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News NotesNews NotesPROVINCESISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH OF CARONDELET AND ASSOCIATES ST. LOUIS PROVINCE APRIL 2014

For all that has beenthank you. For all that is to comeYes!

Dag Hammarskjold

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On the Cover: Spring Blossoms

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.

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

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Inside this Issue

ContentsProvince Leadership Message .........................................................................................3

Vocation/Formation ..........................................................................................................4

Senior Ministry ..................................................................................................................5

Liturgy ..................................................................................................................................6

Together in Faith Series ...................................................................................................7

Development Offi ce .........................................................................................................8

Justice ...................................................................................................................................9

2014 Jubilee ............................................................................................................... 10-12

Sharing of the Heart .......................................................................................................13

Carondelet Chronicles ..................................................................................................14

Archives .............................................................................................................................15

Necrology: Sister Mary Jane Ruoff ..............................................................................16

Necrology: Sister Mary Alma Monaghan ....................................................................17

Sponsored Institutions ...................................................................................................18

Bulletin Board ..................................................................................................................19

Calendars ..........................................................................................................................20

2014 JubileePages 10-12Th e 2014 jubilee celebration year began with special Masses honoring the Reception of 1964 and the Nazareth jubilarians.

Nyakios Story: Profi le of a CSJ AssociatePages 8-9Associate Nicole Nicoll shares the story of Nyakio Kaniu-Lake and how the mission of the CSJs worked through her to answer the call to serve the poor and abused in her ancestral home of Kenya.

After a long, hard winter, the blossoming of spring is nally upon us. While we are thankful for all that was given us during the past few months, we look forward to what is new

and fresh ahead of us. Be sure to read Sister Jean Meiers Province Leadership message about the joys of spring and to be open to the unknown future that lies before us.

www.csjsl.org Page 3

Province Leadership Refl ectionsHappy Spring!by Sister Jean Meier

Back: Sisters Liz Brown, Jean Meier, Patty Clune and Suzanne Wesley. Front: Srs. Helen

Flemington, Nancy Corcoran and Pat Giljum.

Editors Notesby Jenny Beatrice

For all that has beenthank you. For all that is to comeYes! Dag Hammarskjold

Th ese words have always been a favorite of mine, but never more so than in the last month. We have much to be grateful for

Th e crocus which announces the coming of spring even in the winter snow. Our sister saints who have been called home to God. Our jubilarians who remind us of the gift of being called to CSJ community. New congregational and province leadership as we call one another to deeper

communion. Our generous volunteers and patrons who contribute their time, e ort, and

resources to further the mission of Jesus. And so much more...

Our hearts must also open for our Yes! to be heard as we face an exciting but unknown future:

Yes to a deeper union with God and with one another. Yes to new challenges. Yes to healthy unsettledness. Yes to ongoing conversion. Yes to solidarity with those who su er. Yes to the more to which God invites us. And so much more...

As we move toward Easter and the new life ahead, my our hearts be lled with gratitude and openness for the wondrous plans God has in store for us.

Stepping Into Mystery: Preamble

...We should like to skip the intermediate stages. We are impatient of being on the way to something unknown, something new.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, SJ

At this writing, members of the communications, development, justice, association and vocation/formation departments from across the congregation are preparing to head out to Albany for our rst-ever collaborative meeting of the working groups, April 7-11.

But what exactly does it mean to prepare when you dont know what is to come? Right now, it seems as if we have more questions than answers: What are we doing? Who is doing what? Why are we doing it? What is for lunch? (Th at might just be me.)

Despite our knowings and not-knowings, preparations for a transformational experience are underway. What we do know is that we are grounded in the congregational Calls to Action, which call us to demonstrate concretely new ways of being one.

I may be feeling a little more cocoon than concrete right now, but that is life in the world of something new. Be prepared!

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Vocation/FormationNational Catholic Sisters Week Initiative

by Sister Linda Markway

Over 200 women religious and young adult women gathered for the inaugural National Catholic Sisters Week event held at St. Catherines University March 7-9. Th e goal of this event and those events yet to come is to demystify religious lifethe vows of poverty, celibacy and obedience, the experience of living in community, the desire to belong totally to Godby sharing the stories of Catholic sisters, by gathering Catholic sisters with young women, and by providing not only the tools but the time to share their vocation story, with the end result being the young adults sharing their impressions in an authentic, rst-person 20-something voice. It will be through this voice that a more contemporary view of Catholic Sisters, their lives, their mission and their works that bring to light the tremendous impact they are making today will be made visible.

Th e Conrad Hilton Grant that made this event possible will continue to support a variety of activities over the next three years. St. Catherine University will continue to take the lead for future National Catholic Sisters Week activities. One aspect of the St. Catherines proposal featured a student-led initiative to chronicle oral histories of a diverse array of women religious. With this in mind, the weekend provided workshops that employed digital story-telling tools and techniques. Th us the co-executive directors Molly Dever Hazelton and Mary Soher, OP, hope that the story telling that took place during the kicko weekend was only the beginning of so much more.

Another hope expressed by Molly and Mary is...

Th e relationship-building aspects of the project synthesized into the social media/digital world will enable young women who may be unaware of their call to religious life to attune themselves to hearing Gods voice.

I had the opportunity to be a part of this historical inaugural event alongside Angie Svec, a woman living at the Fiat House and discerning a possible call to religious life. I had such a great time networking with so many new cohorts in vocation ministry. Being with them and among so many engaging and interested young women was both energizing and inspiring. I only wish I would have been able to bottle

the essence of this experience to bring it home to each of you. My words simply dont give you a true sense of this experience.

Th e following is a portion of Angie Svecs letter of gratitude written to the organizers of the National Catholic Sisters event:

I cant thank you enough for such a wonderful and inspiring weekend. It was such an honor to be a part of the inaugural launch of such a special week. Th e weekend commencing National Catholic Sisters Week was special to me, not only as a Catholic woman, but as a woman who is actively discerning this very life we are celebrating. Hearing stories from Catholic sisters nationwide brought to life the real meaning of the word sisterhood. No matter what stage of transformation we are in, we are all held together through this special and unique bond.

I noticed that after walking in knowing so little of what I was getting myself into, I suddenly was among sisters and friends; these were all women like me. Age, race, religious orderthese things were forgotten as we sat around sharing stories about our own experiences with Catholic sisters. To say that learning about these heroines and how they led the way for us today was not only inspiring but it was an understatement. It lit a re inside me that burns brightly even today. It is something I will carry with me for the rest of my days. I have you to thank for that.

To learn more about this event, visit the following websites:

www.sisterstory.org

www.uscatholic.orgSearch National Catholic Sisters Week

Angie Svec with Irma Martinez from Benedictine University.


Senior MinistryGleaningsby Trish Callahan

On Feb. 25, Sister Bonnie and I attended a six-hour seminar, Understanding the Gut Brain: Stress, Appetite, Digestion & Mood, hosted by the Institute for Brain Potential. Merrily Kuhn, RN, Ph.D. (physiology), ND (naturopathic medicine), Ph. D. (Holistic medicine) presented a comprehensive overview of the gut brainanother name for the enteric nervous systemand its unique language of sensations involving digestion, appetite, anxiety and mood. She went into great detail on how diet, environment, climate, stress, illness, drugs and aging signi cantly a ect our gut health, which in turn a ects our overall health.

Poor diet, pesticides, chemical additives, hormonal changes that occur with prolonged stress and illness, and overuse of antibiotics are some examples that contribute to an imbalance, resulting in a condition called leaky gut, de ned as an abnormal increase in the permeability of the small intestine. Leaky gut is thought to be the cause of one or more of the following conditions: in ammation, diabetes, re ux and other digestive disorders, obesity and a depressed immune system.

As I listened to Dr. Kuhns presentation, I became more and more aware of how my favorite ve food groups (saturated fat, sugar, salt, ca eine and chocolate) have often superseded the o cial USDA recommended food groups (protein, dairy, grains, fruits and vegetables) in my food choices. Paired with what I have learned through Weight Watchers, the information she presented highlighted the impact of making healthy food choices, of reading nutrition labels when shopping, and of continuing to research new developments in the world of nutrition and health. As a result, my focus has changed from what is the number on the bathroom scale to how do I feel? Dr. Kuhn spoke in detail about the physical and biochemical processes that result from how our gut digests what we put in itwhether its good or bad.

Going to the store has become an exercise in translating packages miniscule-printed lists that read like a chemistry

book. I have become fairly adept at identifying the hidden sugars. A few of the more familiar and popular sugars found on labels are: high-fructose corn syrup, barley malt syrup, corn sweetener, corn syrup, or corn syrup solids, dehydrated cane juice, dextrin, fruit juice concentrate, honey, maltodextrin, maple or brown rice syrup, molasses, raw sugar, sorghum or sorghum syrup and any word that ends in ose, such as dextrose, fructose, glucose, lactose, maltose, saccharose, xylose.

Th e latter half of the seminar focused on the nature, function and importance of gut ora, a complex of microorganism species that live in the digestive tracts of animals and humans. Ninety percent of the bacteria that live in our small intestine (the gut) are good. Th ey protect us from microorganisms that cause food poisoning. Th ey are also thought to stimulate the immune system, aid in digestion, help the body to absorb vitamins and keep the lining of the GI tract intact, thus preventing leaky gut. Terms used to describe good ora are prebiotics and probiotics. Th e basic di erence between the two is that prebiotics are plant bers and probiotics are live bacteria.

To learn more about Pre- and Probiotics, and leaky gut check out Senior Ministrys Healthy Eating/Nutrition web page in Members Only at csjsl.org.

Probiotic FoodsYogurt/Kefi r: must

contain live culturesDark Chocolate

PicklesSauerkraut Soft Cheese

Prebiotic FoodsArtichokes Beets

Bananas OnionFlax Seed Oats

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Source and SummitMarch & April Events

by Associate Mary Kay Christian, liturgist

Liturgy

April2 Lenten Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m.6 Mark Twain Chorale International 2:00 p.m. 9 Lenten Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m.16 Holy Week Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m.23 Easter Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m.30 Easter Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m.

May3 60th Jubilee Mass 10:30 a.m.7 Easter Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m.14 Easter Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m. 17 Luke Live! Concert 6:00 p.m.18 Luke Live! Retreat 9:00 a.m.21 Easter Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m.28 Easter Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m.

Liturgy Calendar

We were to begin the month of March with a wonderful Mardi Gras celebration and Mass on the 2nd welcoming the newest associate members to the CSJ community. However, the winter weather got the better of us again and the event was postponed due to another snow storm. Is it Spring yet?

We powered through, though, and prepared for our next event, the Celtic Soul Experience. On March 7, Irish musicians Owen and Moely OSilleabhin, along with St. Louis own Irish singer/songwriter Joe Stickley and friends, came together for an evening of Celtic music. Th ey then teamed up with another St. Louis native and Celtic spirituality expert Kimberly Schneider for a Celtic Spirituality Retreat the next day. It was a wonderful weekend lled with Irish music, prayer, laughter and song.

On March 15, the 50th jubilarians celebrated with a special Mass. Filled to capacity, family and friends gathered in Holy Family Chapel to honor these 10 women who have given their lives in faithful service to the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet.

Th e month of March wouldnt have been complete without celebrating the Feast of St. Joseph on March 19 with Midday Prayer and St. Josephs Day Bread for all who work and live at the motherhouse. Mass and dinner was also held in the evening for the CSJ community.

As we move into the months of April and May, be sure to mark your calendars for more opportunities to pray and celebrate in our chapel.

On April 6 at 2:00 p.m. we will welcome the Mark Twain Chorale International for a concert. Th is group includes singers from Je erson City, St. Charles and Northeast Missouri, and Keosauqua, Iowa. Th ey perform a variety of tunes and are preparing for their ninth international tour this summer. Th en, on May 3, at 10:30 a.m., the 60th Jubilarians will celebrate their milestone with Mass in the chapel.

Be sure to join us for the Luke Live! Presentation and Retreat May 17-18. Father James DiLuzio, a Paulist priest and cousin of Jenny Beatrice, performs a one-man show, Luke Live!, reciting the Gospel of Luke while lacing the narrative with popular songs, hymns and dialogue with the audience. I have attended Fr. DiLuzios event and it is a real treat! Learn more about the event on page 7.

During the remaining days of Lent and Holy Week, please visit our prayer blog,togetherwepray.org, for short daily re ections to enhance your Lenten daily prayer.

Follow us on Twitter!For the latest in news, events, social justice action and more,

follow us at twitter.com/csjsl.

Our profi le name is CSJ St. Louis and our username is @CSJsl.


Together in Faith SeriesLUKE LIVE!: SCRIPTURE & SONGConcert, Retreat & Mass with Fr. James DiLuzio

Saturday-Sunday, May 17-18Carondelet Motherhouse

TICKETSTo purchase tickets, visit togetherinfaithseries.org.

Concert - $15 Retreat - $125Concert & Retreat - $135

ATTN CSJ SISTERS:Discounted tickets are available for CSJ sisters only:

Concert - $10 Retreat - $100 Concert & Retreat - $110Contact Sarah Baker at 314-678-0378 or [email protected]

for discounted tickets.

Book ReviewDavid and Goliath by Malcolm GladwellReviewed by Sister Nancy Corcoran

Im a consummate, eclectic reader. My favorite books contain large

fonts and lots of picturesunless the material is totally captivating. Malcolm Gladwell, a sta writer at the New Yorker, enthralls me with his books: Th e Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw and, most recently, David and Goliath, the story of underdogs, mis ts, and the art of battling giants.

Gladwells eld is explanatory journalism. He sees his mission as taking complex ideas that live in the specialized world of the academy and repackaging them

for us. For this ultimate skill, I am grateful. Gladwell challenges what we think we know with the research he mines in academic journals as he writes captivating narratives.

In his newest book, the biblical tale of David and Goliath is turned on its head, the troubles in Northern Ireland explored, underlying concepts of elite schools challenged, the horror of Bull Conners Birmingham remembered and the inverted U-curve introduced as Gladwell considers the advantages of those who are supposedly disadvantaged.

Raised in Canada, the son of a Jamaican mother and English father, Gladwell toys with assumptions as both an outsider and insider. What Gladwell does best is to o er paradigm shifts in how we think about the world. Such shifts are certainly useful to those of us in the process of transformation.

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Experience the Gospel of Luke as members of the Early Church experienced itinternalized, personalized and shared. Based in New York City, Paulist priest, actor and singer Father James DiLuzio brings his unique presentation of the Gospel to parishes nationwide, reciting the beloved texts with storytelling and

refl ectionall accompanied by inspirational chants and songs, including popular music from Broadway shows. The May 17 evening performance will be followed by a day-long retreat experience for those who want to enter into deeper refl ection.

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Generosity of Joseph Awards Honor Selfl ess GivingTh e Sisters of St. Joseph proudly announce this year's recipients of the Generosity of Joseph award. Th is award

celebrates individuals who positively in uence society and encourage others by their example of life-altering generosity in the spirit of St. Joseph, our patron. Th e awards will be presented during the annual Generosity of

Joseph Honors Gala on April 25 at the St. Louis motherhouse. Meet our honorees:

Mary ChristmanSaint Louis

Promoting justice with a particular concern for the poor

Mary Christman always had a heart for helping others, which drew her to enter the CSJ community in the 1960s. Although her ultimate calling was that of a wife and mother, she continues to live out the Sisters of St. Josephs call to serve the dear neighbor, especially the poor.

As a physical therapist, Mary shared the gift of healing with clients in need in North St. Louisa gift she now works to bring around the globe to Haiti. Responsible for the establishment of the Sustainable Th erapy Foundation, Mary helps to empower Haitian students to attend physical therapy school.

Her hands-on approach keeps her busy with everything from training and mentoring to fundraising, both at home and abroad, inspiring others to keep the people of Haiti close to their hearts.

Joseph and Rosemary Shaughnessy

Saint LouisRecognizing and defending

the human dignity of all

St. Joseph is a model of quiet, life-giving generosity; Joseph and Rosemary Shaughnessy live their lives through his spirit, faithful to God, family and those in need.

As the co-founder of BSI-Constructors, Joseph is known for his many successes and contributions to institutions that are an integral part in the life of St. Louis. But he is better known for his integrity, character and dedication to community, principles both Joe and Rosemary have instilled in their seven children and their families.

Today, through BSI, the Shaughnessy families work with many not-for pro t agencies, revealing their heart for helping others, service that is indeed a way of life.

Ron Slepitza, PhD, CSJAKansas City

President, Avila UniversityEnabling others to continue

the mission of Jesus

As president of CSJ-sponsored Avila University, Ron Slepitza (pictured with wife Suzanne) uses his personal, professional and spiritual resources to infuse the spirit of St. Joseph into every aspect of the college. Instituting a CSJ associate program and establishing archives to house one of the countrys largest collections of womens religious artifacts, Ron keeps the schools relationship with the sisters in the forefront.

Hes also dedicated to enabling the Avila community to serve the dear neighbor through e orts like the Jerusalem Farm, a program o ering volunteers opportunities to bring sustainable living methods and home repair to impoverished neighbors.

Leading by example, Ron in uences the next generation by living out ways to defend human dignity, ensure justice, and care for the poor.

Development Office

You are invited! Join us in honoring Mary, Joseph and Rosemary and Ron. RSVP by April 18. Register online at www.csjsl.org or call 314-678-0328.


JusticeI Never Imagined

by Anna Sandidge, justice coordinator

Twenty years ago, I could have never imagined where my life has taken me. I would have never imagined myself working for social justice. I didnt even have the language. I would have never imagined myself talking about gospel living and working with persons who have been exploited. I would have never imagined sitting down and having soul-to-soul conversations with persons who have worked in prostitution. And I never imagined I would sit in conference rooms with CEOs and feel compassion for them, wondering how to help them to soften their hearts toward others. Its a strange world I live in now. One I never could have imagined.

As I re ect on this spiritual journey and the chance to share it with you, Im reminded of something Fr. Anthony Gittens, CSSp said at an LCWR think tank over a year ago. About 30 justice coordinators and members of leadership were at a retreat center when Pope Benedict announced his resignation. As you can imagine we were abuzz with speculation. Fr. Anthony quickly put it into an inspiring context for us. He said, Just a few years ago, no one imagined a Pope could resign. Th en Pope Benedict imagined it; then it became possible and then it became real. What can we imagine today that can become real? He encouraged us to move beyond a think tank and see if we could become an imagination forum.

And we did just that. Th is year the coordinators gathered at the rst Justice Imagination Forum. And while I feel so blessed to have been included in the planning of this rst imagination forum, Im a little disappointed I missed participating in it. But then when I said yes to helping plan such an exciting new direction, I never imagined that the very week I expected to be in retreat with these great justice minds, Id be cradling my new granddaughter as I read bedtime stories with her big brother. Just when I think Ive gured out what the Holy Spirit has planned, Im surprised.

How do we imagine this world to be? What might be possible if we just imagine it? And are we willing to let others live into the new being as we might be called to step aside and minister in ways we never imagined? I am forever amazed by the workings of the Spirit and grateful that when I am faithful, the Spirit will take me beyond my wildest imagination.

Ameren Corporation has been under re for allegedly contaminating groundwater with its coal ash land ll in Labadie, Mo. Th e company also faces criticism for using considerable water resources: 39 percent of all fresh water in the United States is used in coal- red utility plants. It uses once-through cooling for thermal regulation and cooling of its coal- red power plants. Th is water is cycled through the plant to absorb excess heat, and then dumped back into the same source from which it was pulled. However, a fair amount of water is evaporated in the process. Th e water that is dumped back in the river has an increased temperature, a ecting the natural balance of the areas ecosystem.

In its 2013 Corporate Social Responsibility Report, Ameren stated that it is aware of the impact of [its] operations on water quality and use and that water quality is a ected primarily through thermal impacts. Th ough admitting the company has impacts on water quality in the Missouri River and elsewhere is a step in the right direction, it is only the rst step. Ameren is currently working on a Water Management Plan and an Integrated Resource Plan with members of MCRI and other stakeholders. Th ese reports will be published in June and October respectively. MCRI hopes that they will demonstrate Amerens willingness to take accountability for and change its actions to better suit the sustainability needs of its customers and stakeholders.

Other recent work with MCRI has included: Peabody Energy agreeing to begin the Global

Reporting Initiative questionnaire on Water Management with 2013 as the baseline.

Arch Coal Resolution will be on the Proxy Ballot.

Boeing is re-constructing its website to include speci c ways it is carrying out the International Labor Organization principles.

MCRI Updateby S. Barbara Jennings, MCRI coordinator

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2014Jubilee

Golden Jubilee Celebration: On March 15, ten members of the Reception of 1964 celebrated their 50 years of faithful service with family and friends in Holy Family Chapel. Jubilarians pictured above, clockwise from top: Sisters Sally Harper, Rose Mary Brueggen, Jane Behlmann, Frances Maher, Mary Kay Hadican, Connie Gleason, Suzanne Giro, Mary Margaret Lazio, Jean Meier and Patricia Clement.

S. Jane leads the procession of jubilarians as they enter

the chapel.

S. Sally gives the jubilee re ection.

S. Jean Meier with her brother and Presider

Rev. Jerry Meier.

Srs. Connie Gleason and Rose Mary carry a manta from Peru to the altar. It symbolized the people and places that

have been a part of the jubilarians 50 years as sisters.


75 YearsSister Olive Louise Dallavis

Sister Rita Flaherty

70 YearsSister Agnes Marie Baer

Sister Mary Josephine BreinerSister Mary John Dillard

Sister Teresa Maria EaganSister Paula Patrice Michaud

Sister Michael Helene Pur eldSister Andrea Marie

Rentmeester

60 YearsSister Rose Marie Boyanchek

Sister Rose Stephen CentoSister Mary Rebecca EichhornSister Mary Th erese Esswein

Sister Juliana Marie FeldSister Elizabeth Mary Ganss

Sister Julie GuillotSister Jane Miller

Sister Kathleen MlinarSister Marian Th erese

MuehlbauerSister Patricia OBrien

50 YearsSister Jane Frances BehlmannSister Rose Mary BrueggenSister Patricia Ann Clement

Sister Suzanne GiroSister Mary Kay HadicanSister Sally Clare Harper

Sister Mary Margaret LazioSister Fran MaherSister Jean Meier

Nazareth Jubilee Celebration:

Th e Nazareth Living Center jubilarians gathered for a special

Mass in honor of their jubilee celebration on March 16.

Pictured:Left75th jubilarians Sisters

Rita Flaherty and Olive Louise Dallavis.

Right60th jubilarians, Srs. Juliana Feld and Liz Ganss with

S. Jean Paul Selissen.

BelowS. Rita with Srs. Mary Ann Nestel and Maureen Kane.

Below LeftNovice Clare Bass with S. Olive Louise.

Below RightTh e Nazareth jubilarians take their spot in line

before processing into the Nazareth chapel.

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Honorary Contributions (as of 3/24/2014)To the Development O ce:S. Ann AlbrechtA. Patricia and David CassensS. Francis Regis FeiseS. Rita FlahertyS. Margaret GreggS. Joyce M. LandremanA. Peggy M. MaguireS. Christine MassmanA. Eileen StanleyS. Michael WhiteS. Teresa John Zilch

To the Retirement Fund:Associates Don and Mary Etta BensonA. Diane BlackwellA. Ms. Bonnie Lee BoswellA. Ms. Nancy J. BroachA. Ms. Katherine A. BurchA. Patricia and David Cassens

A. Dr. Patricia L. DemuthA. Annie EmmettA. Suzanne E. FalettiS. Joy Elaine GilderA. Carolyn HenryAssociates Patrick and Loretta JendraszakA. Marilyn F. KoncenA. Betty and Kenneth LarsonA. Jeremy LilligA. Janet M. LinckAssociates Deborah Marino & Robin SmithermanA. Roland and Marie MartirA. Patricia Ann McGovern HillA. Barbara and Bernard MeyerA. Antoinette OConnellAssociates Jim and Diana OleskevichAssociates Gene and Kathleen SchwartingS. Jean Paul Selissen

A. Mary G. Sheppard, A. Catherine A. ShinnA. Janet M. SullivanA. Patricia C. TesslerA. Marnee TorchiaA. Mary Wommer

To the Missions FundBancroft Community (Gulu)

Srs. Mary Carol Anth, Mary Flick, Rita Marie Schmitz

S. Roberta Houlihan (S. Roseanne Cook)Our Ladys Community (Gulu)

Mary Ann HilgemanPatricia Murphy, CSJ (Gulu)St. Th erese Little Flower Community

Srs. Gabrielle Smits, Martha Niemann, Rose McLarney, Joan Tolle, Ann Landers, Georgia Walker

S. Teresa John Zilch (Gulu)

From the Sisters of the 1964 Reception: We were blessed by the presence of so many of you at the celebration of our Golden Jubilee. Th ank you! Also, we are most grateful for all the Masses, cards, donations and gifts that we received and for all the special touches that made our days at Carondelet memorable. May we continue to walk together as we are invited by grace, called to serve, sustained by love and living in mystery. God bless each of you.

From S. Agnes Marie Baer: I wish to thank all of you who celebrated my jubilee with me by your prayers, love and gifts. What a delightful experienceone worth living for!

From S. Rose Mary Brueggen: Our Golden Jubilee celebration was awesomeeven the weather cooperateddid it ever! Th anks to all of you who graced me with beautiful cards, good wishes, prayers, other gifts and your presence at our jubilee Mass. It was a day like no other Ive ever experienced.

From S. Teresa Maria Eagan: My sincere thanks and prayers to all those who remembered my jubilee with your Mass o erings, donations to the various missions, your prayers and your many beautiful cards. I am overwhelmed with your outpouring of concern. It was a wonderful jubilee for me. May the Lord bless you all.

From S. Rita Flaherty: I am over-joyed by the many and gracious ways you greeted me at the time of my jubilee. I am blessed and humbled by your kind words, prayers, Masses and gifts. I have been blessed these past years by your companionship. I ask St. Joseph to continue walking with us on our journey into the future.

From S. Paula Patrice Michaud: Special thanks to all who have had Masses celebrated, donations in my honor to Development, the missions, etc., to help me celebrate my 70th jubilee as a CSJ.

Thank You


An Associates Dream Comes Trueby Associate Nicole Nicoll

When Associate Nyakio Kaniu-Lake signed the Initial Commitment book for CSJ Association in 2011 with her mentor

Sister Gabrielle Smits, CSJ by her side, Nyakio embraced the charism of the Sisters of St. Joseph. For Nyakio, the mission of the sisters to serve the dear neighbor was the Spirit working through her to answer the call to serve the poor and abused in her ancestral home of Kenya.

Her HomelandNyakio comes from a large supportive East African family that is deep in tradition, which she says has been her backbone. Her birthplace is south of the equator between Lake Victoria and Mount Kenya in the town of Naivasha, not far from the shores of the Indian Ocean, a paradise with cool air from the high elevation that is occupied with rivers, lakes and mountains. African family traditions, national customs and beauty of the Kenyan Rift Valley landscape make Nyakio proud to be called a Kenyan.

Life in AmericaAfter attending high school in Kenya, she traveled from her native land to take classes at far away Washburn University in Topeka, Kan., as well as at Wichita State, eventually receiving a bachelors degree at Friends University in Wichita. While her studies kept her busy, she was still able to work in order

to send money to her family back in Kenya. And yet, the Spirit continued to tug at her heart, never letting go of a dream she had for the women in need in her homeland and open a shelter for battered women and children in Kenya.

While attending Wichita State, Nyakio answered an ad for a Swahili tutor. Her pupil was retired U.S. Army Captain Joseph Robert Joe Bob Lake. Joe Bob graduated from West Point Academy in 1964. Once retired after four years of active duty, he became an entrepreneur and CEO of a large nancial services organization and is currently COO of a non-pro t organization. With a love for life, Joe Bob took o for Africa and climbed Mount Kilimanjaro with a close buddy.

Several years later while attending Friends University in Wichita, Nyakio and Joe Bob, a widower, began dating and they were married. A delightful couple, Joe Bob is electrifying with his bright Irish eyes full of adventure and humor while Nyakio is an African beauty whose face reveals her compassionate heart for the poor.

Nyakio earned a masters in counseling from CSJ-sponsored Avila University in Kansas City, Mo., and is a therapist serving low-income families in Johnson and Wyandotte Counties, Kan. She has a keen interest in the eld of cross-cultural psychology and is a member of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, as well as a member of the Greater Kansas City Psychological Association and the Missouri Mental Health Counselors Association.

Th e Agatha Amani HouseYet her deepest heartfelt concern remained with abused women and children in her homeland of Kenya. Nyakio began interviewing safe home shelter directors in the Kansas City area to help her understand the process of establishing and maintaining such a house. So when her mother, Agatha, donated some of her Kenyan land for the shelter, Nyakio wasted no time in building the home in her mothers namethe Agatha Amani House: sta ng it with a quali ed director, a house mother, social worker and a security guard.

Th e cement has been mixed, the shelter has been built and the water storage tanks put in place. Agatha Amani (Peace) House will provide a training center to help establish the women, giving them a chance to receive an income and achieve independence. Garden projects on the site to grow crops and rabbits for consumption and for sale in the local market place will be a sustainability program for the shelter. And there has already been a success story written in the Agatha Amani House log.

Th e seed has been planted and encouraged by the love and examples of the Sisters of St. Joseph and their associates. Th eir charism of caring for the dear neighbor inspires and gives courage. To God comes the glory! As I stand in the presence of Nyakio, I experience Gods Spirit as an African Queen, with a compassionate love of her children of Kenya.

Nyako Kaniu-Lake

Sharing of the Heart

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Carondelet ChroniclesLinger Over Breakfast: Feb. 22Confessions of an Accidental Activist

by Sister Kate Filla

Anna Sandidge cannot remember a time when she did not have questions. And it is the nature of her questions that helped set her on her lifes path. She remembers growing up with Sesame Street on PBS, Mary Tyler Moore and the Bob Newhart shows and listening to the folk music of the 60s with Peter, Paul and Mary and other socially aware artists. At the same time her parents were subsistence farmers in

Southern Missouri, nourished by the land they cared for. And Anna incorporated that lesson even as her world view was expanding. Her parents were Evangelical Christians for whom church attendance was a priority and young Anna began learning New Testament Bible verses and assuming responsibilities for the education of younger children in the church community. Yet Anna admits she grew increasingly aware that the questions she had were not welcomed or appreciated and were usually left unanswered. Her own reading of the Bible did not seem to match the way others around her were reading Scripture.

Sometime when she was in sixth grade, she began to voice her discontent to the school librarian who would in time become Annas friend and mentor. About the time she was 15, Anna accepted the womans invitation to come to a gathering of Quakers. She met a group of what she calls mis ts. But in this gathering everyone t and everyone belonged. And Anna knew she had found a spiritual home. Th e Catholic priest she met at the Quaker Meetings helped her to read Scripture with a di erent lens. In her new community she found patience, compassion, understanding, inclusivity and peace-making.

When her husband got a job in St. Louis, Anna moved with him and began courses for a masters in social work. She was studying how to address issues that communities were

dealing with and how to elicit from the group members what they wanted to surface as priorities. At the time of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Anna began hearing the mantra: U.S. out, U.N. in. But she did not understand what that meant because she did not really know what the implications were of U.N. troops or peacekeepers in an area of con ict. Th en an opportunity to deepen her understanding emerged. Anna applied for a two-week session in Nova Scotia: U.N. Peacekeeping Operations from Entrance to Exit Strategies. Open to military o cers, U.N sta , diplomats, students and NGO sta , Anna found herself with 25 others from eight countries learning the complexity of a U.N. peacekeeping mission. In the process she practiced skills needed in areas of con ict.

Later, Anna was invited to a two-week training taught by members of the Swedish army in Norway: Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration. A major focus was on reintegrating displaced persons back to their home communities. What is the role of peacekeepers in an imperfect world? How can safeguarding human rights and human needs be balanced with military intervention? Anna learned that in times of unrest, there are many areas of need and a multi-disciplinary approach is the best strategy in moving toward stability.

What is the challenge today for a Christian, for anyone living faithfully within a spiritual practice? How do we live in this world knowing what we know? How do we transform relationships? How do we rst do no harm? Th ere are so many questions in a complex world. Are there any answers? Is there a place to start? Maybe we can determine what we have control over. Perhaps there may be a recommitment to meet and value each person where he or she is. Perhaps we ask for the grace to be with others not as enemies, the grace to realize there is no one right answer. With Anna, let us value our questions and open ourselves to the movements of the Holy Spirit.

Anna Sandidge


Meeting Our AncestorsProfi le of an Early Sister Who Died

in the Month of AprilSister Mary Mechtilda Litteneker

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Sister Mary Mechtilda Litteneker died at the Mother House, St. Louis, Mo. on the tenth day of April, nineteen hundred eighteen, in the seventy-ninth year of her age and the fty-sixth of her religious life.

A long life well spent in active service in the Community might brie y summarize the obituary of Sister Mechtilda. Almost to the very end she kept at the post of duty assigned her. Many and varied were the charges imposed by obedience, and in widely separated sections of the country did she labor; but ever the same unswerving faithfulness characterized all she did, whether in training the novices, in governing, or practicing the virtues of a devoted daughter of St. Joseph in the rank of a simple religious. From deep wells, piety, charity and kindness over owed upon the sisters committed to her care. Christ was ever present to her in the sick whom she served with truly maternal solicitude.

Her closing days were but the re ection of a life well spent. With her work done and strong in the grace of the Last Sacraments our dear sister calmly waited for the summons calling her Home. May she rest in peace! [From the Necrology Book]

Sister Mary Mechtilda (Helena) was born to Joanna Raepley Bailey and Nicholas Litteneker

in Hofweyr, O enburg, Baden, Germany in 1840. She entered at Carondelet in

1861, received the habit on March 19, 1862, and made vows on March 19, 1864. Her older sisters, Johanna and Josephine Frances [Sisters Mary Julia and Mary Lidwina Litteneker] preceded her in entering the community. A niece, Sister Gertrude Joseph Litteneker, also entered the community.

Sister Mechtilda was a Chapter Delegate in 1866, Mistress of

Novices and Assistant Provincial in St. Paul from 1868-1869, Provincial

Superior in St. Paul from 1869-1876, Superior at Nazareth, St. Louis

1876-1877, Superior and teacher at the Academy of Our Lady, Peoria, 1877-1896.

She opened St. Josephs Academy in Green Bay, Wis., in 1896 and was superior there until 1909. She became

superior at Longwood School for Deaf Boys in St. Louis from 1909-1911. Her last mission before retiring to the motherhouse in St. Louis was at St. Josephs Academy, Chillicothe, Mo., from 1911-1914.

Sister Mechtilda died of chronic nephritis and her remains were buried in Nazareth Cemetery and reinterred in Resurrection Cemetery in 2009.

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Sister Mary Jane RuoffAugust 31, 1926 - February 23, 2014

Friendly, joyful and generous

Th e Hand of God Shall Hold You

William and Kathryn (OBrien) Ruo had a daughter and four sons. Th eir daughter Mary Jane was born in St. Louis, Mo., August 31, 1926. Janes brothers were William, John, Th omas and Philip.

S. Roberta Houlihan, a high school classmate says, ...what I remember most about Janie is her love for acting and public speaking in our auditorium at AOL (Academy of Our Lady, Peoria) where we frequently had assemblies that allowed each class to perform.

After earning a bachelors degree in sociology from Fontbonne, Jane entered the Sisters of St. Joseph September 15, 1948. She received the habit and the name S. Catherine Th erese in 1949. Her career in education began in 1951 with teaching rst grade for a few months at Nativity in Chicago, then at Little Flower in Mobile, Ala., and nally, in 1953, at Most Holy Rosary in St. Louis. While teaching second and third grade at Holy Name in St. Louis in 1957, S. Catherine completed her masters in education from St. Louis University. Th e year 1958 found her teaching primary at Christ the King on Maui, Hawaii, then fth grade at St. Anthony on Oahu from 1959-1963 when she moved to St. Th eresa in Honolulu where she taught intermediate until 1965.

After two years teaching junior high at Cathedral in St. Louis, S. Jane became a religious education coordinator. She spent 1967 at St. Paul in Negaunee, Mich., 1968 at St. Th omas the Apostle in Florissant, Mo., and then served a multi-parish group in Ishpeming, Mich., from 1971 to 1974. She was campus minister at Michigan State University in East Lansing from 1974 to 1978. During that time she earned a C.P.E. from Veterans Hospital in Lansing. S. Jane returned to Oahu from 1978 to 1983 to be the assistant director in the Diocesan Religious Education O ce.

S. Jane spent 1983 as cottage/dorm/unit supervisor at St. Marys Special School, St. Louis. Next she went to LArche Syracuse, Syracuse, N.Y., (1984-1993) as non-handicapped assistant, a ministry she truly loved.

S. Mary Jo Logan writes,

Jane and I lived together...in one of the L'Arche homes from 1987 until she left Syracuse... O cially she was Head of House/House Responsible (the L'Arche term for mother superior in a local community of L'Arche)...What that meant was that she had to attend to everybody's needsboth the core people who had disabilities and the young college kids who came to share life with those folks.

She taught me so much about how to really pray the Gospel... she took the weekly Sunday readings that we used for our prayer groups and broke it down into language the folks with disabilities could relate to. She gave beautiful re ections on the meaning of the readings. She managed to invite feedback from everyone attending. She got the core members to act out the gospel scenes. She truly combined the L'Arche philosophy of each person with a disability has a gift to share with the world if we will only let them and the CSJ charism of love of the dear neighbor.

S. Jane spent 1993-1996 at the Province House in St. Louis as a receptionist for a short time, then as hospitality coordinator. In 1996 she became a personal assistant for the severely disabled at the YMCA Rehabilitation Center in St. Louis and retired to Nazareth Convent in 1998.

S. Mary Ann Hilgeman says,

Even when she su ered from dementia she still had the same friendly, joyful, generous attitude that had characterized her when she was in good health.

S. Helen Oates


Sister Mary Alma Monaghan, CSJ

March 23, 1916 - March 2, 2014

Kind, thoughtful, loving and generous

Th e Hand of God Shall Hold You

When Th omas and Bridget McKeever Monaghan came from Ireland seeking a better life for the family they hoped to have, they could not have dreamed how many young women and men their second daughter, Margaret, would in uence by her joyful, caring personality. Margaret Elizabeth Monaghan was born in Kansas City, Mo., on March 23, 1916, and baptized at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. Th eir parents saw to it that she and her sister Mary Anne were raised and educated in their Irish heritage and Catholic faith.

Margaret said that she decided to become a sister when she was six and rst met sisters. She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph on September 15, 1934, was received into the novitiate in 1935 and was given the name Sister Mary Alma.

She began teaching in elementary schools in 1937. Her rst assignment was St. Lukes in Richmond Heights, Mo. Th at same year she taught at St. Peters in Oconto, Wis., followed by Cathedral in St. Louis in 1938. Sacred Heart, Muskogee, Okla., in 1939 was next and then Holy Cross in Champaign, Ill., in 1940. After that she spent 1946-1948 at St. Matthews in Mobile, Ala.

Th roughout this time she was also working on a bachelors degree in Latin, which she received in 1948 from St. Louis University. In 1949 S. Mary Alma began her high school career, teaching Latin and algebra at Rosati-Kain in St. Louis. She earned her masters in Latin from St. Louis University in 1953.

Her next home was Waco, Texas (1954-1956) where she taught Latin, religion, algebra and geometry at Waco Catholic High School. She returned to Rosati-Kain in St. Louis for eight years where she taught religion, algebra, practical math, and Latin, while also being a guidance counselor. From 1964 to 1968 she taught Latin and religion at St. Joseph Academy in Green Bay, Wis. She served as a guidance counselor at Little Flower High School in Chicago from 1968 to 1973, and then from 1973 to 1977 at St. Anthony of Padua High School in St. Louis.

During the next 16 years, S. Mary Alma taught Latin and/or math at St. Teresas Academy in Kansas City. In 1993 she took time o for family care but returned to St. Teresas as a volunteer in 1995 until she retired at Nazareth Living Center in 1998 where she continued to help others as long as she was able.

S. Mary Almas simple joy in living, her gentleness and quiet dignity made her delightful to be around. Many young sisters were tutored in the ways of community living (or of navigating lesson plans) through her guidance. When a student (or a young sister) found themselves to be in the wrong, S. Mary Alma pointed out the error in such a way that the persons self esteem remained intact.

She loved her students and wanted them to succeed. Th ough she taught other subjects, her love of teaching Latin inspired more than one generation of students. Th ose taught in the late 80s might choose to share their stories on Facebook, yet the stories are remarkably similar to those students taught in the 50s and 60s including the fun of being with her in just simple interactions.

S. Mary Alma is remembered as a kind and thoughtful person, a loving, caring, generous person, someone willing to go the extra mile to help and willing to listen to young dreams and anxieties, somehow knowing when to just listen and when to speak.

S. Helen Oates

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Sponsored InstitutionsHelping Our Peruvian MissionsCancelled Postage Stamps on a Journey

by S. Rose Mary Brueggen

Some may not know that for years weve been helping our Peruvian missions by trimming cancelled postage stamps. How does that work? you question, as I did for many years. Numerous individuals as well as businesses make our project possible. A few businesses and sta members in doctors o ces have seen me trimming stamps and ask, Maam, can I ask what youre doing? and so I tell them. Th eir responses and questions vary from Th ats awesome! to I can help you by saving stamps; how can I get them to you? Some live in the area of Nazareth and can drop them o at the front desk or I give them my address at Nazareth or at Carondelet and I get large or small packages of cancelled stamps in the mail. A couple parishes put a notice in their parish bulletins.

And so you ask, What happens to the stamps when they are given to you? My answer: Ive several (20 or so) stamp trimmers who are residents at Nazareth. Th ese trimmers are lay people as well as sisters who assist me by trimming, sorting and bagging the stamps. Foreign and commemorative stamps are more valuable than our everyday Liberty Bell, Lady Liberty, etc. stamps, but we save and trim all of them.

Th e trimmed stamps are bagged and boxed and taken to the Regency Stamp and Coin Company in the Central West End/St. Louis about every 2 -3 months. Recently we delivered to them nine large boxes (sturdy boxes that come with reams of paper in them) of trimmed, sorted and bagged cancelled stamps. Th e stamps are then taken to stamp collector shows or conventions where they are sold to stamp collectors. A gathering like this will be in St. Louis mid-late March. Im hoping to attend this show so I can see rst-hand what happens to the stamps that weve trimmed and sorted. Usually six weeks to two months after the show we receive a check representing a portion of the sale of the stamps. Often the check received is a couple hundred dollars and sometimes more. Th at money then goes to our missions in Peru.

Th ank you to all of you who save and/or trim stamps for our mission project. I am grateful to you and so are our missions.

For 19 years, Fontbonne University President Dr. Dennis C. Golden has been a transformational leader who has dedicated his life to preparing Fontbonne University students for success in business, education and service. He has been a guiding force throughout the ever-

changing landscape of higher education, as well as a loyal proponent of the universitys mission, vision, values and Catholic identity.

For all these reasons and more, you are invited to join the Fontbonne community for a celebration honoring Dr. Golden on the occasion of his retirement, the Tribute to Leadership and Legacy Dinner Gala. Event details are listed below. Proceeds from the gala support student scholarships and Dr. Goldens vision of Fontbonne as a preferred destination for students seeking excellence in higher education.

Fontbonne Universitys Tribute to Leadership and Legacy Gala

to Honor President Golden

Th ursday, May 8, 2014Ritz Carlton, St. Louis

100 Carondelet Plaza, St. Louis, MO 63105

Cocktail Reception: 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.with music by Dulcet String Quartet

Dinner/Program: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.with Guest Emcee Charlie BrennanKMOX Radio

Cocktail Attire Complimentary Valet Parking

Ticket Information: $300 General Seating

For more information, please call 314-889-1489, visit fontbonne.edu/gala or send an e-mail to

[email protected].


Rest in PeaceCorporation & CouncilFebruary Meeting

CORPORATION

Accepted Minutes of Board of Directors of the

Corporation Meetings held January 3, 2014 December 2013 Financial Statements

Approved LCWR Region 1$10,000 Fr. Robert Nugent, New Ways

Ministry$1,000 University of the Sacred Heart (USH)

Project$5,000 Ephpheta Society & SJI, Fabulous Motown

Review$1,000 CORE (Charism Outreach & Relationship

Experience)

Discussed NLC Capital Campaign Ministry Assistance Funds

COUNCIL

Accepted Minutes of the Province Council Meetings

held January 3-4, 2014

Approved Travel Requests (3) Patrimony Requests (2) First Profession Request (1)

Discussed 2014 Assembly Associate Advisory Board Request

Updated Vocation/Formation SJID 2014 Spring Sectionals

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Gene Guerin, brother-in-law of S. Clare Spaeth

S. Ancelle Gagnon (SP)

Michael Smith, brother-in-law of S. Helen Ryan

Ray Vanden Bergh, brother of S. Pat Vanden Bergh

Edward Chaperone, brother of S. Th erese Chaperone

Nell Feise, sister-in-law of S. Frances Feise

S. Charlotte Rigali (LA)

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Th e following sisters moved to Nazareth Living Center in St. Louis and serve in prayer and witness:

Michael Helene Pur eld, CSJ

Clara Vincent Slatinsky, CSJ

Ministry Changes

CSJ NewsSister Joan Whittemores Musical Writings PublishedBoosey & Hawkes, the largest specialist classical music publishing company in the world, recently published Sister Joan Whittemores edition of Nicola Porporas Magni cat for four part womens voices (SSAA), strings and continuo, written for the glie del coro at the Ospedale Santa Maria dei Derelitti in Venice in 1745.

Conductor and master teacher Doreen Rao will feature this edition in her Institute for Choral Teacher Education at Stirling University in Scotland in July 2014.

PROVINCE CalendarLEADERSHIP Calendar

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NEXT ISSUE: May/June PNN & Directory ChangesSubmission Deadline: May 15 Publication Date: June 1

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

April5-8 Critical Issues Workshop, Washington, DC (JM)9 CWIT Executive Committee Mtg. (SW)10 LCWR Breakfast (PG)10 Fontbonne Scholarship Breakfast (HF)11 Marian Middle School Dinner (PC)14 Development Advisory Committee Mtg. (HF)22 PCRI Mtg. (HF)23 Nazareth Ministry Committee Mtg. (JM, SW)23 SJA Scholarship Dinner (PG)25 Generosity of Joseph Gala (PL)25-26 Leadership Mtgs. (PL)27 PL Mtg. with New Leadership Team (PL)29 NLC Spring Party (PL)29 Fontbonne Facilitator Mtg. (SW)29-30 LCWR Region I Mtg. (NC)30 Denny Golden Retirement Party (PL)

May2-3 Fontbonne Committee Mtgs. (HF, SW)3 60th Jubilee Celebration (PC, HF, PG, JM, SW)5 STA Golf Tournament (PC)7 Investment Managers Mtgs. (PC, HF, PG, SW)8 LCWR Breakfast (PC, HF)8 Dr. Golden Retirement Dinner (PC, HF, PG, JM, SW)9 Avila Board Mtg. (PC)10 Avila Graduation (PC)10 Government Committee Mtg. (NC)15 CWIT Board Mtg. (SW)17 Fontbonne Graduation (HF, SW)17 Luke LIVE at Carondelet (HF, PG)21 ETP Mtg. (PC, HF)22 St. Joseph Academy Graduation (PG)23-26 WOW Weekend (PL)28 CSJ Ministries Mtg. (LB)29 CCBF Reception (PL)30 Leadership Mtgs. (PL)30-31 Leadership Retreat (Ruma) (PL)

June1-2 Leadership Mtgs. (All)5 Marian Middle School Board Mtg. (PC)7-8 Associate Assembly (PG)9 Associate Board Mtg. (PG)11 CWIT Executive Committee Mtg. (SW)

The PL calendar is also available in Members Only at csjsl.org.

April5 Linger Over Breakfast with Becky Holley, CSJ & Mary Jo Logan, CSJ5 Linger Over Breakfast KC with Donna Gunn, CSJ6 Mark Twain Chorale International Concert25 Generosity of Joseph Gala

May3 60th Jubilee Celebration17 Luke Live! Concert and Retreat

June7-8 Associate Assembly/Retreat28 Affi rmation of New Province Leadership29 Rite of Profession of Clare Bass

August1-3 St. Louis Province Assembly

*All events at Carondelet Motherhouse unless otherwise noted.

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

Nazareth Living Center Celebrates VolunteersOn Feb. 14, sisters and associates who volunteer at Nazareth Living Center gathered for a pizza lunch sponsored by the Community Life Sta . Th e gathering was to thank everyone for the time given to our sisters residing at Nazareth. Th ere are many opportunities to volunteer. If you can drive sisters to their doctor appointments, please call Sister Gerry OLaughlin at 314-649-2086. If you would like to be on call from 8:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. to accompany sisters who have an emergency, or if you are available to be with someone who is in her nal stage of living please call S. Pat Dunphy at 314-894-1007. Being with our sisters at Nazareth is a wonderful blessing.

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