SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH OF CARONDELET AND ASSOCIATES ST.

LOUIS PROVINCE OCTOBER 2012

News Notes
PROVINCE

Remembering our October saints

St.Therese of the Child Jesus

a silent guardian

Inside this Issue

ACOF Directors Meet in St. Louis
Pages 6-7 The Congregational ACOF directors met in St. Louis on Sept. 13-16 and welcomed two representatives Maria Araya and Jorge Valdes of the Familia de San Jose from Talca, Chile.

Province News Notes is a publication of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, St. Louis Province. Its purpose is to promote dialogue and unity within the St. Louis province and to keep members informed on those subjects that promote community and ministry. We welcome your submissions! Submit articles and photos to Sarah Baker (e-mail preferred to sbaker@csjsl.org). **Materials are subject to editing and will be published at the discretion of the editor. STAFF Jenny Beatrice Editor Sarah Baker Graphic Design Susan Narrow & Print Shop Volunteers Production, printing and mailing S. Jane Behlmann, CSJ S. Audrey Olson, CSJ S. Charline Sullivan, CSJ Madeleine Reilly Proofreading

Greetings from the Federation Novitiate

Pages10-11 Sister Clare Bass shares about her experiences in the Federation Novitiate in Chicago.

Contents
Province Leadership Message .........................................................................................3 Congregational Chapter .............................................................................................. 4-5 Association ..................................................................................................................... 6-8 Senior Ministry ..................................................................................................................9 Vocation/Formation ................................................................................................. 10-11 Liturgy................................................................................................................................12 Carondelet Chronicles ..................................................................................................13 Justice .......................................................................................................................... 14-16 Archives .............................................................................................................................17 Corporation and Council ..............................................................................................18 Face of the Motherhouse ..............................................................................................19 Calendars ..........................................................................................................................20

On th e Cover : St. Therese of the C hi l d Je s us

October 1 was the celebration of the Feast of St. Therese of the Child Jesus, also known as The Little Flower. Let us pray in the words of St. Therese: O My God! Most Blessed Trinity, I desire to Love You and make You loved. Since you loved me so much as to give me Your only Son as my Saviorthe innite treasures of His merits are mine. I offer them to you with gladness, begging You to look upon me only in the Face of Jesus and in His Heart burning with Love. We ask this and all things in the name of Your Son Jesus the Christ, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, now and forever. The statue of St. Therese pictured is located on the east side of the Carondelet Motherhouse. For more on St. Therese and our October saints, visit csjsl.org.

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Back: Sisters Liz Brown, Jean Meier, Patty Clune and Suzanne Wesley. Front: Srs. Helen Flemington, Nancy Corcoran and Pat Giljum.

Province Leadership Reections

We are Never Alone
by Sister Pat Giljum
As we prepare for both our Province Chapter and the Congregational Chapter we are so aware of our future. I am preparing something new, do you not perceive it? We sit in contemplative silence, we pray, we discuss with one another, we are in core group conversations, and, in everything, we plead for the Spirit to keep guiding us as we work to create that future together. I am reminded of a Cherokee Indian legend of a youths rite of passage. The young boy is taken into the forest by his father. He is blindfolded and left alone. The boy is required to sit on a stump the whole night and not remove the blindfold until the rays of the morning sun shine through it. He cannot cry out for help to anyone. Once he survives the night, he is a man. He cannot tell the other boys of this experience, because each lad must come into manhood on his own. The boy is naturally terried. He can hear all kinds of noises. Wild beasts must surely be all around him. The wind blew the grass and earth, and shook his stump, but he sat stoically, not removing the blindfold, as it would be the only way he could become a man. Finally, after a horric night the sun appeared and he removed his blindfold. It was then that he discovered his father sitting on the stump next to him. He had been at watch the entire night, protecting his son from harm. As we face the future, I am so grateful to know that we, too, are never alone. God is watching over us, sitting on the stump beside us, ever ready to help, to guide, to love us. Let us continue to pray for one another and be there for one another knowing all the time that even though we cant see God, God is always there for us and with usfor we walk by faith, not by sight.

Editors Notes
by Jenny Beatrice
I like to think I am a exible person. I try to remain open to examining unfolding situations and am willing to take action to respond. When my plans make a u-turn, I do what I need to do to keep my feet on the ground. But what if it is the ground itself that is changing? I nd the hardest part of change is not in the doing, but in the waitingsitting in the discomfort of discontent while surrounded by fear of the unknown. Sometimes, taking action can be a distraction to the transformation that is taking place around us. I read recently that Steven Spielberg said of his choice of projects, "I require fear in order to run towards something. The more frightened I am, the more I have to run into what's scaring me to gure out what it is. Change requires more than trying to get back on course. It requires courage to follow wherever the path will lead and curiosity for discovering a destination that we cannot even imagine.

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Congregational Chapter
Transitioning to a Simpler Life
by Sister Catherine Steffens, CSJ (SP)
energy, education, housing, waste, arts, etc. as small-scale local responses to the global challenges of climate change, economic hardship and shrinking supplies of cheap energy. Together, these small-scale responses make up something much bigger and help show the way forward for governments, businesses and the rest of us. Really, it's the opposite of us sitting in our armchairs complaining about what's wrong, and instead, it's about getting up and doing something constructive about it alongside our neighbors. And people tell us that as a result of being involved with their local "transition group," they're happier, their community feels more robust, and they have made a lot of new friends. CSJ response: These small-scale responses make up something much bigger and can move us into transitioning to a simpler life style. This especially ts a religious community by supporting us in living a simpler, counter-cultural life with a mission of moving always toward profound love of God and neighbor without distinction. Some have named our human dependence on oil an addiction. We ask ourselves: can we break this dependence by nding new ways to travel, to heat and cool, to store things, to clothe ourselves, to transport our food, etc. that are less dependent on oil consumption and more helpful to all our dear neighbors? Can we honor each other, these dear neighbors and church, by recognizing the urgency of protecting Earths CSJ sisters and associates from every unit who participated in the Sisters of Earth Conference in July have a suggestion for how we might respond to the global challenges that aect everything that exists (including humans) and, at the same time, live our Acts of Chapter from 2007. We suggest that a way to become stronger leaders in communion with Creation, with/within the Church, with the Dear Neighbor and with Each Other is to join the international Transition Movement and act on its suggestions locally. What is a Transition Initiative? (Explained by Rob Hopkins, founder of the Transition movement and author of The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience, 20082009) The Transition Initiative is a place where there's a community-led process that helps that town/village/city/ neighborhood make local decisions re: the global challenges of climate change, economic hardship and shrinking supplies of cheap energy. People working together become stronger and happier. It's happening in well over a thousand highly diverse communities across the worldfrom towns in Australia to neighborhoods in Portugal, from cities in Brazil to rural communities in Slovenia, from urban locations in Britain to islands o the coast of Canada. These communities have started up projects in areas of food, transport,
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healthy living systems on which we all depend? We stated in 2007 that We are challenged to express unifying love by becoming stronger leaders and joining with others in working for systemic change that will enable all to live in right relationship with Earth. We emphasized that destructive aspects of globalization, the unequal distribution and use of resources and other human behaviors aect those who are economically poor and marginalized most immediately and intensely. The heart of Goda Trinity of Relationshipholds together all that exists in a communion of relationships that constitutes the web of life. Urgency to respond to the groaning of a disconnected world lls us. In these profound statements, Congregational Chapter, 2007, expressed that we exist together in the sacredness of life; we choose to renew our relationships with all that exists. Rob Hopkins: What are we "transitioning" away from? All industrialized countries appear to operate on the assumption that our high levels of energy consumption, our high carbon emissions and our massive environmental impact can go on indenitely. And most developing countries appear to aspire to these ways of living too.

However, any rational examination of our energy supplies, our economic inequalities, our diminishing levels of well-being, our ecological crises and the climate chaos that is already hitting millions of people tells us this can't go on much longer. We're saying that the best place to start transitioning away from this unviable way of living is right within our own communities, and the best time is right now. What are we "transitioning" towards? Whether we like it or not, over the next decade or two, we'll be transitioning to a lower energy futureessential because of climate change and inevitable because of diminishing supplies of fossil fuels (particularly oil). CSJ response: We understand essential and inevitable and also want to add desirable because this ts the life we profess to live as Christians following the example of Jesus. We bring spirituality to the table in joining the Transition Movement. Rob Hopkins: There are a variety of possible outcomes depending on whether we stick our heads in the sand or whether we start working for a future that we want. Transition Initiatives, community by community, are actively and cooperatively creating happier, fairer and stronger communities, places that work for the people living in them and are far better suited to dealing with the shocks that willl accompany our economic and energy challenges and a climate in chaos.

Here's how it all appears to be evolving. It begins when a small group comes together with a shared concern about shrinking supplies of cheap energy, climate change and increasingly, economic downturn. This group recognizes that: Climate change and less oil (oil reaching its peak) require urgent action. Life with less energy is inevitable. It is better to plan for it than to be taken by surprise. Industrial society has lost the resilience to be able to cope with energy shocks. We have to act together, now. Innite growth within a nite system (such as planet Earth) is impossible. We demonstrated great ingenuity and intelligence as we raced up the energy curve over the last 150 years. Theres no reason why we cant use those qualities, and more, as we negotiate our way up from the depths back towards the sun and air. If we plan and act early enough, and use our creativity and cooperation to unleash the genius within our local communities, we can build a future far more fullling and enriching, more connected to and more gentle on the Earth, than the life we have today. CSJ response: We see this as transitioning together to a simpler life style. Our local actions might vary, yet our goal would be the same and this could be a way to meet the directives of the last Congregational Chapter.

Thank you, Rob, for suggesting a process of meeting with our neighbors and working in common locally. Thank you also for your books, which document the process others have gone through. Thank you for your continued connection with us on your website. (http://www.transitionnetwork.org/ support/what-transition-initiative ) Rob Hopkins: As those in the movement become more experienced, they often engage in a communitywide visioning process that recognizes how crucial is it for us to a) cut fossil fuel use and CO2 emissions and b) proactively gure out the kind of future that works for all of us rather than waiting for someone else to create a future that works for just a few of us. This coordinated local response strives to rebuild the resilience we've lost as a result of cheap oil, to address issues of inequality in terms of access to key resources and also to drastically reduce the community's carbon emissions. And incidentally, in general these initiatives are not asking for permission to start this work - they're just getting on with it, sharing their successes and failures, their hopes and fears. Where it goes from there is a path as yet untrod... CSJ response: Just getting on with it ts so well with our original foundation and with our style of being contemplatives in action. We trust the work of the Spirit in us as we transition together into a viable, sustainable future on Earth.

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Association

ACOF Directors: S. Maureen Murphy (A), Joan Pauly Schneider (SP), Jorge Valdes (Talca, Chile), S. Catherine McNamee, CLT, Peggy Maguire (SL), Mary Kaye Medinger (SP), Dianne Nelson (LA), Maria Araya (Talca, Chile)

ACOF Leaders Meet in St. Louis

by Dianne Nelson, Los Angeles director of associates
The Leaders of Carondelet Associates, Consociates, Ohana and Familia de San Jose (ACOF) met at St. Josephs Provincialate in St. Louis on September 13-16. These leaders came from every province and two of the Familia de San Jose joined us from Chile. Members of the Ohana in Hawaii were unable to be with us this year. Sister Catherine McNamee of the Congregational Leadership Team attended as the liaison to the ACOF and Chile. Peggy Maguire, director of associates in St. Louis, orchestrated the meeting and all of the activities, including some delicious meals. On Thursday we gathered for a prayer and sharing of the heart, followed by a welcome reception featuring hors doeuvres and beverages. During our two-day meeting each leader shared what is happening in their units and we discussed common themes, concerns and goals. Some of the issues we discussed included: Formation of candidatescurriculum, ongoing formation Function of the associate/consociate advisory boards Visioning the future
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Building community within the ACOF group The Federation goals and objectives as stated in the response to the Leadership Council through the lens of associates and agregees New forms of association International dimensions of ACOF Implications of CORE Group discussions of the models for restructuring

Jorge and Maria gave a wonderful PowerPoint presentation on the Familia de San Jose in Chile. They also shared a song and prayer in celebration of Fiestas Patrias (Chilean Independence Day). When we completed the business portion of our meeting, Peggy and some of the St. Louis Associates took us across the Mississippi River to the Holy Family Log Church in Cahokia. We felt very close to our roots as we stood in the chapel where our rst sisters worshiped in 1836. The leaders journeyed home on Sunday enriched by our sharing and enthusiastic about our shared future in the Congregation of the Great Love of God!

Sister Mary Louise Basler, Associates Diane Halbert, Jorge Valdes, Pat Demuth, Maria Araya, and Kathy Burch, S. Catherine McNamee and Associate Denise Raggio.

Our Hearts are at Home Here

by Peggy Maguire, director of association
In addition to the ACOF directors meeting, the St. Louis province also had the pleasure of hosting Maria Araya and Jorge Valdes from Talca, Chile. They participated in our meetings as representatives of the Familia de San Jose in Chile, but they came early to experience both the ministry of the sisters in the St. Louis province and the city itself. With the help of our many drivers and hostesses, we kept them busy. We also kept S. Catherine McNamee busy as she served as translator throughout the visit, translating constantly from English to Spanish for Maria and Jorge and from Spanish to English for the rest of us. Fortunately, S. Rita McCormick was a wonderful addition as a translator. The rst evening they met with the Delphine Associate Community (pictured above) for Sharing of the Heart and some getting to know you time. They visited with S. Jean Abbott at the Center for Survivors of Torture and War Trauma, with S. Pat Donnelly who arranged a tour of the New Cathedral for them, with S. Ann Gerard Siebert for a tour of St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf, with S. Pat Dunphy for a Spanish class at St. Josephs Academy and with S. Catherine at the Congregational Center. S. Rita Huebner arranged for a couple from Chile now living in St. Louis to have dinner with them, and they had a conversation with S. Marian Cowan who had visited Chile. They also took in the sites including the Arch, the Old Cathedral and the Botanical Gardens. One of their favorite stops was at Nazareth Living Center for the 140th Anniversary Celebration and for a more personal visitthey attended Mass, had lunch and visited with some of the sisters. S. Eileen Smits, their Sister Elena was very important to the Familia in Chile and they wanted to see where she had spent her last days. All through the visit, Maria and Jorge spoke of the warm welcome they felt at Carondelet from sisters, associates, the kitchen sta, housekeeping and maintenance. Over and over we heard the same words from them, Our hearts are at home here!

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Association
All Hail to the CSJ Corn Queen
by Peggy Maguire
For several years those attending the St. Louis Associate Picnic have brought not only a potluck dish but canned corn. Associates Anne and Tom Cliord have been collecting and delivering canned corn to Msgr. Bob Gettinger and St. Augustine Parishs for Thanksgiving and Christmas Baskets. Inspired by the Cliords and with help from family and friends, Associate Cynthia Bowling (pictured), who began collecting corn during her formation process, has donated hundreds of cans over the last few years. Associate Cynthia Bowling In recognition of her generosity, Cynthia was crowned our Corn Queen during this years picnic on Sept. 22. Cynthia, pictured wearing her large yellow ear of corn crown, was also honored with a song from sisters and associates (to the tune of We Three Kings of Orient Are): She got up so ear-ly this morn. Filled her truck with cas-es of corn. Lets get roll-ing, Sez Cyn-thia Bowling. All for the neigh-bor dear. Oh, oh, St. Au-gus-tines, Fa-ther Bob, Know shes done an awe-some job, Cans and cas-es Smil-ing fac-es, Thanks for corn thats o the cob. So, were here to tell her this yarn, Let her know that we give a darn, well Bend a knee, And with much glee-ee, We crown her Queen of Corn.

2012 CSJ Golf Tournament

S. Barbara Dreher highves golfers on their way to the rst tee off.

Brian Clinton, S. Barbara and football hall of famer Jackie Smith

Kendall and Kim Jackson and Connie and Mac Miller

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Alice Todt, Shirley Howe, Claire Doyle and Nancy Schleuter

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Senior Ministry
by Sister Bonnie Murray, CSJ & Trish Callahan
Driving Health By Sister Bonnie, director Twice a year when we conduct a Driver Health Seminar in St. Louis for sisters approaching their time to take the driving test for the rst time, according to our provinces driving policy, I am reminded of a couple of salient points. First, our eet of cars (over 250) is a large part of our common fund, so it behooves me to take good care of this asset entrusted to me. I need to be a good steward of it. Second, as my dad cautioned me when I was learning to drive, when I step into that drivers seat, I have a potentially lethal weapon in my hands. This caution caused me to think about our Acts of Chapter: deepening relationships with one another and with the dear neighbor. The way I handle the car (maintenance and on the road) can have an eect on the common fund, which ultimately aects each one of us. And as soon as I turn that key in the ignition, I am in deep relationship with the dear neighbor in cars all around me and with pedestrians. These are just a few thoughts to mull over if you are a driver. Take care! Be safe on the road. Drivers Health Resources By Trish Callahan When preparing for our semi-annual Drivers Health Seminar, I checked out various reliable websites for updates. My three favorite sites are the National Highway Trac Safety Administration (NHTSA), AARP Driver Safety Program and AAA Foundation for Trac Safety. Each oers up-to-date and practical information, research and resources that focus on trac safety and the older driver. Some examples of the specic resource topics found on the NHTSA website are: Driving Safely While Aging Gracefully: Help to assess whether physical changes are aecting driving skills Safe Driving for Older Adults: Helpful tips about coping with these changes to remain a safe driver for as long as possible Adapting Motor Vehicles for Older Drivers: Tips to evaluate drivers needs to make sure the vehicle ts properly, along with how to use adaptive devices Computer Tips & Tools I was asked recently about backing up documents. My response was a resounding Yes. Files can be saved on either a CD-R/RW or a ash drive. Flash drives are handy personal devices that provide wide storage capacity. They are also known as thumb drives, key drives, jump drives and pen drives. These drives are connected to the USB ports on your computer and have a storage capacity ranging from 32 MB to 2 GB.

Gleanings

Visit Us Online!
Learn more about driver safety and/or how to use a ash drive on our Senior Ministry web pages in Members Only at csjsl.org

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Vocation/Formation

Sisters Clare Bass and Mary Flick

Greetings from Chicago

by Sister Clare Bass
Greetings from the Federation Novitiate house in Chicago. This is a year about learning a lot: how to be a contemplative, yet active CSJ; to deepen my spirituality; to build my relationship with God; and to know myself in the deepest sense possible. I live with seven very profound, remarkable women. With all of us living together, were still in transition as each day brings a new opportunity to get to know one another better. Im taking it one day at a time. They have each brought new insights, fun, friendship, and laughter into my life in their own unique ways. Our directors are Sisters Anne Davis, from Los Angeles and Berni Dean from the Nazareth, Mich., province of the Congregation of Sisters of St. Joseph. I am blessed to be learning from them. As a novice, I have to check in with my home director, S. Sandy Straub, about twice a month, but S. Anne is my director in Chicago.
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Sister Anne and Bernie have quite the schedule set up for us. There is a lot of discussion and deepening, which takes a lot of energy. So you know more of what Mary and I are doing on any given day, here is our schedule week in and week out: Monday - Volunteer Day: Each morning and evening we pray together at a ministry site chosen by one of us. I work at Taller de Jose (pronounced Ty-yare de Jose) or Josephs workshop (www.tallerdejose.org). It is a resource center that connects people with services and services with people. It is one of the only places that oers accompaniment to those in need, along with pastoral presence. S. Mary Flick works at St. Barbaras Food Pantry that helps people in need of food and pastoral care. Tuesday - Intercommunity Novitiate Day: We visit the Divine Word Missionaries headquarters in Techny, Ill., a suburb of Chicago. It is a gathering of approximately 90 novices

and directors in the Chicago area with 13 dierent orders of men and women participating. It is a wonderful opportunity for sharing and learning. Wednesday - Personal Prayer Day: This day gives us an opportunity to be contemplative and deepen our prayer lives. I can do whatever I need to on this day regarding my prayer life. The only requirements are no housework, no work in general and no planning things that will distract me from praying. This semester we have the great opportunity to attend a special lecture series at Catholic Theological Union (CTU) celebrating the 50th anniversary of Vatican II. Thursday & Friday - Guest Speaker Day: During these two days a CSJ speaker talks with us about being a CSJ. The speakers come from around the federation and have been chosen because they are our experts in their respective areas. Weve discussed prayer, the Consensus Statement, the charism and the Two Trinities, so far.

S. Donna Gunn will speak to us in May about mission and ministry. Saturday - Free Day: A day where we can do (almost) whatever we want. It has been nice to sleep in, catch up on chores and watch football. We also plan to see the sites in Chicago soon. Sunday - Meetings Day: Our mornings are free and every other week we meet with our novice director. We each get to choose which Mass/ parish we would like to attend. I like Old St. Patricks, the oldest church in Chicago that has a very young and vibrant crowd who focus on social justice. If we have conferences that day,

we all go to the LaGrange motherhouse for the afternoon. Mary and I will be home the weekend of Chapter and are o for Christmas break on Dec. 14-Jan. 9. In January we study our CSJ history. We will travel to St. Louis and Concordia to see and study the archives rsthand. In February, upon our return to Chicago, we go back to our aforementioned schedule until the program is over on May 17. These eight months are truly a blessing for me and I will benet from them very much. Even though the schedule is sort of tight, I still nd time for fun

and to laugh and play. There are not enough words to express what it means to be learning from and about the Global Joseph community that is our Federation. I know yall are all proud to be Sisters of St. Joseph and this time has only made me more thrilled to be a novice with you. Your kind words in cards and prayers of encouragement are greatly appreciated, so please keep them coming. I cannot wait to see everyone at Chapter and Christmas break.

by this Sisters Meier, province and Sandra Straub, novice director in St. Louis, our hope is to establish a formation We are writing letter Jean following the article in the liason,group community here, but a speci location hasour nothope been is to regarding who the we say we are and WeSeptember are writingPNN this letter following article in the the resources for a peer groupcin St. Louis, determined and will depend on the group who becomes how ready we are to receive and support new members. September PNN regarding who we say we are and how establish a formation community here, but a specic location the local community. Currently, Clare Bass is participating in the Federation ready we are to receive and support new members. Currently, has not been determined and will depend on the group who Novitiate in Chicago, Ill. It is Clare s hope and ours that Clare Bass is participating in the Federation Novitiate in becomes the local community. she will choose to continue her ours second year novitiate We would like to have an introductory meeting at Chicago, Ill. It is Clare s hope and that sheof will choose Carondelet on Nov. 3-4 for those who are interested (noncanonical) when sheof returns to St. Louis next May. to continue her second year novitiate (noncanonical) We would like to have an introductory meeting at in responding to this need in the province. We are planning Th erefore we are in the process of identifying sisters who when she returns to St. Louis next May. Therefore we are in Carondelet on Nov. 3-4 for those who are interested in to have Clare part of the nal discernment when she is called drawn to sisters be a professed with to responding thefeel process ofor identifying who feelcommunity called or drawn tobe this need in the province. We are planning back in St. Louis in December. If you have any questions Clare in the coming year. We invite you to prayerfully be a professed community with Clare in the coming year. We to have Clare be part of the nal discernment when she is reyou ect on women re who mentored you inwho yourmentored early or would like to be in this meeting, please invite to the prayerfully ect on the women back in St. Louis inincluded December. If you have any questions contact Sisters Jean Meier or Sandra Straub for more years in community and to consider whether you might you in your early years in community and to consider or would like to be included in this meeting, please contact information. also be called to mentor a new to member at whether you might also be called mentor a this newtime. member Sisters Jean Meier or Sandra Straub for more information. at this time. We do do believe believe that that together together we we are are more more and and that that we we can can This is a unique opportunity to build community We together and to grow in your own spiritual andtogether and will will support support our our newest newest members members by by our our presence presence and This is a unique opportunity to build community and communal life. Anyone who has lived with new members and our prayer. Please respond by Oct. 29 if you would and to grow in your own spiritual and communal life. our prayer. Please respond by Oct. 29 if you would like to be like to be part of the gathering on Nov. 3-4. Th ank you will attest to the new life and energy as well as the Anyone who has lived with new members will attest to the part of the gathering on Nov. 3-4. Thank you for giving this for giving thought. this prayerful thought. growthful challenges that with being a formation new life and energy as well ascome the growthful challenges that prayerful community. Because of all community. the resources for a peer come with being a formation Because of all

Will They be Welcomed Among Us?: Part 2 by Sisters Jean Meier, province liason, xxand Sandra Straub, novice director

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Liturgy
LITURGY CALENDAR
October 15 Midday Prayer for St. Teresa of Avila 11:45 a.m. 23 Midday Prayer for St. John Capristrano 11:45 a.m. November 1 All Saints Day Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m. 2 All Souls Mass 11:00 a.m. 3 Sara Thomsen Concert 7:30 p.m. 7 Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m. 14 Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m. 22 St. Cecilia Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m.

Source and Summit

by Associate Mary Kay Christian, liturgist
As I think of the liturgical calendar during October and November, the increasingly popular song used at liturgical celebrations, Women of the Church, comes to mind. These months are lled with women recognized by the Church for their examples of holiness, generosity of heart and great love for God and all Gods People. We began the month of October celebrating the feast day of St. Therese of Lisieux (the Little Flower), proclaimed a Doctor of the Church in 1997. Her short but holy life continues to inspire and inform the faith of countless believers. These women of the church came from all walks of lifesome vowed religious, some wives and mothers. Some of them came from wealth, privileged families, even royalty, while others knew only poverty and deprivation. The things they had in common are the virtues we can hope to share with them and with the people in our lives. With an unfailing faith in God and Gods loving plan for the world, they spent their lives sharing that love with everyone they encountered and by living lives of charitable service to those most in need. Their faith, hope and love made them icons to the people of their time, and the impressions they made during their lives have survived them long after their deaths. Take some time to learn more about some of your favorite saints or some you dont know anything about these next two months. Im willing to bet their stories will remind you of many women in our lives today. The women saints of October and November are: Oct. 1: St. Therese of Lisieux Oct. 3: St. Theodora Guerin Oct. 6: Blessed Marie Rose DuRocher Oct. 7: Our Lady of the Rosary Oct. 15: St. Teresa of Avila Oct. 16: St. Hedwig Oct. 16: St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Oct. 16: St. Marguerite dYouville Oct. 16: St. Margaret of Cortona Oct. 20: St. Maria Bertilla Boscardin To be canonized Oct. 21: Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Nov. 13: St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Nov. 15: St. Gertrude Nov. 16: St. Margaret of Scotland Nov. 17: St. Elizabeth of Hungary Nov. 18: St. Rose Philippine Duchesne Nov. 19: St. Agnes of Assisi Nov. 21: Feast of the Presentation of Mary Nov. 22: St. Cecilia Nov. 25: St. Catherine of Alexandria

Women of the Church

Sara Thomsen Workshop Retreat & Concert

Saturday, Nov. 3
Workshop: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Rockhaven Ecozoic Center Concert: 7:30 p.m. Carondelet Motherhouse Cost: $40 (workshop/concert) $10 (concert only) More info: rockhavencenter.org

I can be reached best by phone from 9 a.mnoon, Monday through Friday. If I do not answer, please leave a voice mail message or send an e-mail. Calls and e-mails will be returned within 24 hours. If you need immediate attention, you can contact me on my cell phone at 314-497-0640.
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This autumn, let us celebrate all the Holy Women of our past and the present. By following their examples and the examples of all the holy women in our lives, may we one day be counted among them in the Communion of Saints.

Carondele Chronicles
Linger Over Breakfast: Sept. 29
Sister Patrice Coolick presents Dying to Know
by Sister Helen Oates
From a wealth of experience gained through companioning the dying and families of the dying, Sister Patrice Coolick oered her listeners facts, poignant stories, and the straight talk that was promised. We listened, sometimes in tears, and at times with Coolick laughter, as in a compassionate, loving way, she shared information that had listeners saying, I wish I had known these things when my mother (father, sister) was dying. It is about living well and dying well, said S. Patrice. Even very seriously ill people can live fuller and longer lives. Prolonging life could focus on quantity rather than quality. When facing decisions about procedures that may aect the length of life, some persons choose to take every risk, others none. In the past doctors were the arbitrators of these decisions. They studied the facts and told the patient what they had decided was the best course of action. Advanced directives are critically important. Without them, your care and ultimately your quality of life may depend on a hospital ethics groupor a judges decision about the path of treatment for you. When illness is focused on recovery, it helps to do a little more each day, whether that is exercise, sitting up, walking or eating. This is not the case if the outcome of illness is not expected to be recovery. We want to keep our loved ones with us longer, but exerting themselves may be more harmful than helpful. If a person chooses hospice, curative or aggressive treatments are usually not given. Hospice is a safeguard from treatments that wont prolong life or provide comfort. For those in hospital, palliative care can work with hospice to allow certain treatments that relieve pain or bring comfort. This permits more attention without having to undergo every test or procedure invented. What can we do while accompanying a person on this journey? Since hearing is usually the last sense, even if the person is not responding, tell stories about the past. Often this brings a smile. Playing music or massaging hands or feet may bring comfort. Take the opportunity to say this is what I learned from you; what you taught me; what I miss about you since youve been ill; what I will miss about you. Each of us is worthy of love. Our most important gift is presence. Though dicult to speak, here are the most important words: Forgive me. I forgive you. Thank you. I love you. We ask forgiveness because life is messy and we sometimes hurt folks. We need to forgive those who knowingly or unknowingly hurt us. Thank you is never out of style. Finally, the words I love you touch our minds, our hearts, and our souls.

Ling er Over Breakfas t

The Power of Love and the Love of Power Nov. 10

KC

Power is central to spirituality. To be alive is to have power. S. Judy Miller will examine the questions, How do I exercise my power and how does it influence my spirituality?

From Trauma to Transformation

with Jean Abbott, CSJ
Saturday, Oct. 27 9-11 a.m. Check in at 8:30 a.m. St. Teresas Academy Windmoor Ctr., 5600 Main St. $15, Breakfast Provided
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Justice
A Still Small Voice that Invites a New Dream
by Anna Sandidge, justice coordinator
Behold, these are but the outskirts of Gods ways, and how small a whisper do we hear of God! But the thunder of Gods power who can understand? -Job 26:14 In August of this year I traveled to Talamanca region of Costa Rica to participate in the UN University for Peace eld course on Indigenous Human Rights. I expected a formal academic presentation on human rights law, UN declarations, ILO conventions and so on. I hoped that this would inform my dialogues with corporations and shape how the justice ministry engaged our work with the Millennium Development Goals. I was aware that the worldview of the presenters would be rmly rooted in the minutiae of legalism, language and what can be proven in courts of law an encounter rmly grounded in our heads with reason and logic. But what was unexpected was how Spirit cannot be contained by such boundaries and expectations. I have a heart-knowing of this but somehow am still constantly surprised every time I experience it and am once again reminded of that power. We were a group of 25 international human rights professionals with many years of eld experience among us. Self-identied indigenous activists and human rights workers who had been in Rwanda, Burundi, Bosnia, Sudan, Colombia, Brazil, Guatemala, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, China, Burma the list is endless, all bearing witness and accompanying communities when humanity was at its worst. It has been my experience that human rights workers and activists, out of a sense of self-preservation, often separate ourselves from God. We often place God in a box of religion that we either continue to practice in theory or we try to dismiss that relationship completely. Some of us silo our relationship with the Divine neatly away from the harsh realities of the things we have seen and shared. We cannot reconcile how God allows such atrocities to happen. But when we are engaged with indigenous communities who do not separate God or their experience of the Divine away from their daily lives, their experiences, their environment or the foods they eat, its so much more dicult to tuck that presence away from our hearts. It seeps into our being just by being present to the community and the land, it is in the foods we eat, picked from the trees next to where we sleep and dream. During our visit into the Bribri villages in Talamanca, we were gifted with the teachings of the Awa, the Shaman, who taught us Bribri history and cosmology, the birth of the world as created by Sibu, the Bribri understanding of God. The parallels to Christian understanding of creation could not be ignored. And we were told that Sibu has much

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to teach us in the dreaming and Sibu is a loving and patient God with his children. I have participated in Awakening the Dreamer and could see how this group of professional workers was being calledin some uncomfortable waysto dream new dreams. Over mugs of tea and local coee we whispered dreams from the nights before that frightened us, confused us, their depth and prophecy shook our cores and together we sought comfort in the light of day. We felt called to act and work in new ways. One participant from Brazil dreamed a holy man told her, do not worry, I show you the new Easter. Spirit was moving among us and we did not know what to do, and so we listened. The course was not designed for this new awakening in us. But as we found ourselves in deep communion with our dear neighbors, the Bribri community, and in deep communion with creation, we could only be changed by such encounters. In our time in Talamanca we learned things about ourselves that left us uncomfortable and embarrassed. We learned that even with the best of intentions we can slip into old ways and old structures. Hopping o the banana truck, cameras ashing, gawking. We nd that so easily we can place our needs above anothers, forgetting the power of privilege. We assume another

was not distinguished from their connection to God, Sibu, nor was it only practiced during convenient specied times. Their life was about learning to be in right relationship and living it. While there, I lived more deeply for a timean undivided life Costa Rica Taxi listening to that still small voice that whispers, Be still, listen, I am calling you Will I say Yes? If yes, then how do I learn not to compartmentalize issues, tasks, duties away from that deeper call to serve and be faithful? Can I surrender my need for control and become open to guidance from Spirit? Do I take time to see the Early morning yoga sacred in the person across the desk, on the phone, in the streets? Do I recognize the gifts of the will wait for our schedule or slip into Creator around me, my meal, and the our time, forgetting the sacred among garden I walk through to get to work? us. It became clear for me that I wasnt called to this rural community in Talamanca to only learn about indigenous rights. The community leaders were strong, well informed activists who created opportunities for their youth with local universities and protected their sacred lands against Canadian gold mining companies. But they also lived completely integrated lives. As they built the community centers and guest housing, they followed traditional practices, cutting wood by the full moon and praying prayers of gratitude for the harvest. Work, family, neighbor, homemaking If I can bring dream and dreamer closer together and remove the barriers I create to protect me from the things Id rather not know, I actually become closer to the dear neighbor, I recognize, I am a dear neighbor. I can experience the power of the Divine in the everyday. And if I can experience that, then I gain a deeper knowing that how I treat my neighbor and my neighborhood is no small thing; but only if I allow myself to let go and dream a new dream.

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St. Josephs Provincial House, Latham, NY, from Sept. 26-29.

Pictured: [Row 1, l. to r.] Sister Bethany Fitzgerald (Watertown); Mary Palamar (Watertown); Sister Marianne Sennick (Brentwood); Sister Patty Johnson (Federation executive director); Sister Jeanne Hope (Chambry/West Hartford); Sister Catherine McNamee (Carondelet Leadership); Sister Mary Louise Fiedler (Watertown); [Row 2, l. to r.] Sister Mary Ellen Gondeck (Congregation of St. Joseph/MI); Nancy OByrne (St. Augustine); Sister Mary Rouleau (Chambry/ West Hartford); Sister Mary Beth Hamm (Philadelphia); Sister Mary Ellen Loch (Congregation of St. Joseph/Wichita); Sister Doreen Glynn (Carondelet/Albany); Jonne Tromiczak-Neid (Carondelet/St. Paul); [Row 3, l. to r.] Sister Griselda Martinez (Congregations of St. Joseph UN-NGO representative); Maria Elena Perales (Orange); Sister Rosalie Carven (Brentwood); Sister Phyllis Tierney (Rochester); Sister Mary Claire Kennedy (Erie); Sister Florence Bryan (St. Augustine); Jim Mang (Buffalo); [Row 4, l. to r.]) Ginger Hedstrom (Carondelet/St. Paul); Sister Roselani Enomoto (Carondelet/Hawaii); Sister Denise Granger (Springeld); Anna Sandidge (Carondelet/St. Louis); Sister Catherine Marie Kreta (Carondelet/Los Angeles); Sister Roberta Mulcahy (Springeld); Sister Jeanette Bussen (Baden).

Federation Justice Coordinators

Thank You
From S. Winifred Adelsberger: Thank you for the many cards, Mass oerings, enrollments and words of comfort at the time of my sister Janes death. Being the last sibling left of six feels a bit lonely, so I truly appreciate your many expressions of sympathy and promise of prayers.
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From S. Marianne Dwyer I am overwhelmed at your generosity as you celebrated my golden jubilee with me. I am more than grateful for your Masses, gifts, donations in my name and your very thoughtful cards. You make me proud and glad to be a CSJ.

Meeting Our Ancestors

St. Josephs Hospital in St. Paul, Minn. Sister Mary Euphemia helped to open the Hospital in 1854.

Prole of an Early Sister Who Died in the Month of October

Sister Mary Euphemia Murray died at our house in Nazareth on the 18th day of October 1902, in the 92nd year of her age and the 51st of her religious life. Our Blessed Lord prolonged the days of this dear sister beyond the ordinary span of life. It would seem that His love desired to give her the opportunity to gather a full harvest of merits before calling her to Himself. Occupied for many years in the care of the sick, she found many opportunities of serving our Lord in His suering members, and of imparting comfort and consolation to many who had been placed under her care and inuence, and thus must have merited to hear from our Lord the words of welcome expressed in Holy Writ by St. Matthew, Come ye blessed of my Father. Though in delicate health for many years, she generally managed to keep around and attend to her duties up to a recent period. She suered much and patiently during the last few months of her life. Prepared by the devout reception of the last Sacraments, our cherished sister calmly passed to her reward. [From the Necrology Book] Sister Mary Euphemia (Mary) was born in 1824 in Drumgoon, County Cavan, Ireland to Margaret and Patrick Murray. She entered at Carondelet on July 17, 1851 and received the habit on February 3, 1852. She professed her vows on March 19, 1854. Sister Mary Euphemia taught at St. John the Evangelist School in St. Louis before going with the rst group of sisters to open St. Josephs Hospital in St. Paul, MN in 1854. She then taught at St. Mary Grade School in St. Anthony, MN where she was also superior. She was missioned in St. Paul until1862 but there are no records of her other missions. From 1863 until 1866 she was Assistant Provincial at St. Joseph Seminary in Troy, New York. In 1870 she returned to St. Louis to teach at Assumption Grade School. During this time, she also worked with the sick and the poor. She was only at Nazareth Convent for a few months in 1902 before she died.

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Corporation & Council

August Meetings
CORPORATION
Accepted Minutes of Board of Directors of the Corporation meetings held June 16, 2012 June 2012 unadjusted Financial Statements Approved Still Point Theatre Collective - $500 Cardinal Ritter Senior Services annual fund raiser A Celebration of Life - $2,500 St. Joseph Academy Golf Tournament - $1,000 Grant for Peru ministry to Needy Students - $8,000

COUNCIL
Accepted Minutes of the Province Council Meetings held June 16, 2012. Approved Patrimony Request Travel Request Educational Request Discussed Department updates Sponsored Institutions updates Vocation/Formation update Nazareth Living Center/BHS Chile 25th Anniversary Celebration

Thoughts to Consider
by Sister Helen Oates Maybe the answers we think we are looking for are not the answers we need at this time. Maybe what we perceive to be important is an illusion. Maybe this is a time of incubation. Maybe growth is happening but so slowly as to be imperceptible. Maybe we need to learn to wait in patience, to listen humbly and ponder thoughtfully. Maybe walking in darkness will make the rst glimmer of light all the sweeter. Maybe we never really learn to see ourselves directly but only in the reections of the interactions with others. With whom do we interact? What is the real desire of our longing and what do we fear? Maybe overcoming fear of any kind is the catalyst for spiritual (community) growth.
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Holy Spirit Prayer

from the Spirituality Committee
The power of prayer is very crucial in these coming months before the election. Please pray the Holy Spirit Prayer with us. Our prayers can make a difference.

O Holy Spirit by whose breath life rises vibrant out of death, Come to create, renew, inspire and kindle in our hearts your re. In you God's energy is shown; to us your varied gifts made known. Teach us to speak, teach us to hear. Yours is the tongue and yours the ear. From inner strife grant us release; turn nations to the ways of peace. To fuller life your people bring, that as one body we may sing: O Trinity in unity: Creator, Savior, Spirit, three. Lift up our hearts to thanks and praise now and until the end of days. AMEN

Face of the Motherhouse

Meet Quiana Kelley
Development Associate
How long have you worked at the motherhouse and what does your job entail? I started on July 3. My job entails many things: check the obituaries for deceased donors, process donations and print acknowledgment letters, prepare reports for the Finance Oce and send out birthday cards to donors each month. Tell us about your family. I have been married for about six years to my husband, Gene Kelley. My parents live with us because my mother struggles with health issues. I also have siblings, nieces and nephews. It would surprise people to learn... My family that knows me best will always be in an animal form! I have three miniature schnauzers that are very spoiled and treated better than most people. They also have a lot of personality. They love to go camping with Gene and me. My cat, Kitty, is very special for many reasons. She thinks she is my alarm clock even on Saturday. Also if I have an asthma attack while Im sleeping and cant wake up on my own, Kitty goes into distress and meows very loudly, jumps on me, and, when all that doesnt work, she bites my ngers. I recently got a pony. His name is Andy. When I walk out the back door and say Hey, Andy Boy he gets excited and whinnies. I have a lot more animals, too, like goats, chickens, turkey and ducks. My hobbies are... Playing around in the garage doing dierent types of wood working, like scroll saw. I make crochet dolls sometimesjust when I can sit still long enough. I enjoy working for/with the CSJs because... What they do for others makes them amazing and a strong group of women. My fondest memory while working at the motherhouse is... Learning about the sisters and their mission, what they want to achieve and their goals for the community.

Ministry Changes
The following sisters moved to Nazareth Living Center in St. Louis and serve in prayer and witness: Christine Massman, CSJ Eleanor Agnes Sheehan, CSJ

Rest in Peace
September 9 Former member S. James Marian Hughes (Rose Wilson) 12 Jim Burgoon, brother of Roseanne Burgoon, province leadership oce assistant 17 Jane Adelsberger, sister of S. Winifred Adelsberger 23 Peggy Sheehan, sister of S. Ellen Roach 24 S. Rosemary Hoodack (A) 29 Anastasia (Ann) Hayes, sister of S. Anna John Igoe October 4 S. Patricia Gage (LA) 5 Maurine McKay, sister of S. Connie Heun

DID YOU KNOW? Sisters from St. Louis and the surrounding areas meet the third Sunday of each month to discuss the 12 Steps. We gather in the CSJ Ministry Building from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sisters and associates are invited to join us. For more information, call S. Lillian Baumann at 314-265-3990.

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LEADERSHIP Calendar
October 15 DAC Mtg. (HF) 15 Founders Day Mass/Dinner, Carondelet (PG, HF, JM, SW) 16-17 LCWR Region 1 (NC) 18 Founders DayFontbonne University (PG, HF, JM, SW) 19-20 Fontbonne Board Mtg. (HF, SW) 19 Spirituality Committee Mtg. (PG) 20-21 Associate Board Mtg. (PG) 21 Founders Day Celebration, NLC (HF, JM, SW) 24 PCRI Mtg. (HF) 27 Government Committee Mtg. (NC) 27 Justice Committee Mtg. (HF)

PROVINCE Calendar
October 15 Founders Day Mass & Dinner 21 Founders Day Event, Nazareth Living Center 27 Linger Over Breakfast KC with S. Jean Abbott, CSJ, St. Teresas Academy Windmoor Center November 3 Sara Thomsen Concert 9-10 NLC Craft Fair & Bake Sale, Nazareth Living Center 10 Linger Over Breakfast with S. Judy Miller, CSJ December 6-9 Province Chapter: Session I January 6 Epiphany Celebration 27 Kingsbury Ensemble Concert
*All events at Carondelet Motherhouse unless otherwise noted. For more event listings and details, visit our Members Only Calendar of Events at www.csjsl.org.

November 1 IEC Mtg. (HF) 2 All Souls Mass (PC, PG, HF, JM) 2 CRSS Dinner Auction (PG, HF, JM, SW) 5 Missouri Bishops Mtg. (PC, PG, HF) 6-8 LCWR, Omaha (PC, PG, HF) 9 Department Head Mtg. (PC, PG) 12 SJA Board Mtg. (PG) 12-21 Chile Celebration (LB) 14 ETP Mtg. (HF) 14 CWIT Executive Committee (SW) 15 CWIT Board Mtg. (SW) 14-18 Federation National Mtg., Albany (PC, PG, HF) 18 Associate Initial Commitment (PG) 19-20 Investment Managers Mtg. (PC, PG, HF, JM) 21 Founders Day Celebration (JM) 29 Sponsorship Visit at SJI/NLC (PL) 27-29 Chapter Planning Committee Mtgs. (NC, PC) 30 Province Leadership Mtgs. (PL) December 1 Province Leadership Mtgs. (PL) 5 Chapter Planning Committee: Chapter Debrieng (NC, PC) 6-9 Province Chapter: Session 1 (PL) 10-11 Chapter Planning Committee Mtg. (NC, PC) 12 CWIT Executive Committee (SW) 13 LCWR Breakfast (PG, HF) 13 Avila Board Dinner (PC) 14 Avila Board Mtg. (PC)
The PL calendar is also available in Members Only at csjsl.org

SAVE THE DATE

St. Louis Province Chapter Sessions Dates Dec. 6-9, 2012 - Province Chapter: Session I Carondelet Motherhouse Facilitators: Ted Dunn, Ph.D. and Beth Lipsmeyer, Ph.D.

Nazareth Living Center Craft Fair & Bake Sale

Friday, Nov. 9: 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10: 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. The event will be held in the Sister Mary Timlin Room on the ground oor. Lunch will be available both days from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Craft Room.

Check out the new LOB schedule at csjsl.org

2013 Linger Over Breakfast

NEXT ISSUE: November/December PNN

Submission Deadline: Nov. 15 Publication Date: Dec. 1
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