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Finding a ‘Home’ in Tending the Flame
By: Sr. Sarah Simmons Home is a difficult thing to pin down. It is often a place, yet it is also a feeling. Over this last month I began reflecting on how my feeling of home resides within moments in time with people I love. In my eight years of living vowed religious...
Vowed Catholic Religious Honor Trans Day of Visibility
[View the Full Statement Here] The undersigned religious communities represent over 6,000 vowed Catholic religious and partners in mission in over 18 states. As vowed Catholic religious and our partners in mission, we wholeheartedly affirm that transgender,...
National Black Sisters Conference Statement
[Note from the U.S. Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph: The below statement was written and published by the National Black Sisters Conference on the murder of Tyre Nichols. We support the National Black Sisters Conference and their statement.] FOR IMMEDIATE...
God’s Great Love!
We are Sisters of the Neighborhood
Who We Are
profound love of God & neighbor without distinction
The Federation of the Sisters of Saint Joseph is a dynamic union of all the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the United States who claim a common origin in the foundation at Le Puy, France in 1650. This includes 3740 sisters, 2609 associates and 34 agrégées of 16 Congregations throughout the United States.
Face of the Charism
EMBRACING THE DEAR NEIGHBOR WITHOUT DISTINCTION
We are a national movement of people who live out the charism and spirituality of the Sisters of St Joseph. Our newly expanded membership now not only includes Sisters of St. Joseph but agrégées, associates, the St. Joseph Worker community, partners in mission, and other relationships described by member congregations. We respond to the movement of the Spirit to keep the flame of the charism alive. We embrace an all-inclusive and self-emptying love that nurtures unity among ourselves and the “dear neighbor” without distinction. Imbued with our rich heritage and attentive to the evolving needs of the world, we proclaim the Gospel message of unifying love thereby becoming a transforming and healing presence in the world.