

Anyone who visited the Cli ord home would attest to this truth by the number of pictures Anne displayed of her family, especially of her cherished grandchildren. Atop the mantel was a beautiful large photo of the familys yearly gathering at Sanibel Island, Florida. Each year the photo grew as another beautiful grandchild was born. Anne was not shy about bragging to others about her family with her favorite adjective neat. Indeed the Cli ords are neat! Anne will be greatly missed. She leaves a hole in our hearts and in our CSJ Community, but we rejoice that su ering has ended and she is at peace.

Associate Santa Cuddihee


Sister Loretta Hennekes, CSJ(S. John Bernard)

February 28, 1929 - April 6, 2015

A passionate champion for justice, a joyful woman, a good friend


Loretta, youngest child of John and Wilhemina Warnick Hennekes, was born in St. Louis February 28, 1929. She attended Corpus Christi Grade School and Laboure High School. After graduation from Laboure she worked for two years before entering the Sisters of St. Joseph on September 15, 1949. Loretta rst heard of the CSJs when her sister Marys friend, Ann Judith McCormick, entered. Later on, her parish priest, a friend of S. Viola Mary Moore, suggested she consider the Sisters of St. Joseph. She received the habit and the name, S. John Bernard, on March 19, 1950. Her degree in history was from Fontbonne.

S. Loretta taught elementary students in Missouri for ten years (St. John & James; St. Cecilia; St Edward; Holy Name; St. Matthew the Apostle). I loved the people thereI loved those students was a comment made repeatedly about the places she taught, as well as, I certainly enjoyed the sisters I lived with. A memory from her rst mission: a woman in the parish whose son S. Loretta taught, asked the two youngest sisters (walking home from Mass in rank), if she could show them the sights of Ferguson. She and S. Marian Cowan happily got in her cara convertiblefor a tour. (Picture veils ying!) Although their superior was waiting to speak to them when they got back, they didnt mind too much!

From 1962-1980, S. Loretta taught in various high schools: Little Flower, Chicago, Illinois; Bergan, Peoria, Illinois; St. Th omas Aquinas, Florissant, Missouri; and St. Louis Prep Seminary North, also in Florissant. S. Loretta pursued her masters in modern European history at St. Louis University. It was there that she met S. Audrey Olson, also studying for a masters in history. Th at was the beginning of a long friendship.

Life sometimes involved the unexpected, like learning to drive in Chicago. She was often put in situations for which she had no previous training such as directing a Pom Pom group in Peoria; teaching six classes of religion at Aquinas or at the seminary; being costume director for school plays; doing spiritual direction; teaching religion (and being the only woman on the sta ). You can do it, Sister, people saidand she did.

In 1980 S. Loretta attended the Jesuit School of Th eology in Chicago. Th en her friend S. Audrey asked if she would be interested in being director of the Social Justice O ce at Carondelet. Already aroused by the injustices she had seen in parishes and dioceses, as well as the plight of many women and children, she agreed.

One highlight from S. Lorettas days as social justice director happened during the 1986 Federation Event (also our

sesquicentennial year). She helped to organize a march from the hotel to the Arch grounds where a tree was to be planted. Speaking at the Federation Event was Dom Helder Camara, an archbishop from Brazil, of whom she commented, I consider him a saint of the age. To her utter amazement and delight, he wished to participate in the march. At the Arch, S. Miriam Th erese Larkin spoke, as well as Robert Mueller from the UN.

After directing the Justice and Peace O ce in Evansville, Indiana, for a year, S. Loretta returned to St. Louis to be campus minister at St. Louis University. From 1990-1996 she was director of the Justice and Peace O ce, Green Bay, Wisconsin. In 1996, following a sabbatical in Dover, Massachusetts, she chose to succeed her friend, S. Audrey Olson, as coordinator of Association and Partnership. She retired in 2002 to do volunteer ministry. In her early days of retirement, she and S. Audrey, with whom she lived, went on road trips when possible. Most memorable, though, was a trip to England and Scotland where she was thrilled to walk in the places that she had taught about in her classes.

In 2005, S. Loretta began to have health problems and, in 2008, retired to Nazareth.

S. Helen Oates

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Sister Cecilia Sullivan, CSJOctober 19, 1924 - April 9, 2015

A peaceful, gentle woman of prayerfulness, joy and acceptance.


John and Sarah (Carroll) Sullivan of Kansas City, Missouri, welcomed their daughter Cecilia on October 19, 1924. Cecilia had ve sisters and one brother. Th ree of the girls chose religious life. Mary, an older sister, became S. Mary Agnes, a Daughter of Charity. Her sister Regina, later S. Emily Frances, also entered the Sisters of St. Joseph.

After starting her second year of junior college, Cecilia decided she was called to religious life. She had BVM sisters in grade and high schools but did not feel attracted to them.

I entered the Sisters of St. Joseph because [her cousin] Sister Cyril Lynch used to come to visit and she was always so cheerful and so full of fun that when I wanted to enter I said that I think I want to be a Sister ofI didnt know what order she wasbut I want to be like Sister Cyril. So my mother said, I think they are at Assumption Convent, so why dont you go up there and talk to the sisters?

Cecilia entered the Sisters of St. Joseph February 11, 1943, receiving the habit and the name S. Regina Margaret on August 15, 1943. She received a bachelors degree in elementary education from Fontbonne College in 1954.

For 34 years, S. Cecilia ministered in elementary education teaching primary grades in these schools: St. Louis, Englewood, Colorado (1945); Our Lady of Presentation, St. Louis, Missouri (1948); Sts. John & James, Ferguson, Missouri (1953); Sacred Heart, LAnse, Michigan (1956); Immaculate Conception, St. Joseph, Missouri (1959); St. Bede, Chicago, Illinois (1961); Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (1962) and Our Lady of Perpetual Help (1963), both in Kansas City, Missouri; St. Louis, Waco, Texas (1972); and St John the Evangelist, Valdosta, Georgia (1977).

While S. Cecilia was in Waco, Texas, she became interested in the charismatic movement and, when possible, actively continued that interest in each subsequent assignment. It was a real gift to me. It was a beautiful gift. Describing the spirituality she strove for she said, always accept things as they come, accept them with joy and patience...

In 1979, S. Cecilia became a pastoral minister at St. Joseph Parish in Jesup, Georgia. Th e following year, she went to St. Rose of Lima in Houston, Texas, where she was the director of ASAP (After School Activities Program).

Th is program provided after school supervision of homework as well as play time and snacksa safe place for children whose parents worked.

She remained at St. Rose until 1986 when she asked for a sabbatical.

After a short sabbatical at the Oblate School of Th eology in San Antonio and some time at the Benedictine Monastery in Pecos, New Mexico, S. Cecilia became a pastoral associate at St. Monica Parish in Cameron, Texas, in 1986.

S. Cecilia joined a sharing of the heart group during the 1980s and remained faithful to that group. When she could no longer travel to meetings, the sisters came to Nazareth to meet there.

In 1990, S. Cecilia returned to St. Louis and took a position as parish secretary at St. Luke the Evangelist until 1993 when she became a tutor for the children in the grade school.

In 2000 she retired to Nazareth Living Center where she could be close to her sister, S. Emily Frances.

S. Helen Oates


Sister Margaret Alice Daues, CSJFebruary 5, 1928 - April 10, 2015

A delightful, welcoming, humble woman


February 5, 1928, Frederick and Alice (Hutti) Daues of St. Louis, welcomed their second child, who was baptized Audrey Mary at St. Anthonys Parish. Audrey grew up in St. Stephens Parish with her brothers Fred, Dan and Ken. She attended elementary school there and later, Ursuline Academy. Although she intended to go to college, thoughts of a religious vocation intruded. Drawn by the example of her two aunts, Sisters of St. Joseph Fabian and Florence Marie Hutti, she decided to investigate that community, thinking that she could always leave if she didnt like it.

Audrey entered the Sisters of St. Joseph on September 15, 1945, receiving the habit and the name S. Margaret Alice on March 19, 1946. Initially studying dietetics, she was requested to change to home economics, receiving her degree from Fontbonne College in St. Louis in 1961. 1n 1968 she received a masters in education administration from St. Xavier College in Chicago and in 1983, a doctorate in administration and church and school leadership from Fordham University in New York.

S. Margaret taught in elementary schools for many years: St. Gregory, in St. Ann, Missouri (1948); Sacred Heart, Muskogee, Oklahoma (1950); Notre Dame de Lourdes, Wellston (1951); St. Francis de Sales, Denver (1953); St. Philip Neri, St. Louis (1953); All Saints, St. Louis (1954); St. Gregory, St. Ann (1958); St. James, Denver (1959).

She became the principal at St. Cecilia in Peoria, Illinois (1961) returning to St. Roch in St. Louis (1967).

In 1968 she became principal of Little Flower, Mobile, Alabama. Th en S. Margaret became superintendent of schools for the Diocese of Mobile (1973) and vicar for education (1979-1980). In 1980, S. Margaret received a certi cate from the mayor of Mobile for her contributions to the civic community. Th at same year she received the M.O. Beale Scroll of Merit for outstanding education achievements in the Mobile Diocese from the Mobile Press Register.

In 1980 she began studies for her doctorate at Fordham University becoming a member of Phi Delta Kappa, Fordham University Chapter NY. Returning to the south (1983), she went to Shreveport, Louisiana, serving as vicar for education. From 1986-2003 she was chancellor of the diocese. She was only the fth person in the country who was not a priest to hold that o ce. She then became director of mission e ectiveness for two years. Th e Diocese of Shreveport recognized her service and contributions with a diocesan medal in 1988.

It was in Shreveport that S. Margaret worked with Bishop Friend, who indeed, became a dear friend over the years. Seeing rsthand the lack of education in the faith, she devoted herself to working with the bishop in setting up programs to enable adults to learn about their faith and receive training to better participate actively in their parishes.

Living with S. Margaret Alice at Notre Dame in Wellston in 1950s S. Teresa Marie Eagan recalls:

Th is was a hard mission in many ways and came at a di cult time for Margaret as her mother had only recently died very suddenly. Margaret was trying very hard to be a rock of support to the family as they were going through this very di cult adjustment. What I remember most was her sense of humor during this period which enabled us to endure all the problems we were facing.

S. Mary Joyce Bringer remembers,

She was always interested in knowing what was going on at Little Flower in Mobile. She loved her work at the school and she was respected by the people. She always gave 100% in all she did...

In 2005, after 22 years in Shreveport, S. Margaret retired in St. Louis, where she continued to serve through volunteer work for the community. She moved to the Village at Nazareth in 2013.

She is remembered less for her achievements than for how she treated those persons she encountered in her day-to-day existence with interest and gentleness. She had a sense of humor and was always ready to learn from books, from people and from situations.

S. Helen Oates

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Sister George Antoinette Vander Loop, CSJJuly 21, 1938 - April 20, 2015

Generous, caring, thoughtful, and hardworking


Elizabeth Ann was born in De Pere, Wisconsin, July 21, 1938, the rst of nine children born to George and Antoinette (Van Bogart) Vander Loop. Her family moved from DePere to a small community named Allouez where they stayed for about eight or nine years.

S. George Antoinette said:And then in 1948 they moved to a small farm in the town of Eaton, about twenty miles out of Green Bay. And at that time when we rst went out to see the place, we thought dad was taking us to the end of the world because it was so far from everything. I knew what dairy farming meant...[that] we as a family would be doing things together. Th is is what my mother and father believed, that we were all going to work at this together and it would be someplace where we would be very happy and would enjoy everything that was a part of that.

Th e children attended a small Catholic school, Sts. Cyril and Methodius, operated by Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph. When it came time for high school, the rst year Elizabeth stayed with her grandmother in Green Bay during the week so that she could attend the academy. At the end of the week, she took a bus to DePere where her father picked her up to come home every weekend. Th e next year, she

found a ride with a neighbor who drove the 25 miles back and forth to Green Bay every day.

Elizabeth entered the Sisters of St. Joseph on September 15, 1956. She received the habit and the name S. George Antoinette on March 19, 1957 and made her nal profession on August 6, 1964. She received her bachelors degree in elementary education from Fontbonne College in St. Louis in 1961, followed by a masters in reading from Cardinal Stritch College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1975.

S. George Antoinette spent 17 years teaching primary classes in Chicago, Illinois, rst at St. Viator School (1961) and then Nativity of Our Lord (1964).

In 1978, she moved to Glenwood Springs, Colorado, where she served for the next 24 years at St. Stephens Grade School, rst in religious education until 1981 and then as principal and teacher until 2002.

In 1999, the treatments she was undergoing for long-standing kidney problems no longer helped and she needed a kidney transplant. Several of her family o ered to be tested to see if they were compatible but it was the oldest of her brothers, Ken, who was a match so he agreed to donate his kidney.

Leaving the classroom in 2002, she volunteered at Hearts and Hands Ministry in Glenwood Springs for a short time. Remaining in St. Stephens Parish, she worked in pastoral care for seniors until 2013 when she retired to Nazareth Living Center.

Th oughts from S. Laverne Aufmuth (George Ellen):

Sister George Antoinette and I were in the same reception and shared the same saint's name...Georgemy memories of her are...soft spoken, quiet, and always had a shy smile.

S. Mary Ann Figlino shares that her fondest memory of [S. George] is how welcoming she was anytime I was in the Glenwood Springs area. She opened her house, her warmth.

Associate Dodie Suduth writes:

Taking [sister] to her dialysis weekly for several months gave us [Dodie and husband Bill] a lasting impression of what a CSJ iskind, loving, self-less, caring and thoughtful. She never spoke of her pain but instead would ask about our family. She spoke of hers with heart-felt emotion. How very generous was her spirit. Th ere truly is one more angel in heaven and one more star in the sky.

S. Helen Oates


Carol Politsch, CSJAMarch 10, 1962 - April 21, 2015

A strong, compassionate and kind-hearted caregiver


Associate Carol Politsch had every intention to make her Ongoing Commitment to the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in the spring of 2014, but a serious illness of cancer deprived her from that privilege. Her death surprised everyone who knew her, for she fought bravely to keep her strength to the end. She died on April 21. When I think of Carol, I cannot help from re ecting on the verses from the Book of Wisdom:

Th e virtuous woman, though she dies before her time, will nd rest. Length of days is not what makes age honorable, nor numbers of years the true measure of life...She has sought to please God, so God has loved herComing to perfection in so short a while, she achieved long life, her soul being pleasing to the Lord.

Carol was born in St. Louis on March 10, 1962. She graduated from Lindbergh High School, and received a bachelor of science in nursing at the University of Kansas School of Nursing in 1984. She married in 1985 and gave birth to two boys, Collin and Tyler.

Carols brother Kent said, Carols business cards had an insane amount of letters after her name. I would say they probably ran o the edge! We are privileged to know four of them: CSJA. In 2011 she became an adult-gerontological nurse practitioner

and received her Master of Science in nursing. She worked as a sta nurse in coronary care and cardiac rehab, and was a nurse manager, an o ce nurse (OB/GYN), a clinical research coordinator, and adjunct instructor for senior nursing students at Avila University and an adult nurse practitioner.

Susan Fetsch, RN PhD, CSJA (Avilas dean of the School of Nursing) wrote of Carol:

By nature of the career Carol has chosen, she follows in the spirit of the CSJs as she brings care to the most vulnerable in our society those who seek healing. In particular she has shared her expertise with students working with the mentally ill and who seek social services. In these settings she serves as a role model for future nurses interactions with segments of the vulnerable in our society. With her kind manner and easy laughter, Carol is extremely approachable. Th is means that people of all kinds can interact and feel safe with her.

Her family and her pets were the dearest to her heart. When S. Ruth Stuckel, a dear friend of Carols, and I went to visit Carol near the end of her life, she called her beautiful German shepherd to come from the kitchen to say hello, he slowly walked in and gently rested his face on each of our

knees as if to show polite recognition. By soft command Carol then told him to exit. Th at gentle beast retrieved without any trouble, a re ection of Carols spirit. Kent reported that Carol was not an angry person until someone abused an animal. Carol loved to snuggle with her dogs and laugh with friends and family.

Carols mentor, during her year of CSJ Associate Formation, S. Rose McLarney reported, Carol is very conscientious and open to discernment for where the truth and wisdom of God lies.

On May 4, 2011, Carol Politsch made this commitment statement to the Sisters of St. Joseph in Holy Family Chapel:

As a CSJA, I will strive to be a sign of unity to others in my personal and professional undertakings. I will bear witness to Gods love through my actions and interactions with others, and I will practice patience and tolerance in my work with the dear neighbor. Finally, I will continue to grow in faith and commitment to carrying out Gods purpose in my life.

Carol, you were virtuous, strong, gentle and valiant. May the God whom you loved so dearly in the dear neighbor, welcome you to full union!

Associate Nicole Nicoll

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NEXT ISSUE: September PNN & Directory ChangesSubmission Deadline: Aug. 15 Publication Date: Sept. 1

For a complete PNN schedule, visit Members Only at www.csjsl.org.

June1 Associate Task Force Mtg. (ML, LS) 6-7 Associate Leadership Board Retreat & Mtg. (ML, LS)9-11 Province Leadership Planning Mtg. (All)11 LCWR Breakfast (ML, RS, LS)22-23 Council/Corporation Mtg. (All)29 NLC Joint Ministry Committee (LS)

July9 LCWR Breakfast (ML, RS, LS)12-17 Retreat LS20-21 Council/Corporation Mtg. (All)30 Finance Report, Motherhouse (All)31 2015 Assembly, St. Josephs Academy (All)

August 1-2 2015 Assembly, St. Josephs Academy (All)3 Agenda Committee Mtg. (All)4 Department Head Mtg. (MML, ML, RS, LS)11-15 LCWR Mtg. (MML, RS, LS)24-25 Council/Corporation Mtg. (All)26 Investment Managers Mtg. (All)28-30 Imagining the Future of Vocation/Formation Ministry (LS)

June11 Come Catch the Fire21 Order of the House22-26 Mission & Service Project: Feet to the Street

July 12-17 Opening Our Heritage, Envisioning Our Future Retreat, presented by S. Lisa Lazio30 Pre-Assembly Meetings for Sisters31 Province Assembly, St. Josephs Academy

August1-2 Province Assembly, St. Josephs Academy9 CSJ-sponsored CCBF Concert in the Park, Carondelet Park

September12 Sara Thomsen Concert19 Associate Picnic21 27th Annual Golf Tournament, Westborough Country Club27 Haunted by God: Life of Dorothy Day Performance

*All events at Carondelet Motherhouse unless otherwise noted.

For more event listings and details, visit our Members Only Calendar of Events at csjsl.org.

MISSION & SERVICE PROJECT:

FEET TO THE STREETJune 22-26 Carondelet Neighborhood

Sisters and associates are invited to work side-by-side with young adult volunteers and offer their time and talent to CWIT (Center for Women in Transition) and CCBF (Carondelet Community Betterment Foundation), building one-on-one relationships with the dear neighbor.

Volunteer opportunities include minor home repairs, plant a garden, neighborhood cleanup, digitalize records and more.

If you would like to volunteer, contact Sister Linda Markway at 314-678-0315 or [email protected].

Monetary donations are also being accepted for supplies. They can be sent to the Carondelet Motherhouse with attention to the Vocation Ministry Offi ce.

Come Catch the FireYoung adults talking to young adults (18-35) about their

faith journeys while giving praise and worship to God.

Third Session: Loveworks...Service

with Kristen & Adam Hall

Thursday, June 11 8-10 p.m.Holy Family Chapel

Admission: Free! Bring a canned good for the Carondelet Community

Betterment Foundation food pantry.

Learn more: Visit www.csjsl.org

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