province news notes september 2013

News NotesNews NotesPROVINCESISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH OF CARONDELET AND ASSOCIATES ST. LOUIS PROVINCE SEPTEMBER 2013

I ARISE TODAYI ARISE TODAY

September 2013 PNN

On the Cover: I Arise Today

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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Inside this Issue

ContentsProvince Leadership Message .........................................................................................3Vocation/Formation ...................................................................................................... 4-5Senior Ministry ..................................................................................................................6Association .........................................................................................................................7Liturgy ..................................................................................................................................8Spirituality Committee .....................................................................................................9Justice .................................................................................................................................10MCRI ..................................................................................................................................11Province Leadership: Wow Weekend ................................................................... 12-13Congregational Chapter ......................................................................................... 14-15Sharing of the Heart ................................................................................................ 16-18Archives .............................................................................................................................19Necrology: Annie Carter, CSJA ....................................................................................20Necrology: Clara Wiseman, CSJA ................................................................................21Necrology: Sister Eileen Hoffer, CSJ............................................................................22Necrology: Sister Mary Laurent Duggan, CSJ ...........................................................23Face of the Motherhouse: Dan Casey ........................................................................24Congregational News.....................................................................................................25Corporation/Council......................................................................................................26Bulletin Board ..................................................................................................................27Calendars ..........................................................................................................................28

Sharing of the HeartPages 16-18Read the talented writings of Sisters Kate Filla, Marie Damien Adams, Joan Whittemore and Associate Clara Uhlrich as they share their thoughts and stories.

Moving Forward in Hope: Keys to the FuturePage 4Check out the results and suggestions received from sisters in the St. Louis province who participated in the Moving Forward in Hope: Keys to the Future conversation tool provided by the National Religious Vocation Conference.

Th e cover art was created by Sister Jean Iadevito for the province chapter prayer in August. Th e prayer booklet she compiled entitled, I Arise Today includes readings and poems to guide us into deeper re ection about transformation. For a copy of the book and other province

chapter materials visit www.csjslchapter.org and click on the Aug. 7-11 session link. For a hard copy of the booklet, contact Sue Narrow in the Print Shop at [email protected] or 314-678-0333.

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Province Leadership Refl ectionsDoing our Names Proud

By Sister Patty Clune

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

Flemington, Nancy Corcoran and Pat Giljum.

During our Congregational Chapter in July, one of the many highlights was having the opportunity to meet Bishop Remi De Roo. Bishop Remi, a Canadian bishop, addressed our chapter body. He had the privilege of attending all four Vatican II sessions and just completed a book Chronicles of a Vatican II Bishop.

Bishop Remi brought the spirit of Vatican II alive just by his presence. However, I had an ulterior motive in wanting to meet him. Recently, I discovered that I had a very distant relative, Bishop Robert Clune, deceased auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, and I wanted to nd out a little bit about his life.

At break, I approached Bishop Remi and asked if he knew Bishop Clune. His eyes lit up and he said he knew him well. He said that Bishop Clune was a very gentle, kind man. Th e poor held a special place in Bishop Clunes heart and he was very involved in the missions, especially through his work in the Catholic Extension Society. Bishop Remi also said that they didnt always agree on everything but that he did your name proud.

Bishop Remis re ections touched my heart. It made me wonder how I do my family name proud, how I do our community, church and world names proud. I left our Congregational Chapter with a deep sense that we had done all of those names proud.

A bend in the road is not the end in the road unless you fail to make the turn.

Helen Kellers words make navigating change sound so simple. Make the turn. Easy, right?

Th e ah-ha moment I experienced when I rst heard this quote at the recent province chapter meetings has left me wondering why Im so often stuck at the pass. I imagine myself standing on a dirt road in the middle of pastoral nowhere yelling at the grass about wrong directions, wasted time and now whats. Its a lonely place.

When I reach an unexpected bend in the road, I cant see where it is headed. All I can see in front of me is the choice. Do I trust that making the turn is a better option than standing still? Do I have the faith that I am not alone on the journey? Can I leave my expectations behind and travel lightly into the unknown?

Th e choice is simple. I have to make the turn.

Editors NotesBy Jenny Beatrice

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Vocation/Formation

I liked everything...conversations were very energizing and were a good way to begin delving into more

diffi cult questions before us.

Enjoyed the car motifseemed to take some of the anxiety away from what could have been diffi cult questions.

Surprised that not more were presenteveryone was invited and having conversations with other vowed members is

something we have been seeking.

The day was fi lled with HOPE. I HOPE follow ups are in the future.

Lots of positive energy and enlightening conversation.

On June 15, over 40 members of the St. Louis province participated in the Moving Forward in Hope: Keys to the Future conversation tool provided by the National Religious Vocation Conference. Th e purpose of this tool was to deepen communion with each other as well as the dear neighbor, namely women in discernment. Th is was accomplished through many stimulating conversations about the future of religious life and, in particular, our responsibility to ensure that religious life exists as a possible option for future generations. (Sandra Schneiders, IHM).

Th e conversation tool used a metaphor of being on a road trip. Participants were invited to look in the rearview mirror by sharing their own personal vocation story. Th is was followed by the opportunity to name our current reality by responding to re ection questions about the...

Driver: Who and what is driving the community? Are there any backseat drivers?

Passengers: Who is in the car and what is the common theme among the passengers? Is there room for othersyounger/other cultures?

Fuel: What is energizing and de-energizing?

Trunk: What is in the trunkresources-baggage? Is there anything weighing us down?

Destination: Where is our community going and what are the rami cations for existing members as well as possible new members?

A PowerPoint and video were presented, identifying signi cant perspectives of younger religious today. It was clear to the participants that if we want a future for our religious institutes, we will need to hear the voices, hopes and dreams of younger members. Th e question raised by those gathered is whether or not this is what we want to do.

Th e nal conversation was an invitation to take our foot o the brake and to generate creative, courageous and concrete next steps. Th e following is a list of some of the next steps suggested:

Make the global connection and speak with a global voice.

Promote and provide more human interest stories to help others get to know who we are.

Create and promote service opportunities and invite young adults to join us.

Consider creating an intercommunity house.

Network with intentional communities of justice, sustainability and spirituality (in person and/or through the use of social media).

List our prioritiescreate a creed to live by that can be shared with discerners.

Consider there may be a need to have more than one car for our journey. Th e cars may be lled with cohorts, those of similar passions, etc.

Each vowed member adopts a group/team/class at one of our sponsored institutions and commits to connecting with them throughout the year.

Seriously enter into a conversation about what community means.

Consider the use of a common symbol.

Moving Forward in Hope: Keys to the FutureBy Sisters Linda Markway and Kathleen Eiler


Together on the JourneyBy Sister Sandra Straub, novice director

In April of 2012, Clare Bass and I were in the throes of asking and answering these two questions: May I enter the Novitiate? and Would you be our novice director? From the very onset of our journey, we decided that regardless of the outcome, we were going to be a teamTogether We Are More and our experience was to be a Win-Win.

And so it began on June 29, 2012, we blessed Clare as she entered her rst-year novitiate with enthusiasm and joy. Later that summer, Clare experienced her rst-year novitiate in the Chicago CSSJ Federation Novitiate. After the Federation Novitiate was completed in mid-May, Clare returned to St. Louis.

On June 29, the eve of her 30th birthday, Clare entered her second year. Th is summer Clare has been to California for both the Giving Voice national gathering and the opening of Congregational Chapter. She completed her annual retreat and experienced her home visit. She took a theology class at St. Louis University and hopes to take two classes per semester this coming year.

Within these busy days, Clare is discovering her CSJ identity and all that that entails, and I am re-discovering through this pilgrimage our rich life, grounded in prayer,

re ection and communal sharing. Clare walks daily in her vocation discernment, and I journey in that discernment on behalf of the congregation. When I revisit our Constitution, Complementary Document and Formation Plan, I realize that the rich detail gives us a hook on which to hang our hats and, yet, allows us the freedom to go places uniquely ready for Clare.

Clare wants a challenge, and, as her mentor, I encourage and stretch the journey. Together we have not reached a plateau and our daily rhythm is musical. (I thank God not too many contralto lows or mezzo soprano highs.) Youll nd us laughinga lotand once in awhile shedding a tear or two.

As her director, I am enriched and rejuvenated with her youthful and positive energy. One year later and living into and out of this community service, I nd the ministry rewarding, challenging and surprising as I deepen my relationships within myself, with Clare, the community, federation, congregation, regional and national sisterhood.

We thank you for the support we received from leadership, members, family, associates and friends. Clare and I know we experience togetheryour love, your heart and your willingness to be open to new life. Its a Win-Win for us all.

2013JubileeGolden Jubilee Celebration

Reception of

Sunday, September 1511:00 a.m. Mass, followed by lunch

RSVP by Sept. 6 to [email protected] or 314-481-8800

Events on Oct. 19

St. Louis

Becoming One in the Digital Age with S. Patty Johnson, CSJ

Kansas City

The Power of Love and the Love of Powerwith S. Judy Miller, CSJ

Visit www.csjsl.org for more information.

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Senior MinistryGleanings

By Sister Bonnie Murray

Summer 2013...A Moving ExperienceFor at least 29 sisters and many lay women and men, this statement rings true! It was during the months of July and August that one could see moving companies taking turns, pulling up to the loading dock (one in the morning and one in the afternoon) at the Village at Nazareth.

Personally, I had just gone through this stressful transition a year and a half ago, when Nazareth needed the ground underneath our house for the Village water retention system. I was amazed how much stu could accumulate within that seemingly short amount of time. So I make a plea again for all of us to continue to downsize while we have the time and energy to do so.

Have you read the book Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson, MD? Its the story of four characters living in a "maze" who face unexpected change when they discover their "cheese" has disappeared. Sni and Scurry, who are mice,

and Hem and Haw, little people the size of mice, each adapt to change in their "maze" di erently. Well, I feel like a huge hunk of cheese has been moved in my life. Ive experienced the following major changes:

Transitioning from living with several sisters under one roof to an apartment.

Living alone for the rst time in 72 years.

Using my creative energies to make an apartment my home.

Sharing village space with other CSJs and lay women and men.

Th e last change reminds me of the 1992 transitioning of our sisters from Nazareth Home to Nazareth Living Center. At that time, they were considered to be pioneers

in a new way of living amongst the dear neighbor. A lot of tears were shed as they let go of the known and moved tentatively into the unknown. Now, 21 years later, weve seen and experienced the blessed fruits of this venture. I trust that God is now blessing this new venture, as more of us live among our new neighbors. Weve already felt the beginnings of establishing community with each other. I pray that I will be open to the God of surprises as I move into this new way of living community.

As I re ect upon the experience of August chapter and get in touch with my insights gleaned from those sessions, I realize that I have moved out of one of my comfort zones and have taken baby steps toward personal transformation, which hopefully is preparing me for communal transformation. My move to the Village is being viewed as a graced crossroad in my life. Th is truly is a new adventure for me, calling me to the possibility of creating something new with God, in partnership with my sisters and the dear neighbor.

Wherever each of us is in the process of transformation, may we all be willing and open to holding nothing back, learning to nd ease in taking risks, awakening our spirits to adventure, and thus being at home in a new rhythm of life, participating in the ultimate Mystery of Transformation.


AssociationCSJ Associates and the Call to Transformation

By Associate Peggy Maguire

Transformation certainly seems to be the invitation of Gods Spirit to all of us this summer. Th at call was heard clearly at the Congregational Chapter in July and the Province Chapter in August. And, the theme of our June Associate Assembly-Retreat was from the 2007 Acts of Chapter, Sacred Mystery: We Participate in the Mystery of Transformation.

We would like to share with you some of the ways we heard that call during the Associate Assembly and how we are trying to participate in the Mystery of Transformation as CSJ associates.

On June 1-2, 131 associates and sisters in associate communities (our largest number ever) gathered to explore the Sacred Mystery of Communion of Relationships, our response to the groaning of a disconnected world, and our participation in transformation. Facilitated by Sister Shawn Madigan and Associate Michelle Piranio, the input, conversation and discernment deepened our understanding of who we are as CSJ associates; how we relate to the sisters and to one another, and how we continue to live out the charism and participate in the Mission of Jesus. Th e vitality, insights and re ective wisdom of participants culminated in a vision, a Creed (see box), that we will continue to pray with, discern and discuss in associate communities and gatherings during this coming year.

Th e Associate Advisory Board met immediately following the assembly-retreat to implement some suggestions from that gathering. Th ey established a designated group to integrate, coordinate and further explain the suggestions. Th e new committee is calledas suggested by the participantsthe Road Map Committee. Its overall task is to guide the association movement forward, using the multiple suggestions regarding possibilities for structuring the movement into the future.

Th e Road Map Committee has created three subcommittees to perform certain tasks:

Subcommittee #1: Create a process for re ecting, discussing and sharing ways Associate Communities and individual associates may live out the Creed.

Subcommittee #2: Examine and evaluate present as well as possible future leadership structures to re ect the evolution of association.

Subcommittee #3: Provide direction and leadership for the 2014 Associate Assembly-Retreat.

Th e Road Map Committee and its subcommittees are meeting Sept. 21 to begin planning ways in which associates can continue to participate in the Mystery of Transformation for the sake of the Mission of Jesus.

Our Associate Creed

We are a community of people connected, committed and grounded in unifying love.

We embrace our baptismal charism of unifying love, empowered through our membership in the community of St. Joseph.

We engage in a continual cycle of renewal hospicing old ideas and midwi ng new.

We open ourselves to the graciousness of God's transformative action in and among us and our world.

Th is requires us letting go, embracing the gifts and talents of each other so that together we might envision the possible and bring it to life.

If we can dream it, we can make it happen.

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Source and SummitWhere Your Treasure Is,

There Your Heart Shall BeBy Associate Mary Kay Christian, liturgist

Liturgy

As I re ected on the Gospel of Luke recently, I took to heart the wise words, where your treasure is, there your heart shall be. (Lk 12:34) What do you treasure? When you dream of winning the Powerball ticket (admit it...you know youve fantasized about being the big winner),what is your Powerball dream?

In my dreams, Ive spent that Powerball money many times. But, after some serious thought, I realize when put to the test, the one thing I cant live without is love. I can live without jewels, exotic vacations, designer clothes and the newest gadgets, but I cannot live without meaningful loving relationships.

We were created by God to be social beings. In the creation story of Adam and Eve, God said, It is not good for man to be alone. Loving relationships come in all varieties: husband/wife, parent/child, brother/sister, friend to friend. Th ese relationships are given to us to cherish and nurture. Sometimes less obvious to us is our relationship with God. Unlike many of our great saints, privileged with the gift of beati c visions, we see and experience God in the created universe and our relationships with each other.

Some people nd God most present in other people; others experience God in the beauty of creation. Th e people-people among us often make the mistake of seeing God only in human relationships, while those who nd Gods presence in communing with nature know that we live in relationship with all of Gods creation. Th e di erent ways human beings experience relationships is varied and complex. But in the end, its all about relationships.

Liturgies give us opportunities to experience God in both ways. In gathering together as a community, we become the presence of Christ to each other. We become the Body of Christ. For those that experience God in human relationships, the Church gives us the gift of our brothers and sisters in Christ gathered in community. And for those who nd God most present in the created world, we are given the real presence of God in the Precious Body and Precious Blood to see, touch and taste. Both are the true presence of Christ among us. Both need to be treated as the precious treasures they truly are.

We can all be more conscious of the treasures we already possess: the treasure of our human relationships and our treasured relationship with our Creator, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Peace!

Liturgy Calendar

Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m.Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m.50th Jubilee Mass 11:00 a.m.Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m.The Chants of Hildegard of Bingen 3:00 p.m.Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m.

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Spirituality CommitteeConversations on Our Early Foundings:

Our Inclusive Roots from Medaille to Mother St. JohnBy the Spirituality Committee

Th irty-six sisters, associates and ministry partners from the St. Louis and St. Paul provinces gathered on June 14-16 at St. Norbert Abbey in De Pere, Wis., with Sister Connie DeBiase, CSJ (Brentwood) for three days of conversation on the inclusive roots of our early community foundations.

S. Connie was a member of both the rst and second groups commissioned by the United States CSJ Federation to research our early foundings. Th eir research included meetings with Fr. Marius Nepper, SJ who shared his archival texts and knowledge. Later, after both Fr. Nepper and S. Julie Harkins, CSJ (Boston) died, the second team continued and searched the archives of 67 early French foundations. Th is second body of research uncovered material that gave a greater sense of our early foundings, but also, as happens with more research, did not agree with some of the rst teams research. By that time, some of the CSJ lore had already developed and di ered from the earlier research. After the second research team returned from France, the group disbanded. S. Connie is the only member of both research teams who continues to give retreats, spiritual direction and re ections on what they learned.

Participative morning and evening liturgical prayer as well as a Saturday evening thanksgiving celebration enhanced our weekend communal experiences. Participants submitted questions and wonderings, and S. Connies responses and conversational knowledge brought the past alive. From our earliest beginnings, there were multiple expressions of CSJ lifesome vowed, some not-vowed, referred to by di erent names and engaged in various ministries. (For example, in one foundation, the group made ribbons, while another made lace. In one foundation, the group was called Daughters of St. Joseph; in another, they were referred to as Th e Girls. Since most members were illiterate, love was the main constitution. As in the past, our charism brought all of us who were present together in unifying love.

Participants questions, insights and re ections guided and gave depth to the perception of past and present expressions of CSJ shared charism. Th e experiences of the three days gave us guides for imagining our future together. Th e prayerful atmosphere and natural beauty that surrounded us enhanced our relaxed retreat setting.

S. Connie suggested the book Th e First Jesuits by John W. OMalley, particularly the rst three chapters, to use as a window into further understanding the context of our foundings. Th e second research team found a strong similarity of our early foundations to the sodalities described in that book.

How do we make sure that what we heard and experienced is passed on? Th e weekend is a model for the future. Most importantly, loving God and neighbor without distinction means we cannot love God if we do not love our neighbor. Th ere is no distinction.

The conversations gave me greater insight into our early history and a deeper conviction that union with God, self and neighbor is the essence of our community.

S. Ann Gerard Siebert

Besides the excellent input and relationships among us, this is a model to do again and again.

S. Jean Vianney Mindak

It is so lovely to know that we will be accepted and loved when we enter a new gathering space. We were at home with our exchanges and found great acceptance and common hope.

Consociate Rita Quigley, St. Paul

The spirit, the words of our thanksgiving liturgy, give me great hope for what we can do together in the future and for what we are already doing.

Associate Carrie Arnold

Exploring our shared history which was not neat or easily explained, gave much insight into what we are today: loving God and neighbor without distinction. We found the honesty and truths shared were freeing. Connie helped us to laugh as we shared together.

Associates Loretta and Patrick Jendraszak

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JusticeThe Gift of Grace

By Anna Sandidge, justice coordinator

I have been struggling with how to share an experience with you. Its context, depth and richness are so much that words cannot begin to explain what it was like or even why I was there. On the nal day of Chapter in August, a quote from John ODonohue in the morning prayer brought it all together, May you have the courage to listen to the voice of desire that disturbs you when you have settled for something safe. May you have the wisdom to enter generously into your own unease.

You may not know that the issue of prostitution has become very prominent and persistent in the Carondelet neighborhood. With our very public witness against human tra cking and our professed care for the dear neighbor without distinction, we were called upon to help look at this issue more closely. I learned that this is not a new ministry for the community as Sister Agnes Marie Baer, CSJ served women working the streets at the request of Monsignor Shocklee. Father Jean Pierre-Medaille instructed the community to o er shelter and support for young girls in danger of losing their virtue because they are in need of money.

Dignity Network is a St. Louis-based group working to address the issues of commercial sexual exploitation, both in human tra cking and prostitution, working toward a healing and restorative approach for all. Th rough my work with Dignity Network, I was invited to participate in a conference in Las Vegas. It was a place I really didnt want to go; a place where I would have to confront my biases, beliefs and taboos. I was asked to spend a week with persons who at one point in their life have engaged in commercial sex work or prostitution. I prayed, asked my husband, spoke with leadership, and in the end, we said, Here we are Lord. How shall we serve?

I was there to learn the di erent needs of persons who have been tra cked and those who engage in prostitution. I learned that policies intended to heal can have hurtful consequences if we exclude the voices of those they impact. I was surprised to hear that some of what we in the anti-tra cking movement were proposing actually excluded persons engaged in prostitution from accessing support and care, especially when they are ready to exit that life. Th ey expressed feelings of being judged and persecuted by the very people who should have

compassion. Our e orts were done with good intentionsright? Had we excluded a whole group of people, simply because we have judged them unworthy? Th ey made their choiceright? After hearing some of the stories of those I met in Las Vegas, the circles of choice, victim, survivor, pride and despair are not xed boundaries, but uid ripples that change in time.

As I cautiously confessed in conversations, I work in the anti-tra cking movement. I work for a group of women religious, the Sisters of St. Joseph. I am here to learn. We want to make sure that in our work to help tra cked persons that we dont cause unintentional harm. I was met with reserved hope. Many embraced and thanked me for being there. One by one I found myself in deep conversations about their spiritual lives, deep desires, pains and wrongs that have been done against them, about the fear of being with someone like me and all that I represented. Th eir honesty with me was humbling and together we celebrated our courage to listen and enter into our unease.

I found grace. Th e judgment, the bias about their life I had previously held, did not exist in those moments between us. It no longer held a place of importance, and my burden was lifted. Th e only thing that mattered was what was important to the person sitting in front of me. I felt the holy love of God owing through me. It was not of me, but moments of grace, lived over and over again as I sat with these new friends. I was given a deep knowing that what came before in their lives and what came after was not for me to judge. It became an unexpected time of blessing and conversion.

Im not sure why I was allowed to have this experience, but I am forever changed. I truly feel born again. I was blessed with their con rmation that they felt love and acceptance, that they knew they were loved just for who they were, because they were children of God and in turn so was I. We continue to work with the Dignity Network and address the concerns that surround Carondelet neighborhood and beyond. I pray I continue to draw upon that time and remember that when we are faithful, God can use us to transform and heal, not in spite of our limitations and judgments but because of them.

Here we are Lord, how shall we love?


MCRIAnnual Report

By Sister Barbara Jennings

We are now exploiting all our social and ecological systems. The basic elements of planetary security are being

threatened more and more. These tendencies are very dangerous, but they are not inevitable.

Sister Griselda Morales, CSJ, (Congregation of St. Joseph United

Nations Special Representative)

During 2012-2013 the Midwest Coalition for Responsible Investment (MCRI) addressed many ways companies practices threaten people and resources, and called them to focus on security and stewardship, particularly in regards to the human right to water and the global water crisis.

By 2025, the global demand for fresh water will outstrip a reliable supply in parts of the world such as North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Asia, and even the United States. MCRIs 14 members and six associate members continue to press corporations to be better managers of water use, recycling and restoration.

In the past year, MCRI has taken many actions to hold companies accountable for their practices that e ect the global water crisis. Some of these actions include:

Ameren UE: MCRI led a resolution asking Ameren to disclose more information on their e orts to identify and reduce the health and environmental hazards of their water releases into rivers. Th ey agreed to withdraw our resolution in exchange for data on contamination and hot water releases. A dialogue on Aug. 13 revealed some improvements in reporting and practices.

Arch Coal, Inc.: After a 44 percent vote in MCRIs 2011 resolution, the company promised to report out more fully on their water treatment using bioreactors at their Mountain Top removal sites.

Monsanto: Monsanto has declared water use a central focus. MCRI led a shareholder resolution in early August 2012 asking for data and transparency in their water management with particular concern about water availability baselines before they establish business in

Africa, Asia and South America. Monsanto promised to increase their reporting by bioregion and their Corporate Social Responsibility Report of May 2013 did improve, including e orts in Africa. A dialogue is scheduled for Sept. 12.

In addition, MCRI/ICCR members have been discussing the divestment of fossil fuel companies, an e ort promoted by Bill McKibben and 350.org. McKibben is a journalist who is calling on universities, colleges and hospital systems to divest of coal and oil corporations by December 2013. At this time, we are in sympathy with 350.org and its passionate call for the end of global warming. We remain concerned that companies would welcome our divestment and therefore, our dialogues. As long as we are at the table to challenge, cajole and praise for incremental steps, we will hold shares.

Another egregious practice that has come more to light is the number of banks making PayDay Loans, euphemistically called advanced direct deposits or easy access. PNC, Wells Fargo, and Fifth Th ird especially promote these products to their customers. MCRI and ICCR shareholders led resolutions, some of which were thrown out by SEC. However, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is monitoring the banks.

We will continue to be vigilant with issues of climate change, human tra cking, foreclosures, environmental health, greenhouse gas emissions, nutrition labeling and advertising, and water sustainability.

And we continue to be encouraged by the words of Sister Griselda, Th ese tendencies are very dangerous, but not inevitable.

On the WebVisit the following sites for more information.

www.midwestcri.com www.iccr.org

www.waterfootprint.org www.350.org

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Province Leadership

On Memorial Day Weekend, 58 sisters between the ages of 65 and 75 gathered at Toddhall Retreat Center in Columbia, Ill. to re ect on and discuss what Sandra Schneiders, IHM refers to as Adulthood II: the Age of Wisdom.

S. Sandra refers to Adulthood Stage II as the richest and potentially the most productive period of life as people have stability in relationships, extensive skills, deep concern for spiritual development, realistic hope and great desire to contribute.

Th e purpose of the weekend was to gather our sisters in this age group, a rm them in the signi cance of this life stage and through prayer, art, music, media, discussion, presentations and liturgy to see where the Spirit led.

Th e WOW weekend was a blessing from beginning to end. says Sister Barbara Moore. I was welcomed by smiling faces, laughter, and a sea of hot pink t-shirts worn by those who greeted us. Positive energy abounded.

Skilled facilitators Katie Claus, IHM and Nancy Schreck, OSF led the process and graphic recorder Martha McGinnis tracked the content of the weekend creating graphic charts of the groups re ections and expressions. Th e process enabled the group to be open and embrace all possibilities and imaginings.

Something that made the WOW experience valuable for me is that we were together with no decisions to be made, no votes or leanings to be taken, no pros and cons or plusses and minuses to be surfaced, says Sister Jeanne Janssen. Sometimes it is important to have a gathering that asks for no end product. Th e unasked-for results are amazing!

And from this freedom, new initiatives were born, such as what Sister Pat Dunphy calls the Nazareth Initiative. Some of us met with Mary Louise Basler and Mary Ann Boes and discovered how we might assist the Community Life Sta in caring for our sister residents at Nazareth, says S. Pat.

WOW: Women of Wisdom WeekendBy Sister Elizabeth Brown


Th e result is that 17 of the WOW participants will be on call from 8:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. to assist any of our sisters residing at Nazareth who must go to the hospital during the night. Th is service will allow our current Community Life Sta of Nazareth a full nights sleep and gives us the opportunity to experience WOW with our sisters. (If you would like to be a part of this initiative, please call Sister Mary Louise Basler.)

Th e participants shared that this experience led to the understanding that this time in life is, as S. Sandra says, an age of wisdom.

When re ecting on the weekend, a line from Mary Olivers poem, A Summers Day, comes to Sister Suzanne Giblins mind: Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

For me, the WOW weekend was a gentle, relaxing, fun experience that allowed those who came to take a long look at the second half of our wild and precious lives, she says. In addition to the gift of time to laugh, dance, talk and pray with my sisters, I brought home the treasure of knowing at a new level how healing our presence is to one another and to a world in need.

For Sister Phyllis Bardenheier, the weekend was an opportunity to deepen relationships with one another and to be strengthened by community. I was invigorated by the energy, the hopefulness and the love of my sisters. I was awed by the powerhouse of goodness we have been for the world.

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Congregational ChapterJuly 17-31, 2013 Los Angeles, Calif.

Present and Incoming CLT

Congregational Chapter 2013 opened with bell ringing, drumming and dancing into Carondelet Center in Los Angeles. Prayer, sharing and singing joined the participants together in resounding awareness of something new.

Th e business of sharing accountability reports, listening to presentations and discerning nominees for leadership were all centered in daily prayer led by each of the provinces and vice provinces, bringing our unity and cultural uniqueness together. Keynote speaker Griselda Martinez Morales, CSJ challenged us to risk leaving behind our old, comfortable ways and to develop a reverence for life in all its re ections. And Bishop Remi De

Roo shared his experience of Vatican II, urging the sisters to continue to live mission and ministry from this model.

Various con gurations of groups and committees discussed and processed questions of future structure and calls to action in relationships of one another, church, earth and neighbor.

Th e chapter closed electing and a rming the new congregational leadership team with trust and love: Sisters Danielle Bonetti (A), Barbara Dreher (SL), Sister Mary Ann Leininger (LA), Sister Mary McKay (LA) and Sister Miriam Ukeritis (A).

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Sharing of the HeartVenice, Anyone?By Sister Joan Whittemore

Th rough a fortuitous chance meeting with a conductor nearly 40 years ago, all things Venetian have become a signi cant part of my life ever since. I have been blessed to know Venice on many levels through the study of its remarkable music created by two of its favored sons, Antonio Vivaldi and Baldassare Galuppi, among many other composers, just as a chef absorbs all the nuances, avors, aromas and tastes of French cuisine.

For two summers, I plumbed Venices archives and wrestled manuscripts and documents from wily archivists. Twice I have taken students and singers to Venice, most recently to perform music written for the women of those four amazing charitable institutionsthe Ospedali Grandi that fostered incredible womens choruses and orchestras that were forbidden in any institution other than in convents.

Like an avid chef, I have been able to study the Venetian cuisine of sacred music written for and performed at the Ospedali; catalogued, edited and published it; and nally, performed the music in the churches of the Ospedali: the Church of the Piet and the Church of Santa Maria Dei Derelitti. It doesnt get any better than that, or so I thought. Th en, it did.

A friend gave me a wonderful jubilee gifta trip to Venice for two. So I decided to take the person who had set me on the path that ultimately led me to this magni cent obsession, the teacher who started me on piano when I was 13, who taught me in high school and college, Sister Jane Gerard.

We began the trip in Milan, and then spent a week visiting my old friend, Venice. European travel is not for the faint of heart. After walking around Milan for two days, my feet hurt all the way to my teeth; and I was having trouble keeping up with my 83-year-old mentorbut then I caught up and hit my stride. I could now hold my own with an octogenarian!

S. Jane joked about her concern over getting lost. I assured her that would not happen. Th en as we were making a pilgrimage to the famed opera house La Scala, I took a left turn and she didnt. And there she was, half a block ahead of me in a city whose geography and language she didnt know. New ground rule: Jane, be sure you can see me at all times.

For this trip, I had no pressure, no obligations to procure manuscripts or conduct concerts, just one more visit to my favorite city and share its treasures with an old friend. Venice was not so crowded in May. We could often spend an hour in one church, palace or museum just taking it in, burning those images into my brain one last time, often relieved that we were not shepherding the middle school eld trippers at that venue.

More than once, I was grateful that as extraordinary as the architecture, art and music of Venice is, the city is not just a oating museum to me. I know and love its faith, history, folklore, illustrious artists, writers and musicians who have traversed the same streets and canals and who have created beauty that has lasted hundreds of years.

A Guide to Ospedali Research by Sister Joan Whittemore and Jane Baldauf Berdes, Ph. D. is a two-volume research guide related to Venices four Ospedali Grandi for girls that served variously as orphanages, charities, schools and conservatories and, throughout their years of operation (1525-1855), yielded vast amounts of music for treble solo voices and choir, along with some for mixed voices. Th e guides purpose is to facilitate ongoing research by other scholars.

Joan Catoni Conlon of the Choral Journal says this extraordinary guide genuinely provides the keys to the city of Venice. Anyone who ever has been tempted to research any topic less than thoroughly will be humbled and chastised by the Herculean research e orts of the combined team of Jane Berdes and Joan Whittemore.

A Guide to Ospedali Research (Annotated Reference Tools in Music No. 7) is published by Pendragon Press (2012).

Sister Joan Whittemore Co-Authors Guide to Ospedali Research


Sharing of the Heart

I have been a CSJ associate for ve years. My husband and I are empty nesters. As members of the CSJ community we speak of the importance of right relationship to God, each other, the dear neighbor and the earth. Quality relationships are ones that call us to be the best version of ourselves and are opportunities to truly bring life to each other. I have a dear friend who lives in Maine and our relationship is a quality relationship. Even if we havent been in the same place for years, when we do come together, it is as if no time has passed. We love each other.

In some ways, my relationship to God could be described as a long-distance quality relationship. For the past ve years, I made plans to be with God on a week-long summer retreat at a retreat center. I grew to have no expectations on that time, and I looked forward to it all year. It was sometimes intense and always special. In 2013, knee surgery made my special week away impossible. Physical limitations suggested a home retreat. What would that look like? I would miss the mindful breakfasts, the meditative walks, the sounds of the birds in the morning, the experience of feeling the wind on my face in the evening, the beautiful trees and the haunting silence. Every year in June, I enjoyed watching a small tractor cut and bail a eld of grass into large round bundles across the road from the retreat center.

Reluctantly, I chose ve days in a two-week period to be retreat days, and I made arrangements to speak to a retreat director twice during my home retreat. To my surprise, all of the retreat experiences were possible at home. Even the grassy eld across the road from my backyard was cut and bailed by a small tractor during the home retreat days. Th e

trees, the birds, the wind, the meditative walks and mindful actions, and more were all possible at home. I discovered I could move in and out of the silence in the everydayness of xing meals, opening the mail, calling my aging mother and listening to my husband unpack his day at work. What needed doing was done mindfully and got done. What didnt need doing could wait.

Unlike my relationship to my friend in Maine, my relationship with my adult children has grown to include daily text communication. Although we live miles apart, we share our days, sometimes several times a day by texting. Our communication has become more frequent and in the now. I received an unexpected text from my youngest during retreat that said, Im bored at work this afternoon. I replied, Im tired of icing my knee! We connected by inviting and welcoming communication, and showing up with our thoughts and feelings.

Th e home retreat in 2013 has gifted me with the experience of God here with me, inviting me to show up with my thoughts and feelings in my own backyard, and experience God in the pain of physical recovery, the challenges of emotional and physical healing, and the sunrise and sunset of each retreat day.

I believe that God wants a personal relationship with each of us and waits patiently for us to respond wherever we are. If God were to text me, it might read, I am here, loving you. I would respond, Th ank you for loving me. Teach me how to better love you and the dear neighbor.

A Home RetreatBy Associate Clara Uhlrich

THE CHANTS OF HILDEGARD OF BINGENSUNDAY, SEPT. 22 AT 3:00 P.M.

Carondelet Motherhouse

Experience the divine harmonies of Hildegard of Bingen at this special presentation by renowned Hildegard performer Margaret Waddell.

Concert followed by a reception featuring Hildegards Joy Cookies.

For more information and a music sample, visit www.csjsl.org.

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Sharing of the Heart

I believe that serendipitous things happen to each of us oftensome of these are quite impressive! Such a one has happened to me recently, and Im going to share it with you.

About two months ago, I received as a gift a book about Pope Francis, his comings and goings up to the present time. Reading this book, I learned that, as a young Jesuit studying in Germany, he became impressed with a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary that he hadnt heard before: Our Lady, Undoer of Knots. Th e Church of St. Peter in Augsburg enshrines a painting from about the year 1700 that depicts Mary untying a large knot. Both the inspiration for the painting as well as the devotion comes from the writing of St. Irenaeus of Lyon in the third century, Eve, by her disobedience, tied the knot of disgrace for the human race; Mary, by her obedience, undid it.

In the Middle Ages, Mary as undoer was growing as a popular devotion. Th e knots Our Lady seemed to undo included problems and struggles that individuals faced for which there seemed to be no solutions, such as family discord, lack of understanding, disrespect for others, addictions, depression, etc.the knots of our lives.

I really was captivated by the idea of Mary in this role. I especially liked the painting that portrayed her with a subtle smile on her face as she worked on many knots. She seemed to say, See, I can undo this if you just let me.

While Ive spent more time thinking about this devotion than I intended to do, I found it helpful as I thought about some of the knots in my life and the helper who was just waiting to be asked. And then, without much hesitancy, I thought about where we are in our province right now and some knots came to mind. I think many of our relationships with each other have slipped a bit as we are caught up in di erent points of view about ourselves and the role of our associates. Some of us say that we want to talk to each other as members, but we dont seem to say about what, and I dont hear many o ers to listen. Other knots seem to involve our expectations of chapter results, both congregation and province. For many of us these possible outcomes seem to be too many, too esoteric, too vague while for others, they seem meaningless.

I certainly am not advocating a wholesale jump into this Marian devotion, but I am captivated by the serendipitous prospect of working toward untying some of our knots by just the act of asking for and taking this help.

A Happy AccidentBy Sister Marie Damien AdamsNote from a

Convent CourtyardSummer 2013: Le Puy, France

by Sister Kate Filla

I sit in this holy place, drawn to this pilgrim path, a seeker, a searcher. To what do I listen amid the noise and chatter: the shouts of children, a solitary bird, women greeting, talking, planning. Th eir voices like songs are a chorus of life, a hymn of joy, a human story, the music of connection.

In words of dirt and earth, the gardener speaks of hope, of roses coming. Ambulance workers speak of Gods comforting care and openness to our needs. In the kitchen the pots of food are the words the cook uses to speak of feasts of sharing, of gratitude. In words of gasoline and wheels, the driver speaks of pilgrimages and holy journeys. In words of praise, the bell chimes the hour and sings to me: pay attention to this moment. Th e great machines, the master engines roar and tell of the mammoth turnings of the cosmos, the voids where nothingness is mighty. And the grass speaks of greenness and community and roots into sustaining earth.

Bouncing from wall to wall, the voice of one tiny bird tells of joy and the magic of its creation. It sings into being a day of spirals and circles. Th e bird uses its one small voice mightily. And I, like grass, lie on the earth and let its voice lift me to ight.


Meeting Our AncestorsProfi le of Sister Mary de Chantal Martin

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Sister Mary de Chantal Martin died at our House of Retreat, Nazareth, on the tenth day of September, nineteen hundred twenty-six, in the eighty-seventh year of her age and the seventy-second of her religious life.

Sister de Chantals record in the Community annals is a notable one, though her missions were few. She was placed in charge of the pioneer band of sisters who went in 1866 to Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, then under the jurisdiction of the missionary Bishop, Right Reverend Frederic Baraga. Later, she went as Superior to St. Josephs Academy, Marquette, Michigan, from which place she returned to St. Louis in 1879. Th e remaining forty-seven years of her life were divided between Nazareth Retreat, of which she was superior for many years, and the Motherhouse at Carondelet. Sister Mary de Chantal was a woman of remarkably strong character, and an abiding faith that reckoned nothing trivial in the religious life, and no labor too great that was undertaken for God. She seemed never to lose the remembrance of His presence, and in the midst of the most varied employments, her prayers were almost unceasing. Two years ago, she lost her sight. Th en prayer became her sole occupation, and her rosary was always in her hands. Cheerful and happy in her a iction, she was grateful to be able to hear the community prayers and spiritual readings, from none of which she was ever missing until stricken with illness four days before her death. Fully conscious to the end, she answered the nal summons with calm resignation and with no dread of the future, for, as she remarked to those about her, she had always tried to be a good religious and so had no reason to be afraid.

Well may it be said of her, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. May her dear soul rest in peace. [From the Necrology Book]

Sister Mary de Chantal ( Josepha) was born in Hauteluce, Savoy, France in 1840 to Jeanne-Aimee Garzend and Joseph Martin. She entered the community in Moutiers, France in 1854, received the habit on March 19, 1855, and made her vows on March 19, 1857. She was one of the ve sisters who came to America in 1861 from Moutiers with Mother St. John Facemaz who went to Rome to secure papal approbation for the new Constitutions of the sisters at Carondelet.

Sister Mary de Chantal was a superior in almost all of her American missions St. Peter Grade School, Saratoga, NY; St. Mary Grade School, Sault Ste. Marie, MI; St. Josephs Academy, Marquette, MI; Nazareth Convent, St. Louis.

Bishop Frederic Baraga became the rst bishop of the Upper Peninsula. He was born in Yugoslavia in 1797 and died in Marquette, January 19, 1868. On May 10, 2012 Pope Benedict XVI declared Bishop Baraga Venerable. He is known as the Snowshoe Priest because he used his snowshoes to serve and evangelize. Mother St. John Facemaz sent the sisters from Carondelet to the Upper Peninsula at the request of Bishop Baraga in 1866.

Bishop Frederic Baraga, snowshoe priest of the north.

Founders Day Celebrationfrom the Celebrating Our Heritage Committee

October : p.m.Mass & Dinner Carondelet Motherhouse

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Annie Carter, CSJAFebruary 15, 1935 - May 28, 2013

Woman of God, loving soul to friends and family

Th e Hand of God Shall Hold You

I want Jesus to walk with me, I want Jesus to walk with me. All along this tedious journey,

Lord, I want Jesus to walk with me.

Annie sang this song, Walk with Me, in her church. She lived it in her life. She walked with God while shining her light on others, always kind, giving, loving and nuturing.

Annie Carter was born in Henning, Tenn., February 15, 1935. She grew up mostly in Kansas City Mo., and was baptized in the Baptist Church. She married Donald Lee Carter in 1953 and had three children. Her lifes work as an LPN at a VA hospital and as a private duty nurse was just a part of her loving and caring way.

Annie and her family joined the Catholic Church in the 1960s, living just a block away from the now closed Blessed Sacrament. Next door to the church was the Agnes House, a home where Sisters of St. Joseph lived and o ered shelter to homeless women and families. It was there that Annie met and became close friends of the CSJs. S. Barbara Jennings remembers when her parents would come to see her at Agnes House, Annie would prepare a basket of fried chicken, because you know you have to have something for them to eat. She would also invite

the sisters and others to her family backyard barbeques.

After Blessed Sacrament closed in the late 80s, Annie and her family joined St. Th erese Little Flower Parish, which also had a CSJ presence. Annie continued her way of making everyone know they were special. Associate Barb Hafner recalls Annie calling her Sister Barbara. She counted everyone as her sister or brother, and told us so. She greeted people with, Jesus loves you and so do I. S. Mary McGlone mentioned that whenever she was doing something new, especially when going to Romania, she always went to Annie for a blessing. Annie was a wonderful example of a real elder in the church, and even though she had lots to deal with, nothing a ected her loving presence.

Annies heart almost broke when Donald died in 1994. But, she continued to share the love of Jesus with everyone she met. She sang in the choir, worked in the food pantry, and worked with the Sunshine Club, a parish ministry for senior members. She picked up those who could not get to the club gatherings, and made food for club and other gatherings. She would bring some of the older people to Sunday church or take a bulletin and communion to them in their home.

Annie was a giver of gifts and never forgot anyones birthday. She always gave the birthday person a card and a gift. Annie also enjoyed giving gifts to her choir, Sunshine Club folks and many parishioners during Christmas and Easter.

In May of 1999, Annie became an associate of the Sisters of St. Joseph. Part of her words for her ongoing associate commitment in 2002 were, I will pray more for Gods presence and peace in our daily lives and in our world. I ask God for strength. Annie went to God on May 28, leaving her children, 15 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren, as well as many other relatives, and all of us, her church and CSJ family.

A parishioner, Jennifer, described Annies funeral this way:

Th is is a picture of Miss Annie who was buried today: Th e church was at capacity. Th e gathering was diverse including the young and the old; blacks, whites, Latinos and Asians and mixed; the very rich and the very poor; and everyone in between. Th is little woman brought them all together. I think this shows us the way life is meant to be lived.

Associate Barbara Beades


Clara Wiseman, CSJAMarch 16, 1930June 8, 2013

Generous and beloved woman


Associate Clara Wiseman was born in Baltimore, Md., and lived in Marietta, Ga., for the last 51 years of her life. She was married for 32 years to Edwin Wiseman, Jr. who preceded her in death. She was the mother of ve daughters, grandmother of ten children, and great-grandmother of four children.

Clara worked for the YMCA of Marietta for 25 years as the nancial director.

She was a longtime member and volunteer at St. Joseph Catholic Church. She volunteered as receptionist, treasurer of the Parish Council, a member of the Alter and Rosary Society of Mary and a participant in several charismatic prayer groups.

Clara was the con rmation sponsor to each of her grandchildren and was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

Clara became an Associate of the Sisters of St. Joseph in 1991 and joined the Atlanta Associate Community.

I remember Clara as a most generous woman, often seen in St. Joseph School assisting the teachers and children in various ways. She would often take us teachers on trips to see things around Atlanta and Northern Georgia.

When I was leaving Marietta for a new ministry, she gifted me with a Jerusalem Bible.

Th ank you, God, for giving us this beloved woman with all your gifts which she shared so beautifully with us.

Sister Lillian Baumann

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Sister Eileen Hoffer, CSJMarch 4, 1929July 1, 2013

Excellent teacher, loving friend, genuine Sister of St. Joseph


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As a young girl, Sister Eileen Ho er knew she wanted to become a sister and a teacher. She excelled at both vocations: devoting her life as a Sister of St. Joseph and to the education of children. She was born in St. Louis on March 4, 1929, to Gregory and Veronica (Seidler) Ho er and was baptized Eileen Ann within a few weeks.

S. Eileen was not one to talk about herself much, although she did share that hers was a loving family. Her dad was a tool and dye maker, her mother a stay-at-home mom, who frequently took her children to the zoo. It was there that an uncle, who had charge of the elephants, would let the children see them up close.

Th ey grew up in Holy Rosary Parish in St. Louis, but when Eileen was in 7th grade the family moved to St. Louis County. Because their new neighborhood had many growing families, the area needed a new parish. Eileens father and many other men o ered to help Father Ho man build a church. It was named St. Gregory and, of course, all the Ho er children were pleased their new church was named after their father.

S. Eileen was a Sister of St. Joseph for over 65 years, having received the habit and name S. Gregory Marie on March 19, 1948. After profession in 1950, she was sent to St. Mary Magdalen School. With others, she commuted every day to school while continuing to live at Carondelet. Th is close connection to many primary teachers helped all of them to learn from each other. S. Eileen, herself an eager student, would eventually excel in this important ministry.

She taught primary grades in several St. Louis schools, but her longest and happiest time was at St. Gregorys, the place where she herself was in its rst graduating class. She

ministered there from 1973 to 1992, teaching as well as mentoring others, who found her patient and encouraging. Th is length of years allowed her to know everyone in the school and parish. With these folks she formed lasting bonds and became part of their family life.

When her teaching ended in 1992 she was assigned as co-administrator with S. Jackie Muster at the Provincial House. For the next seven years she was the image of hospitality at Carondelet, always making everyone feel welcome and comfortable.

All of us recall her special relationship with S. Jackie Muster. Th ese devoted friends took care of each other for many years. When they moved to Nazareth Living Center, they continued to spend time together. Transitioning into McGovern Commons, they asked to share a room. Th eir mission: keeping the nurses on their toes to document everything. Speaking for the other, one would say, Yes, she did have a shower, or the other might share, No, she doesnt have to take that medicine. So the arrangement worked somewhat, as both began to su er a bit from dementia.

Th roughout her life, S. Eileen especially looked forward to her annual retreat, which gave her special time with the God she loved and who gave meaning to her life. Her priorities were always straight: share your gifts with others and you will nd genuine happiness.

S. Kathleen KarbowskiS. Rita Louise Huebner


Sister Mary Laurent Duggan, CSJ

May 13, 1919July 21, 2013

Generous resilient, supportive to both community and family


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Sister Mary Laurent Duggan, born to Lawrence and Mae Lawler Duggan, baptized Mary Geraldine, was one of four children. Two of her three brothers, Lawrence and Jerome, preceded her in death. Martin and Mae, her sister-in-law and friend since high school days, are well known to all of PBS Donnybrook show fans in St. Louis.

Few realize that all the while S. Mary Laurent attended Holy Family School, St. Josephs Academy and Fontbonne College, she had another life as a concert pianist performing on a weekly radio program. Another strong musical in uence was the exacting tutelage of Dom Ermin Vitry, OSB in singing chant for Holy Family School and Parish in South St. Louis.

S. Mary Laurent rst met the Sisters of St. Joseph when she won a scholarship to St. Josephs Academy. It was during her sophomore year at Fontbonne on Christmas day that she knew she was to be a Sister of St. Joseph.

Following her graduation from Fontbonne with a major in Latin, she entered the community and received the habit and the name Sister Mary Laurent on March 19, 1942. Shortly thereafter, she began a whirlwind tour of the province as the go-to sub in six di erent elementary schools, most likely musing that If this is Holy Week, it must be Sedalia, and no doubt feeling grateful for all she had learned from Dom Vitry.

S. Mary Laurent then spent many happy years in secondary education at St. Teresas Academy, Kansas City; St. Josephs Academy, Green Bay; and Rosati-Kain and St. Josephs Academy in St. Louis, teaching Latin, French, algebra, religion and chorus. Sisters Shawn Madigan, Jean Paul Selissen and a certain R-K alumna remember how much she challenged the singers to do their best, the wonderful choral literature they sang, and how enjoyable the whole experience was.

After earning a masters degree in musicology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign , and a doctorate in musicology at Eastman School of Music, she spent the next phase of her life teaching music at Avila College and Fontbonne College.

In 1971, S. Laurent was the rst provincial superior to be elected by the sisters. Vatican II had ended, but in the immediate years following, the impetus for change was evolving. Th us, she established the Renewal Team who met with local communities and facilitated the processes of encouraging sisters to become more self-directed in their lives and ministries. During her tenure she also established sectionals. Th is governmental structural change allowed for greater contribution and participation from all members. S. Laurent requested two assistants and area superiors, who, as she re ected, helped in spreading out the governing

process of the province. Change was occurring.

From 1978-88, S. Mary Laurent was chancellor of the diocese of Savannah, Ga., for Bishop Lessard and assisted him to realize his dream of forming a Diocesan Pastoral Council and deaneries. Leaving Savannah in 1988, she began a 20-year term working in the province Development O ce. Always supportive, she added her voice and presence to the newly formed Carondelet Womens Chorus in 2001 where she was beloved by all.

In 2008, S. Mary Laurent moved to Nazareth where she continued to serve, playing for liturgy as her health allowed. S. Kathleen Karbowski described S. Mary Laurent as a great example of a leader-member and member-leader. She loved being and serving her whole life as a Sister of St. Joseph. Her family, too, appreciated her involvement in all their joys and sorrows. Generous, resilient, supportive to both community and family, faithful friend, stalwart Cardinals fan, and avid bridge player, S. Mary Laurent, through her many kindnesses and achievements, lives on in our memories.

Val, Good Friend and Sister, If you are well, I am well.

S. Joan Margaret Whittemore

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Director of Finance Dan Casey Retires After 37 YearsBy Sarah Baker and Abby Blaes, communications intern

Face of the Motherhouse

Dan Casey has been a vital member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet community for 37 years. Sadly, on Aug. 30, we said bon voyage! to our dear colleague, mentor and friend as he set forth on his long-awaited retirement.

Dans love and commitment to the CSJs began in 1976 while working for Zielinski Associates as the sisters accountant. He started working for the sisters three days a week, lling in the rest with other clients. Th en, gradually, he was working for the CSJs four and ve days a week. At one point, the sisters told him they wanted a full-time person to help with their nances. Well, Dan was a shoo-in for the job and the rest is history.

As far as Dans achievements go, the list could go on for days. To name a few, he brought the St. Louis province under a similar/single car insurance policy, established an automobile buying program with di erent manufacturers and received price breaks for many of the CSJ-sponsored institutions.

Over the past three decades, Dan has experienced and been witness to many changes throughout his o ce, such as continuously redoing/changing paperwork and complying to new laws and regulations, as well as the CSJ community including seven province leadership teams and the 2000 motherhouse renovation. But, he wouldnt change a thing.

I really enjoyed all my di erent phases of working here, says Dan. It was always something new and di erent every day.

And, yet, it is those changes that he will miss.

Because there was always something new and di erent to do once I got here, I will miss getting up and coming to work. I will also miss interacting with the people here.

But, while Dan may miss coming to work and going through the several stacks of papers on his desk, he is de nitely

looking forward to sleeping in and welcoming the many honey-do things his wife has ready for him to do at home.

It will be a di erent job all together!

More items he is happy to stack on his retirement to-do list is to read through his collection of books, work in his yard, go to the range for target shooting, and, last but not least, spend more time with his wife, Shirley, and their ve children and eleven grandchildren. Dan and Shirley also plan to travel.

We have gone to Paris and Italy. Were planning to do more travel. We just like hanging out together.

Th e CSJ community will indeed miss Dans presence, professionalism and kindness at the motherhouse. We wish him the very best in his retirement and hope that he wont be a stranger. Th ank you, Dan, for all that you have done for us...and more!

Fun Facts You May Not Know About Dan: It was a must that Dan have his daily chocolate fi x

shortly after arriving in the morninga cup of hot chocolate.

One of his favorite places to grab a bite to eat is White Castle. Can you spot his White Castle cup in the picture?

One day, Dan forgot to wear a tie to work. It bothered him enough that he left at lunchtime to go buy one.


Congregational News

Hawaii Vice-Province Celebrates 75 Years

Albany Province Elects New LeadershipOn Aug. 3, the Albany province celebrated the a rmation and installation of their new Leadership Team (l-r): Sisters Sean Peters, Jeanne Marie Gocha, Kathleen Ei e, Mary Ann Heenan, Katherine Arseneau and Eileen McCann (pictured with Bishop Howard J. Hubbard).

Sisters Mary Anne, Kathleen and Eileen form the Province Executive Committee of the leadership team. Sisters Katherine, Jeanne Marie and Sean serve on the leadership team and also retain their present ministries. Th eir term runs to 2018.

Th e Vice Province of Hawaii celebrated 75 years of mission and ministry with the friends, partners and dear neighbors that have journeyed with them.

Th e festivities began on August 24 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Th eresa with the liturgy of St. Joseph the Worker celebrated by Bishop Larry Silva of the Honolulu Diocese with Vicar General Gary Secor. In traditional fashion, the congregation shared a whole roasted suckling pig at the reception that followed.

On Aug. 25 an anniversary brunch was hosted in Waikiki at the Hale Koa Hotel for all CSJs, Ohana and selected family and friends. Sister Roselani Enomoto, chair-person for the 75th planning committee, was the emcee and began the event with the sound of recrackers, a Chinese custom to announce something special.

Th e brunch was followed by a Graveside Prayer Service of Remembrance for all the departed sisters missioned in

Hawaii over the last 75 years. Sisters and Ohana gathered at Diamond Head Memorial Park on Oahu to remember the wonderful sisters buried there, which includes sisters from the Hawaii Vice Province, and the Provinces of Los Angeles, St. Paul and St. Louis. Each participant was invited to bless the graves with holy water sprinkled by using the traditional stripped Hawaiian ti leaf, and leis of aloha were placed on the headstones before the start of the Memorial Service.

A farewell dinner party at Carondelet Center was enjoyed by all the visiting sisters. Th e evening was lled with regional cooking, music and song, as well as the customary Hawaiian talk story that went around the living room and kitchen. Special gifts of aloha were given to each visiting sister as she departed from the Center.

Pictured: Sisters and Ohana at the anniversary brunch at the Hale Koa Hotel. For more photos from the weekend celebration visit www.csjsl.org.

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CORPORATION

Accepted Minutes of Board of Directors of the Corporation

meetings held June 21, 2013.

June 2013 Financial Statements.

Approved Peruvian student scholarships$8,000

Cardinal Ritter Senior Services$5,000

St. Josephs Academy Golf Tournament$1,000

St. Augustine Catholic Church$500

Updated Sale of Carondelet Health, Kansas City

COUNCIL

Accepted Minutes of the Province Council Meetings held June

21, 2013

Approved Patrimony Requests (4)

Discussed Annual Sponsorship Reports

Province O ce Open House

Updated Nazareth Village

Task Force on Association

WOW Weekend

*No meeting was held in July.

June Meeting

Corporation & CouncilAugust Meeting

CORPORATION

Accepted Minutes of Board of Directors of the Corporation

meetings held May 10, 2013.

June and July 2013 Financial Statements.

Approved Province Budget, FY 2014

St. Teresas Academy$1 million

Most Holy Trinitys Scholarship Fund$2,000

St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church$1,000

Tornado Relief donation to Moore, OK victims$5,000

University of Missouri-St. Louis$2,150

U.S. Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph$500

New board members for St. Teresas Academy

Resolution authorizing sale of 9230 Main Street

COUNCIL

Accepted Minutes of the Province Council Meetings held May

10, 2013

Approved Travel & Education Requests (3)

Discussed Associate Board Meeting

Leadership Development Program

Updated Nazareth Village

Task Force on Association

Formation

SJID

WOW Weekend


Thank YouFrom Sister Patricia HixTh ank you so much for your prayers and kind expressions of sympathy at the time of my sister Pat Moores death. Pats husband Jack, my sister Margaret and I greatly appreciate your thoughtfulness. Please pray for Jack who was her loving caregiver for eight years as she su ered from Parkinsons.

From Sister Helen AlderMy family and I want to thank you so much for all of your prayers, masses, cards and phone calls that have supported us during my brother Tom Alders six months of illness and his death June 7. We have all spoken about how we dont know how we would have made it without the prayers of so many. Th ank you, thank you!

Ministry ChangesDorothy Daly, CSJPrayer and Witness

Nazareth Living Center, St. Louis, MO

Christopher Brockman, CSJPrayer and Witness


Helene Gutchewsky, CSJRetired/Volunteer, Family Care/Card Ministry

St. Louis, MO

Monica Kle ner, CSJRetired/Volunteer

St. Louis, MO

Geraldine OLaughlin, CSJTransportation Coordinator


Rest in Peace

Pat Moore, sister of S. Patricia Hix

S. Mary Antonia Palumbo

S. Madeline Marie Butorovich (LA)

S. Mildred Stellmack

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Mary Ann Daues, sister-in-law of S. Margaret Alice Daues

Nora (Mickey) Sandbrink, sister of A. Peggy Maguire

S. Joan Gloistein (LA)

Marge Bagwell, sister of S. Jean Abbott

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Tom Alder, brother of S. Helen Alder

S. Roseann Giguere (SP)

S. Mary Conroy (LA)

Margaret Cantrell, sister of S. Mary Charity Dalton

Virginia Asikainen, mother of A. Virginia Brown

S. Francis Patrick Burns (A)

S. Lydia Sandoval (LA)

S. Mary Ann Scanlon (LA)

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Bulletin Board

25th Annual CSJ Golf Tournament

Monday, Sept. 23Westborough Country Club

For more information and to register, visit www.csjsl.org or

contact Richard Rutz at 314-678-0328 or [email protected].

PROVINCE CalendarLEADERSHIP Calendar

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NEXT ISSUE: October PNN & Directory ChangesSubmission Deadline: October 1 Publication Date: October 15

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

September5 IEC Mtg. (HF)6-7 Leadership Mtgs. (PL)12 Luncheon w/CCBF (PG)14 Justice Mtg. (HF)15 50th Jubilee Ceremony/Luncheon (PL)18 STA Board Mtg. (PC)19-23 CLG Mtg., Albany (PC, HF, PG)23 CSJ Annual Golf Tournament (SW)25-29 Anniversary of EXCEL, Okolona, MS (LB, JM, SW)30 Auditors Mtg. (PC, HF, PG, SW)

October 1-3 Heartland Federation, Carondelet (LB, PC, HF, PG, JM, SW)5-6 FPL Sectionals (HF, PG)6 Blessing at Nazareth Village w/Bishop Rice (PG, SW, JM)10 Meeting with Sisters & Associates, KC (PL)11 Sponsorship Day, Avila, STA (PL)12-13 Leadership Mtg.s, KC (PL)15 Founders Day Mass/Dinner (HF, PG, JM)17 Founders Award Dinner, History Museum (HF, PG, SW)18-19 Fontbonne University Board Mtgs. (HF, SW)21 Development Advisory Council (HF)24-25 CPC Mtgs. (PC)28 Missouri Bishops Mtg. (PC, HF, PG)29-31 LCWR Region X Mtg. (PC, NC, HF, PG, JM, SW)

November1 Cardinal Ritter Dinner Auction (PC, HF, PG, JM, SW)2-3 Associates Board Mtg. (PG)2-3 Fontbonne Search Committee (SW)6-10 Federation Mtg., Albany (PC, NC, HF, PG) 14 LCWR Breakfast (HF)18 SJA Board Mtg. (PG)20 ETP Mtg. (HF)20 STA Board Mtg. (PC)21 CWIT Board Mtg. (SW)22-23 Leadership Mtgs. (PL)

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

September15 50th Jubilee Celebration22 The Chants of Hildegard of Bingen23 25th Annual CSJ Golf Tournament, Westborough Country Club28 CSJ/A Picnic

October3 Wine & Chocolate Event4 Father Gary Meier Event15 Founders Day Mass & Dinner19 Linger Over Breakfast with S. Patty Johnson, CSJ19 KC Linger Over Breakfast with S. Judy Miller, CSJ

November2 All Souls13 Sister Amy Hereford Book Signing

December3-7 St. Louis Province Leadership Discernment Gathering II7 Linger Over Breakfast with S. Marian Cowan, CSJ15 Christmas Concert

*All events at Carondelet Motherhouse unless otherwise noted.

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

Ask the IT Guy!Whats a toolbar? Wheres the cloud? Do Windows come with my Offi ce?

No, these are not brainteasers, but real-life questions the CSJ IT Department receives. Do you have questions about your computer? Our email? The Internet?

Send your computer questions to IT Director Sasha Josipovic at [email protected] and look for the answers in upcoming issues of PNN.

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