CSSJ Election Integrity 2026
When human rights protections erode, it is always the vulnerable who suffer first and most. This fall, the CSSJ community is being invited to work for the integrity of our democratic process, that elections be not only free and fair but safe and functional. Here are a...
Belovedness and Belonging at Outreach 2026
This past weekend, amidst the nearly 500 attendees at Outreach 2026, there were four Sisters of Saint Joseph from three different congregations, one associate, a candidate, and a partner in mission as well as a number of people who had been taught by our sisters or...
Sisters of Saint Joseph Join Regional Immigration Convenings
By Sr. Erin McDonald, CSJ In response to the increasing persecution of our migrant communities, Catholic dioceses across the country are partnering with research, policy and advocacy groups to convene day long programs called, “Witness to Hope: Pastoral Care of...
Magnifica Humanitas Panel and Resources
Magnifica Humanitas has landed! This new encyclical from Pope Leo XIV is focused on the care for the human person in the time of Artificial Intelligence and is available here. I invite all members of the Church and of the human family: let us learn to listen to one...
Beloved is Where We Begin
The U.S. Federation of Sisters of Saint Joseph is committed to having important conversations around LGBTQIA+ issues and centering the lived experience of our community. In that spirit, we offer this custom made, limited edition sticker inspired by a line from poet...
CSSJ Congregations Embrace Laudato Si’
Laudato Si’ Week 2026 invites us to move from hope to action. Hope is not passive; it is lived and shared through daily choices, community life, prayer, and concrete acts of care. This year reminds us that ecological conversion grows step by step — through...
Walking the Path of Nonviolence this Lent
The U.S. Federation of Sisters of Saint Joseph invite you to embrace the path of nonviolence this Lent. First, we provide context for this practice from our charism and history, then, we offer opportunities for engagement.
Dilexi te invites us to make a “decisive and radical choice”
On January 26, 2026, close to 200 people joined the U.S. Federation for a panel on the newest papal exhortation, Dilexi te. The four invited speakers discussed the document through the lens of our charism and their experience as theologians, practitioners, associates...
Nonviolence in Action in DC
Note: The message below is from our executive director Sr. Deirdre Griffin, CSSJ, who risked arrest during yesterday's (Jan. 29) "Pray With Our Feet" interfaith public witness at the U.S. Senate. The action was directed towards U.S. senators and demanding that they...
Statement on Government Violence and Invitation into Action
The U.S. Federation of the Sisters of Saint Joseph decries the United States government incursion into Venezuela on January 3, 2026 as an act of egregious government violence. This is a devastatingly predictable next chapter in the long history of U.S. instigated political and economic crises in Latin America. We also cry out in grief over the shooting death of Renee Nicole Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis, MN, another devastatingly predictable consequence of egregious government violence here at home.
