News Notes

PROVINCE
SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH OF CARONDELET AND ASSOCIATES ST. LOUIS PROVINCE NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2012
A snowake is one of Gods most fragile creations,
but look what they can do when they stick together.
Author unknown
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On the Cover :
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
Inside this Issue
Contents
Province Leadership Message .........................................................................................3
Province Leadership .........................................................................................................4
Association .........................................................................................................................5
Vocation/Formation ...................................................................................................... 6-7
Senior Ministry ..................................................................................................................8
Musings from Augusta ......................................................................................................9
Liturgy ................................................................................................................................10
Carondelet Chronicles ..................................................................................................11
Justice .......................................................................................................................... 12-13
Sharing of the Heart ................................................................................................ 14-18
Archives .............................................................................................................................19
Necrology, S. Theresa Desrochers. ..............................................................................20
Necrology, S. Nora Eftink ..............................................................................................21
Corporation and Council ..............................................................................................22
Face of the Motherhouse ..............................................................................................23
Calendars ..........................................................................................................................24
St. Josephs Way: The Miracle
Low-Income Subdivision
Pages 16-17
Sister Julie Guillot shares the story of how a new subdivision
in Fairhope, Ala., came to be due to help of the Sisters of St.
Joseph of Carondelet.
Responding to Love in Love
Page 6
In anticipation of welcoming Sister Sarah Heger as the
newest perpetually vowed member, S. Pat Bober shares
some of S. Sarahs highlights and reections throughout her
prepration for vows.
A preview of our 2013 CSJ Calendar, Together...we are more that focuses on
expressing our theme through words of wisdom and the beauty of our world.
Photo by Katie Barnes, www.katiebarnes.com
Wishing you all a blessed
Christmas and new year!
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Province Leadership Reections
Be still and know that I am God...
by Sister Helen Flemington
Editors Notes
by Jenny Beatrice
Back: Sisters Liz Brown, Jean Meier,
Patty Clune and Suzanne Wesley. Front: Srs. Helen
Flemington, Nancy Corcoran and Pat Giljum.
I always look forward to Advent. Te days are shorter; darkness is broken with
ickers from Advent candles. I pull an afghan over me and sit in contemplative
silence in the presence of our God. It is a time of being, listening and
anticipating insights into the mysteries around us, and answers to questions
about the strife and grief in our world. I sit quietly with our God.
In this season of preparation for the birth of Jesus in history, we celebrate that
God took on our humanity. Tere was newness all through the world. Tings
changed. Tus, we have been called to change, to look at everything with new
eyes, to look for new opportunities. God continues to bring a special freshness
into our lives.
Tere is a special freshness for us in this Advent. We are having our rst
Province Chapter gathering in December. It is a time for us to stop and reect
on who we are as a province. What do we need to see with new eyes, what
to change, what are the opportunities? What is God calling us to know and
live? As we reect on the state of the province, we also consider who our new
leadership will be. We pray for the needed gifts as we move forward into our
future.
We are celebrating the Final Vows of Sister Sarah Heger during this time.
S. Sarah has prayed, lived, ministered and played with us and is now ready for
her life-long commitment. We rejoice for S. Sarah and for her life with us.
We are preparing for our Congregational Chapter, too. Tese are interesting
times that we live in! We need to change but the question is, How do we need
to change? Te Spirit is working in this whole process. All of us have been
called to pray and participate in many ways. What a time of blessing for each
of us.
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Its weeks before Christmas and all
through the house...
Te teenagers are trying to open the
boxes with the boots that they already
know you bought them because you
called from the store to ask, Which one
of you is a size nine?
And the gold boxes sit in plain sight on
your bedroom oor in all their glory,
reminiscent of the extravagance of
scrumptious pears and oranges from days
gone by.
Still the beggars persist, showing you the
holes in the soles of last years boots. And
for a moment, you consider granting
their request, considering the ratio of
dollars to days worn.
But you take old-fashioned pleasure in
making your girls be good for goodness
sake, remembering that the joy of
Christmas is in the waiting for the gift
that will truly ll the holes in our soles.
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Construction is coming along and the workers are trying to
make enough progress to get under roof before the winter
weather. NLC Administrator Lu Westho predicts it will
be late August to September before it is ready for occupancy.
Tat is only an estimate, as it could be sooner or later.
For those of you on the indication of interest list who
may have a lease coming due at your current residence, we
suggest that you talk with your landlord about converting to
a six-month lease and possibly a month-to-month lease after
that if it is needed. It is more expensive to go to this option,
but it is better than having to buy out of your lease if you
leave early. Check your lease and if you need advice, contact
Sister Jean Paul Selissen or Dan Casey in the Finance O ce.
In addition, Sisters Mary Fran Johnson and Jean Paul are
working out the budgeting and payment system for our 30
units before budgeting time.
Right now there are 33 sisters on the interest list and 30
units available. In December or January we expect to contact
the three sisters who will need to wait until the next round
of open units; however, this has not been nalized.
Te nal decision on residency is made by Nazareth
and they are looking to start an interview process in late
spring. Te main criteria for residency is that the person is
independent and does not require any sta time to meet
her needs, just as it is with apartment living. Tis means
the resident is personally responsible for her own grocery
shopping and getting to appointments, Mass, etc.
Housekeeping will do a regularly scheduled routine
apartment cleaning every other week and deep cleaning
every six months. Beyond that, every resident will be
responsible for keeping her apartment clean.
For current residents of the St. Louis area who will be
moving to the Village, we are looking into moving companies
that will pack, move and unpack your belongings. Tose out
of the area will have to make their own arrangements, but
we are available to assist you.
We have put aside money to purchase furniture. We plan to
work with a furniture company to purchase furniture in bulk
for better pricing, with two or three style choices available.
Sisters may bring their own furniture if it is in suitable
condition, but if it is very old, falling apart, etc., we will
purchase new pieces. We are looking into having a team
of sisters help others determine the movability of their
furniture.
Te carpeting selected for the units is a neutral color. In
addition, the selection was upgraded and padding added
to increase longevity, as our contract says the Sisters of St.
Joseph will be responsible for apartment turnovers instead
of Nazareth for the next 10 years. Terefore, the carpet will
be replaced every 10 years versus replacing it between sister
occupants.
Te indication of interest list is dynamic, with lots of
change. For example, 11 sisters whose names were on the
list have already moved to Gleason Hall
or decided to make other plans. Tere is
plenty of room to add names to the list,
so if you are interested, please contact
Sister Suzanne Wesley at 314-918-2262
or 314-280-8662.
As always, if you have questions before
our next update, please feel free to
contact Sister Suzanne.
Construction at NLC in mid-November.
Photo taken by S. Mary Louise Basler.
Province Leadership
Village at Nazareth Update
by Sister Suzanne Wesley, CSJ
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Association
Wbere do you
volunteer:
I serve with Kairos
Outside of Eastern
Missouri (KOEast
MO) that is a part of
Kairos Prison Ministry
International. KOEast
MO is designed to
support the female
loved ones of men and
women who are or have
been incarcerated by
hosting two ecumenical
three-day weekend retreats a year at no cost to the guests.
Families of the incarcerated "do time" right along with their
loved ones. In a safe environment with loving people, women
interact with other women who are in similar situations and
learn to form small support groups to give them strength for
the challenges they face.
Wbat is your role:
I served as the advising leader for this years fall event. I
also serve as the nancial secretary and webmaster for the
KOEast MO Advisory Council. Additionally, I serve at the
international level of the Transition Team that is searching
for a new executive director for KPMI. In 2011, I served on
the KPMI International Board of Directors.
Are tbere opportunities for otbers to volunteer or join
your organizationIministry: If so bow do tbey do tbis:
Yes, yes, yes! Prayer support is always welcome. We
ask people to create visual signs of their prayer for the
participants by coloring shields and signing slips of paper
for a prayer chain. Tese are displayed so the guests can see
how many people have prayed for them.
We are also looking for volunteers for the spring weekend
team on May 3-6, which requires 36 hours of team
formation along with a commitment to the weekend.
How does your work speak to tbe cbarism of tbe Sisters
of St. ]osepb:
Te purpose of Kairos Outside is to demonstrate God's
grace and love through Christian support for women who
have loved ones who are or who have been incarcerated.
At Kairos Outside we seek to listen, listen, love, love
and always to share Gods unconditional love with these
women and their loved ones by loving them ourselves
unconditionally.
How can people learn more about tbis ministry:
If you are interested in information on serving in Kairos
Outside visit www.koeastmo.org or call KOEastMO at
636-577-4733 or e-mail KOEastMO@yahoo.com. You can
also call me anytime at 314-487-7173. I love to share this
ministry!
Associate Volunteer Spotlight
Carolyn Hebenstreit
from the Associate Volunteer Ministry Committee
Carolyn Hebenstreit
21st Annual
Thanksgiving Prayer
& Celebration:
On Nov. 18, the CSJ
community welcomed
Associates Cheryl Baugh,
Kate Mennes, Lucy
Allen, Mary Kay Sullivan
and Dennis Golden
(right) from Fontbonne
who made their Initial
Commitment. Associates
Sharon Jackson and Carolyn Hebenstreit
and also made their Ongoing Commitment.
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Vocation/Formation
Responding to Love in Love
Sister Sarah Hegers preparation for nal vows
by Sister Pat Bober
As we anticipate the joy of welcoming Sister
Sarah Heger on Dec. 8 as our newest,
youngest perpetually vowed member,
I would like to share with you some
of the highlights of her preparation
for vows along with some of her
reections she wrote throughout
the summer.
Last spring, S. Sarah met with
a group of vowed members who
helped her plan a unique and
personal spiritual experience. While
there were pre-planned programs
with other communities or 30-day
Ignatian retreats that would have been
good, S. Sarah chose to look for a variety
of experiences that would nurture her spirit
and call her to deepen her love for God and the
Sisters of St. Joseph.
Her formal preparation began in mid-June as she drove
to Denver, settling in with Sisters Jean Vianney Mindak
and Janet Mary Feager as a CSJ home community, sharing
scripture, Eucharist and meals with the sisters and associates
of Denver. She also volunteered at the Catholic Worker
House.
With ministry as such a major part of this vocation and
this Yes, it was important to me to include some ministry
in my time of preparation, S. Sarah says. Working with
innovative and passionate people also gives me a million
ideas to take home and a renewed sense of inspiration and
purpose.
S. Sarah even found connections to religious life in a white
water rafting adventure.
Consolation is white water rafting. I get a helmet and a
life jacket, get into a big, blow up raft with a guide and a
group of others, and set o for a river adventure. Te river
carries us. Sure, we have to paddle occasionally, avoid
major obstacles, try not to fall out, but, if I do fall
out, there is someone there to help haul me
back in... Today I really listened to the guide,
I watched the water more than the rocks,
I made the strokes count, I continued
to paddlenot pull awayat the
toughest points. It was a beautiful day
with so many applications to prayer
and life.
A week or so later she spent three
days at the Walburga Abbey
for a Weaving, Labyrinth and
Contemplative Experience retreat.
A brief return to her Denver home
was followed by seven days at a desert
hermitage in the mountains. S. Sarah
writes, It would not be practical for the
world to hermitage, nor would I want it as a
permanent state of life, but, thus far, it has been a
wonderful window into grace.
One last week of community life in Denver ended the
Colorado portion of her summer. Te next stop was
Concordia, Kan., for a retreat at the Teological Institute at
the Manna House of Prayer, preparing her for her journey
home to St. Louis. As much as I enjoy and need solitude,
sometimes I love and need the people in my life, S. Sarah
reects. As independent as I am, I am stronger, smarter and
more compassionate in relationship.
Upon returning home, S. Sarahs vow preparation has
continued with a spiritual reection experience based on
a retreat developed by S. Julie Harkins and led by S. Lisa
Lazio. A group of eight sisters gathered for a weekend
followed by eight evening sessions. Te goal of this
experience is a deepening awareness of an individuals
rootedness within CSJ spirituality and within the
community itself. Te time together builds on reection on
individual and communal experience. It is a deep sharing of
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S. Sarahs vow preparation has been an experience
very dierent from, yet similar to, the way most of
us prepared for nal vows. While she was not part
of a reception group and did not follow a program
planned by the Formation Team, her experiences
led her to grow ever deeper in her response to
Gods call and in her desire to make perpetual
vows as a Sister of St. Joseph. S. Sarah says,
Everyone has a unique role to play in this
amazing Divine Plan of creation. I am excited
about the part that I play now in teaching and
in my role as a new Sister of St. Joseph at this
time in the history of religious life. And I am
excited about and open to other connections and
challenges to come, grateful that I do nothing
alone.
One piece of S. Sarahs deep desire to live the call
to inclusive love of all without distinction will
be reected in her vow ceremony. Although S.
Sarah nds in Mass a community with whom to
celebrate, prayer that transcends space and time,
and the true presence of God, she hopes that
those same aspects will be present in the prayer
that is being planned. She hopes also that doing
something other than a formal Eucharist will
allow her the opportunity to express her yes
creatively in a prayer that will include all present
from CSJ/A community, to family, to students
from Marian Middle School whom she teaches.
It will be a true celebration of S. Sarah and our
Community on December 8 when she publicly
declares to God, the Church and the world that
she is a Sister of St. Joseph forever.
Mary, be my guide, S. Sarah prays. I know of
your openness to grace and love and yes. I know
this is a journey, and not a short one, but one I am
in love with walking.
A Message from
Sister Sarah Heger
On Dec. 8, it will be nine
years to the day that I knew
I wanted to be a Sister of
St. Joseph. It is with
great joy that I am able
to celebrate with you my
journey that has been and
that which will be as I profess
my perpetual vows on that same
date, Dec. 8, 2012.
Ive learned a lot in nine years. Ive learned about patience and
compassion, justice and forgiveness. Ive learned to wait for grace,
to hold things lightly, to never stop dreaming. Ive learned that
once Ive seen Jesus in someone, it is impossible to see anything
but beauty. Ive learned that sometimes trust takes time. Ive
learned to see God in all things, and to see all things as God sees
them. Ive learned that community takes work, that my vocation
is bigger than my feelings, that dealing with anger is a process.
Ive seen courage and integrity, hope and fear. Ive seen miracles
and even been part of some. Ive learned the value of dialogue,
inclusion, equality and voice. I know that as Sisters of St. Joseph
we stand for God, for Love, for a Love that includes, empowers
and challenges. I know that I have inherited a legacy.

On the 8th I will delight in this Love that I know and in the
vows I am to profess. Te prayer will not be in the context of a
formal Roman Catholic Mass, but within a prayer that I hope
will speak to the virtues and values most profoundly present
through my relationship with God, through my experiences of
community and through the dear neighbor. It is a day I anticipate
with deep joy.
Artwork by Sister Jean Iadevito: Wisdom of esh and intuition,
Revealed in silence and receptivity, Openness of openness,
Plant in me, Love, what you will.
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Senior Ministry
Gleanings
by Sister Bonnie Murray, CSJ & Trish Callahan
Sisters bave indicated an interest in reading about wbat
otber CS]s are doing in tbeir retirement years. S. Micbael
Terese Bauer sbares ber story about bow sbe got
interested in magic and bow it gives ber so mucb life in
ber retirement. Sister Bonnie
My interest in magic began early in my childhood. My
daddy enjoyed doing magic with a buddy of his as a young
man. I remember he had a drawer lled with tricks and I
was always fascinated seeing him performing one of them
and I wanted to do it, too. When he thought I was ready
and could keep a secret (I was about nine or 10 years old),
he sat me down and explained that a magician never tells
how a trick is done, so if I wanted to learn magic I had to
be able to keep a secret. My rst trick was a little red cup
and lid with a small black ball inside. I would lift the lid and
show the ball, cover it, say the magic words and poof, the
ball was gone and appeared somewhere else. My mom was
always the guinea pigwhat fun! I remember the kids in
the neighborhood coming to our back yard; my daddy and I
would do magic for them.
When I entered the community, the only thing I had
permission to keep was my coin, which I still have. In the
early days of my religious life I didnt do much magic. I had a
small box with a few tricks. In fact, thats all the magic I took
with me to Hawaii. On Maui, when we had to evacuate for
a tidal wave alert, the two things I grabbed were a spiritual
book and my box of magic. Over the years, my magic tricks
have increased and my one box has multiplied like rabbits
into several larger ones. I now carry a coin in my pocket
and sometimes a rope so that I can entertain anyone, any
place, any time on the spur of the moment. It always brings
laughter, conversation and wonderment to the eyes of the
beholderadults and children alike. And for the moment,
people forget their troubles and joy lls their hearts. I enjoy
seeing the expression on their faces.
In 2000 I became a member of the International
Brotherhood of Magicians, belonging to Ring One. Before
our monthly meetings, we have Magic 101. I look forward
to that as I have learned many new things. Te magicians
have taken me under their wing, and I have made lots of
new magical friends. Recently I performed for Our Sisters,
Our Heritage, a brown bag speaker series at Fontbonne
University, and also provided entertainment there for the
Legacy Society Luncheon. We had lots of fun!
At our recent Ring One Presidents Banquet, I was awarded
third place in the Intermediate Close-Up Contest, which
was held at our meeting in March. See, its never too late to
learn new tricks. It keeps me out of trouble, or, if I get into
trouble, I can always just disappear.
If my magic brings joy and laughter to the hearts of people,
that makes me happy and thankful to God for this talent He
has given me to share with them.
Motivational Minute
By Trish Callahan
Sometimes its not so much what you do, but what you dont
do. Here are some ideas:
1. Dont eat after 8 p.m. Your body needs time to burn o
your day.
2. Avoid whiteness: potatoes, bread, pasta, rice. If you do eat
these things, make sure they are whole grain.
3. Skip seconds, even when what youre eating is so good
especially then.
4. Dont supersize. Take a small plate or at least less than
what you think youll eat. Watch your portions.
5. Dont watch TVat least not all the time. Studies show
that being a couch potato is no healthier than smoking.
Reprinted with the permission of Curves Center located at
5670 Telegraph Rd, St. Louis, MO 63129.
Magical Michael!
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The Quip & Quill Writing Club
Seated - Sisters Linda Lully and Charlotte Smith;
Standing - Sisters Clara Vincent Slatinsky and Laura Ann Grady
Getting up three or four times a night to go to the
bathroom reminds you that the body-systems are going
down hill.
Knees: Kneeling. Okay, you managed that. Hooray for
you. Now try to get back up!
Veins: You never used to know you had them. Now they
look like aqueducts coursing through your arms.
Skin: You have so much more of it than you really need.
What happened the last time you tried to sun? You dont
have to answer that. Cant be done.
Drop everything! Yes, thats what you do; dishes, spoons,
glasses, cups. You get your daily exercise by bending down
to pick things up o the oor.
Hello, its good to see you again. Hows your youngest
child doing at school? Is your brother doing well after his
operation? No names you cant remember them.
Your favorite things:
Te sofa that is so nice to lie down on for a nap.
Te magnifying glass that helps you to read the paper.
Te sweater that keeps you warm.
Te long-sleeved shirt that covers the wrinkles.
Everything in its place. Move it to a better place and youll
never nd it. Go to the store to shop for groceries. Te
clerk rings them up and bags them. You say you forgot to
give her the coupons. Oh, and you wanted to buy stamps.
Te list goes on. Mention lists? Tats what you have to
create to get you through the day: Feed birds, go to the
Post O ce, drop o book at library, pick up prescription
at drug store.
Over and over the reminding goes. Youd like to forget
once in a while, which you will because thats why you have
to do lists in the rst place.
Musings from Augusta
I Know Im Getting Old When...
by Sister Linda Lully
Sister Linda Lully took on the old saying, I know Im getting old when... with a humorous list of some
things that perhaps, most of us are beginning or have experienced. We read this out loud at our
Quip and Quill Writing Club here in Augusta. I hope you will do the same.
Sister Laura Ann Grady
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Kingsbury Ensemble
Concert
Arias by Bach and Handel
Arias from cantatas and operas for
soprano and countertenor.
Sunday, ]anuary 27 at 2 p.m.
Holy Family Cbapel
Cost:
Admission is free for CSJ sisters.
$20 general admission, $15 seniors
$5 students 15 to 25, free for children
RSVP to 314-481-8800 or
motherhousersvp@csjsl.org
Source and Summit
Joyful Anticipation?
by Associate Mary Kay Christian, liturgist
Liturgy
LITURGY CALENDAR
Advent Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m.
Chapter Meetings
S. Sarah Hegers Final Vow
Ceremony 4:30 p.m.
Advent Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m.
Advent Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m.
December
Christmas Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m.
Epiphany Mass 9 a.m.
Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m.
Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m.
Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m.
Kingsbury Ensemble Concert 2 p.m.
Midday Prayer 11:45 a.m.
January
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I can be reached best by phone from 9 a.m-
noon, 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.
Joyful anticipation is an oxymoron to me. Im not crazy about unnished
business and unknown futures. My association with feelings of anticipation
is generally linked to fear and anxiety. So Advent, the season of joyful
anticipation is both a challenge and an opportunity for people like me.
Te Christmas industry comes at us full force, packaging the Incarnation of
God among us as the reason to sing, dance, eat and be merry until we drop.
Actually, the Incarnation of God part is generally ignored for the singing,
dancing, eating and merry part. We nd ourselves in a frenzy preparing,
buying and celebrating what again?
In the midst of the frenzy I keep myself grounded in the words of Isaiah, a
glass half-full kind of prophet. Te Lion will lie down with the Lamb...We
will beat our swords into plowshares...Rejoice in the Lord, always, I say it
again, rejoice!
Tere is a lot to be joyful about in those messages. Looking to the future with
eyes of faith, Isaiah helps us remember the possibilities and promises possible
in an unknown future when we rely completely on Gods goodness and grace.
Advent reminds us that most of our lifes work is forging an unknown future
armed only with hope and faith. Christ is our beginning and our end. We
may not know what our futures hold or what challenges await, but we sing,
dance, eat and celebrate the God who came among us and dwells with us still
and will be with us always. Lets move forward in joyful anticipation!
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blog: together...we pray
praying with the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
Daily Advent Prayer Begins Sunday, Dec. 2!
Join us in joyful waiting this Advent with our online contemplative
reections. The video prayers created by Province Liturgist Mary
Kay Christian, CSJA will bring you moments of peace during this
hectic and holy time.
These Advent prayers will be posted on our new prayer blog,
togetherwepray.org. Visit the site and follow us via e-mail
subscription.
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Carondelet Chronicles
Linger Over Breakfast: Nov. 10
Sister Judy Miller presents Love of Power and Power of Love
by Sister Kate Filla, CSJ
At the Nov. 10 Linger Over
Breakfast, Sister Judy Millers
topic was Love of Power and the
Power of Love. S. Judy focused
on three areas: our view of
power, what Gods power
looks like and the ways power
inuences our spirituality. She
dened power as the capacity
to act, to inuence and to create
change. S. Judy reminded us
that if we are alive we have power. What does our individual
power look like?
One kind of power is a controlling power. It restricts us, is
not interested in relationships, and thrives in an atmosphere
of fear, limitation and restriction. Using power to control
reinforces an unhealthy independence at the cost of
communal interdependence. When a person uses this kind
of power, she/he is not open to being changed. Inequalities
are allowed to continue because the other is not viewed as
someone to learn from or to be inuenced by.
A second view of power is based on relationships in which
one can both inuence and is open to being inuenced.
In this kind of power, each can allow the other to develop
without feeling diminished or threatened. When there is an
awareness of our interconnectedness, our interdependence
is valued and honored. When I use personal power in this
context, I know that my decisions and choices impact others.
Mutuality is the cornerstone of life in which the use of the
power of love is used for the well-being of all.
Te second strand of S. Judys presentation focused on
our images of God. Do we image God as controlling,
all-knowing, all-powerful? Is God out there, somewhere
isolated and untouchable? If this is our God, we will invoke
Gods will and employ the mantra, oer it up.
Or is the God we know one of relationship, a God who
is immanent and receptive? Do we relate to divine power
as the power of love that is life-giving? Do we believe that
we are co-creators with God? If the God in our life is the
God of love, we will take in all that is and hold everything
in compassion and love. We will open ourselves to the
transformative power of love. We were born to make
manifest the glory of God that is within us. (Marianne
Williamson)
In considering the two kinds of power we could say that
power as control looks like this: I am indispensable; I know
what is good for you; I am an advice-giver, I engage in
parent-child relationships.
But power as love, power as relational looks like this: I take
responsibility for my life; I embrace all of my humanity; I
allow others to nd out for themselves what they need; I
foster mutuality; I live out of interdependence; I learn from
others; I am caring, not care-taking.
We may consider Jesus as being fully in this context of
relational power. Te loving, compassionate relationships
with those in his life are what provide us with a template for
our lives. As S. Judy said, if we are alive we have power. How
do we choose to use it?
Miller
Upcoming Events
St. Louis Saturday, Jan. 26
From Retribution to Restoration
with S. Rose McLarney, CSJ
Kansas City Saturday, April 6
Global Spirituality with a Local Address
with S. Rose McLarney, CSJ
Visit www.csjsl.org for more information about
the 2013 LOB events in St. Louis and Kansas City
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Justice
See, I am doing a new thing! Now it
springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the desert and
streams in the wasteland.
Isaiah 43:19
Going Inward, Growing Outward
At the end of September I joined
30 other justice coordinators from
the Family of St. Joseph. We met
at the Provincial House in Albany
over four rainy days. Sister Nancy
Sylvester, IHM led us through a
process of contemplative dialogue and
understanding resistance and impasse.
We worked together examining
our collective and individual justice
ministries over the past 10 years.
Where have we been? Where was God
calling us to next?
Together we stepped into the
unknown. We were clear that we
were being asked to live and work in
new ways; that we need to go inward
in order to grow outward. But we
arent clear what the justice ministry
looks like in this new awakening of
consciousness. We reminded one
another the Sisters of St. Joseph have
long worked for justice as it is the core
of our charism. But over time, in the
trenches of peace and justice work,
some of us may have succumbed to
anger, frustration, disappointment and
have forgotten the connection of justice
work to the Gospel, the charism and
Catholic social teaching. All too easily
we get drawn into tactics, strategies
and campaigns that mimic the abusive
and oppressive structures we seek to
transform.
Tis was a call to radical action
radical as in its true sense a returning
to the root. Returning us to the reasons
the St. Joseph family formed in the
rst place, to live among and minister
to the dear neighbor. We shared
concerns that moving justice ministry
into more process focused work might
undermine the many great issues we
tackle, human tra cking, access to
healthcare, challenging corporate greed.
But we waited in prayer and heard the
Spirit reminding us that from the being
comes the doing. Tat if we attend
to how we must be in this world, a
loving and compassionate presence that
speaks truth to power, then we will
know what to do.
Its not that we arent going to work on
issues of tra cking, death penalty, care
for creation and the many other unmet
needs in this unnished world, but
what we do will come from a deeper
call, inviting ourselves and others to
engage in justice from a pastoral care
perspective and not just challenging
power no matter the means, caring for
the power holders as much as those
who are oppressed.
S. Mary Ellen Gondeck of the
Congregation of St. Joseph said to me,
Jesus told us the poor will always be
with us. I wonder, she asked, who are
the poor? Are some of the CEOs and
politicians who are living in spiritual
and ethical poverty the poor? People
in power and privilege who live in so
much fear about what they will lose if
they compromise, appear soft or allow
themselves to open to the needs of
another, are they the poor? We live in
a culture and world that is a culture
of povertythose who have fear of
what they will lose and thus take more
in a false hope it will bring security.
What does a compassionate justice
ministry look like to these even as we
minister to those who are suering
from the consequences of such beliefs?
How much of that fear drives my own
choices?
Tat is the shift we feel called to
work toward, a radical spiritual
transformation that takes away all
fear and moves us toward the endless
love God has to oer. Sounds a bit
Pollyanna, I know. But I think its
possible.
]oin Us on tbe ]ourney
We invite you to visit our new justice
blog at anunnisbedworld.org.
It is a place online where together,
sisters, associates and peacemakers
can share musings, reections and
challenges of meeting the unmet needs
in an unnished world. We hope to
collectively create a safe place to come
together and celebrate what great
things are happening for peace and
justice, because honestly, we dont hear
enough of the good news thats out
there.
And that is the other thing our blog is
about, sharing the Gospelthe good
news that peace is possible. Its not easy,
but its possible. Its not going to be one
great act or a single campaign, but the
little stu we do every day, carefully,
intentionally and collectively. Join us on
the journey!
An Unnished World
by Anna Sandidge, justice coordinator
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Father Bryon Massingale is an African-American diocesan
priest from Wisconsin, who serves as a professor of
Christian ethics at Marquette University. He gave us much
to think about and also shared very personal recent stories of
discrimination he has experienced.
Although we have put many laws into place that prohibit
racial discrimination, it still exists on many levels. Tis
discrimination can be very subtle. Tis is due to the fact that
Caucasians have with them at all times an invisible backpack
lled with privileges. Tese privileges can be exercised
when purchasing a house in a particular neighborhood,
applying for a loan or renting an apartment. If you are a
male Caucasian you have even more privilege. Fr. Massingale
reported that if you are an African-American cleric you have
some privilege not aorded to an African-American non-
cleric.
Tis white privilege is exhibited in many ways according
to Peggy McIntosh, an American feminist and anti-racist
activist. Examples:
1. I can be pretty sure of renting or purchasing housing in
an area which I can aord.
2. I can go shopping alone most of the time, pretty well
assured that I will not be followed or harassed.
3. I can do well in a challenging situation without being
called a credit to my race.
Much work needs to be done and, probably, we will not
see an end to discrimination in our lifetime. One half of
children under the age of ve are members of a minority
group. Te landscape of our country will change drastically
by the time these children grow up. Hopefully the next
generation will nd a way to eliminate discrimination based
on the color of a persons skin.
According to Fr. Massingale the answer lies in talking about
the problem. Unfortunately these discussions are seldom
fruitful. Reasons for this are:
We dont know what we are talking about.
We dont know how to talk about it.
We dont really want to talk about it.
He exhorted us not to be discouraged, but to face racism
head on as we nd it.
In closing I would highly recommend Fr. Massingales book
Racial Justice and the Catholic Church. It may give you some
new insights.
Racial Justice and the Catholic Church
Reections on workshop given by Father Bryon Massingale
by Sister Margaret Gregg
blog: an unfinished world
together we act with the dear neighbor for peace and justice
Join us on the journey as Justice Coordinator Anna Sandidge shares the
good news that peace is possible. Together, in conversation, we can work
for systemic change.
Visit anunnishedworld.org directlyenter your e-mail address and
click follow to receive Annas posts. OR...
Visit csjsl.org and click on the green Act for Justice button, as shown.
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Someday after mastering winds, waves, tides and gravity,
we shall harness the energies of love, and then, for the second
time in the history of the world, humans will discover re.
Teilhard de Chardin
Tere are times when I feel that my car mirrors my physical/
psychic energy. After returning to Denver following the
death of my dearest friend, Sister Eileen Smits, I had to
move from a house that I had been living in for a number of
years. When I nally noticed that the oil light in the car was
glowing bright red, I drove to my neighborhood mechanic.
Jason did a quick check of things, and told me that I must be
surrounded by a herd of angels because my car appeared to
be running on fumes.
Fumesthats what I was running on, vapor with no
substance. In the midst of my grieving, I had forgotten all
those angels, those messengers of grace in my life telling me:
Do not be afraid, theres new life on the way!
One of these messengers is Barbara Marx Hubbard, whom
I had become aware of when I was a member of the World
Future Society some years ago. When I saw that she would
be speaking at a church in my new neighborhood, I knew
that I had to see whether she still possessed that passion
for life in its fullest sense. Yes, she does and so much more.
She sees the birthing process as the unfolding story of
creation. Our conception originated in the Void, the Field
of All Possibilitiesthe mind of the cosmosGodand
has been manifesting through billions of years of cosmic
evolution (Birth 2012 and Beyond: Humanitys Great Shift
in the Age of Conscious Evolution). However, we see so many
changes and meltdowns going on around us and we become
afraid. Hubbard calls these the contractions of a new birth.
Do not be afraid, theres new life on the way!
Another messenger of grace has turned out to be my own art
work. When I seemed to have lost everything else, I knew
I was still an artist. I began to look at my own work, for
those images that would give me solace. I saw the ute and
the reed, and remembered that the artist must always listen
to the song that creation plays through her. Te ute and
reed brought back to memory a book that I had not picked
up for a long time: Te Reed of God by Caryll Houselander,
an English artist and spiritual writer. Since it was written
in 1944, some of the language may seem a little archaic.
However, it is profound in its earthiness and simplicity.
With titles like Emptiness, Fiat, Te Fugue, Houselander
has oered a series of little essays on Mary, each lled with
beautiful images. She writes that emptiness is like the
hollow in the reed, the riftless emptiness, which can have
only one destiny: to receive the pipers breath and to utter
the song that is in his heart. And on Marys yes:
Te wind of the Spirit had beaten on the door, rattled the
windows, tapped on the dark glass with the tiny hands of
owers, ung golden seed against ityet the Spirit was
outside. But one day a girl opened the doorSeas of light
swept through it, and the light remained in it; and in that
little house a Child was born and the Child was God.
Caryll Houselander died in 1954 of cancer. She was 53 years
old. She was a lay woman who saw the extraordinary in her
ordinary daily life. She was open to all those messages of
grace. Do not be afraid, theres new life on the way!
Sharing of the Heart
Messengers of Grace
by Sister Jean Iadevito
Seas of light swept through it, and the light remained in it;
and in that little house a Child was born and the Child was God.
Caryll Houselander
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Abundance
by Associate Dorothy Dempsey
When I was growing up, Christmas was a very
special day. It was the one time out of a year being
poor was not so bad. Despite the fact of a sparsely
decorated Christmas tree or maybe once in awhile,
no tree at all, to my siblings and me any tree was the
biggest tree in the world.
Being a member of a large family does not allow for
receiving an abundance of toys but, believe me when
I say, we were the most grateful children in the world
for what we did receive.
My dear mother knew how to stretch a meal. I can
fondly remember one Christmas that my mother was
trying to make sweet potato pies. She did not have
enough sweet potatoes so she used a combination of
both white and sweet potato and it still tasted good.
Speaking of food, my father could make some of the
best corn bread dressing ever, all of this along with
the wonderful smells coming out of the kitchen, and
the apples and oranges, nuts and candy spread under
the tree, it was as if you had died and gone to heaven.
When I awoke on
Christmas morning I
was never disappointed
because a very little
seemed like a lot. When
we all sat down for the
Christmas dinner,
I felt overjoyed to
be all together
with family and
sharing a meal
with loved
ones. You
could never
ask for
anything
better
than
that.
Consecration of the Two Trinities
Creator, Incarnate Word, and Spirit,
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, we consecrate
ourselves to you and rmly declare that:
In honor of the Creator, we will commit ourselves
to the search for Your willfor ways that lead
to a deeper union and reconciliation with You,
among ourselves and with the dear neighbor.
In honor of God the Spirit, we will practice
the most pure and perfect love possible
in all our relationships, keeping in mind
that our congregation was established
to make Your love known.
In honor of Jesus, we will live and die in untiring zeal
for the salvation and perfection of the neighbor,
for the total double union.
In honor of Mary, we will
live in great delity to all the inspirations of grace,
inspirations of Your Holy Spirit calling us
to take the next step in the journey toward
perfect union with You and with the neighbor.
In honor of St. Joseph, our patron,
we will be one in unity and charity
among ourselves and compassionately present
toward every kind of neighbor, just as Joseph
was all charity for Jesus and Mary.
From the Spirituality Committee
Te Reglement, one of the foundational elements of our CSJ
spirituality, invites each one of us to a year-end examen of our
personal spiritual journeys over the last 12 months, followed by an
individuals consideration of resolutions necessary to renew herself/
himself. At the conclusion of this personal, private reection,
the Reglement then encourages us to together make a total
consecration of oneself to the uncreated and created trinities in
the context of a community gathering. Tis prayer of consecration
states the heart and passion of our spirit and spirituality.
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I live and work in Fairhope, Ala., a
small charming town on the Eastern
Shore of Mobile Bay. When Mobile
Bay was discovered by the Spaniards
centuries ago, it was originally named
the Bay of the Holy Spirit (I do believe
that the Holy Spirit still dwells here).
Te small town of Fairhope, located
directly across the bay from Mobile,
is an a uent community in which
many seem to deny the existence of
the poor. But along the highways and
byways, down the crooked dirt roads
within the county and even within the
limits of the township just outside the
city limits, a substantial number of
mostly African-Americans live in very
substandard houses, mobile homes
and shacks. Many of these people are
remnants of the slave trade who are
the eld hands and farm workers hired
to work on the large farms that dot
the sprawling agricultural county
Baldwin County, the largest county
in Alabama. I have worked here for
the last 25 years serving the people of
Fairhope and Baldwin County, trying
to make a dierence in the lives of the
people, whether they be rich or poor,
black or white. All are Gods children.

I founded an organization called
Eastern Shore Aordable Houses
(ESAH) that is dedicated to improving
the living conditions of the poor.
Tese poor are mostly the elderly, the
handicapped or single women with
children. Tis organization provides
low-income housing and repairs
houses for the needy. I am not alone
in my work and many people have
and do help me. Early in my work a
very generous man and his mother
donated a two-acre piece of property
within the township of Fairhope and
in the middle of an African-American
community. Tis wonderful donation
was the beginning of a miracle that
has come to fruition as a low-income
subdivision called St. Josephs Way.

Fairhope is a very special town. Many
people have moved here from Mobile
as well as from all over the United
States, partly because it is often listed
as one of the top 10 places to retire in
the United States. Many of the people
retiring here buy a piece of property
with a small modest house on it, not
because they want the house but
Sharing of the Heart
St. Josephs Way: The Miracle Low-Income Subdivision
by Sister Julie Guillot, CSJ and the Board of Directors
of Eastern Shore Affordable Houses, Inc.
To the dear Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, St. Louis ProvinceThis is an incredible story of love
and compassion, of giving and sharing...and you have been a very big part of it.
Pictured: A house in Fairhope, Ala., rehabbed by the Sisters of St. Joseph of
Carondelet, being moved to the St. Josephs Way subdivision in 2005.
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because they like the location of the
property. Teir plan is to build their
dream retirement home here. Some of
the folks do not want to tear down the
house because it is still in reasonably
good and habitable condition. Tese
people donate the house to ESAH,
who moves the house to the little two-
acre plot where the house is rehabbed,
remodeled and brought up to current
codes. What began as a dumping
ground for peoples garbage and trash
has been cleaned up and transformed
into a vibrant community, is now seven
houses later.
Tis modern miracle subdivision was
performed by skillful, loving, working
hands, striving to make life better for
other human beings and their families
who live on the Eastern Shore of the
Bay of the Holy Spirit and by the Holy
Spirit Himself (who has had a denite
hand in this endeavor).

Te goal of ESAH is to sell all of the
houses in this subdivision so that the
people of Fairhope might have their
part of the American Dream, a home
of their own. Te organization is now
in the process of making arrangements
for three of the families to purchase
their homes thru a USDA Federal
Loan Program. Tese families and
these homes qualify for this program.
ESAH is working with the rest of the
families currently renting their homes,
to help them straighten out their credit,
so that in the future they will be able to
purchase their houses.

Now why was this property named
St. Josephs Way? Back in 2005 when
Hurricane Ivan hit the Gulf Coast,
and much wind and ood damage was
sustained in the area, the Sisters of
St. Joseph Provincial Superiors asked
every sister if they would be willing to
donate the money left in their bank
account at the end of the year to this
cause, and you all said, Yes. You
donated $10,000 to ESAH, as well
as to other causes helping those along
the Gulf Coast. Te money was used
to renovate a house that had just been
moved onto the property. Tis house
was earmarked to be used for one of
the hurricane victims. A couple from
along the coast who had been displaced
by the disaster moved into that house
until they were able to relocate. Tat
was one really big gift from you, the
Sisters of St. Joseph. Ten about three
months later when all of the money
had been turned in, the community
sent an additional $8,000. Tis enabled
ESAH to move another house onto
the property to be remodeled and
rehabbed linking you forever with this
miracle subdivision.
And there is one more reason the
property is named St. Josephs Way.
A long time ago in 1997 when I rst
started the home repair program,
money was needed and it was
requested from the Tabitha Fund. Te
fund provided the very rst donation of
$5,000 to begin work.
And, so, for all of these reasons, the
miracle subdivision is named after
youevery Sister of St. Joseph and
our dear patron St. Josephbecause
you are a large and very important part
of this miracle subdivision on the bay
of the Holy Spirit down in Fairhope.
Tank you again and again for your
wonderful support.
St. Josephs Academy Mission Week Raises $45K
During the week of Nov. 12, SJA celebrated their annual
Mission Week in support of the mission of the Sisters
of St. Joseph of Carondelet to serve the dear neighbor
without distinction. Their efforts focused on helping the
people of Peru, Gulu and St. Louis.
Sister Jo Ann Geary, CSJ, who serves at a medical clinic
in Gulu, spoke to the students about the history of the
country and the people being served and the dream of
building a maternity clinic.
Due to their outstanding work, the students raised a
grand total $45,601.94.
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As I was reading the wonderful materials celebrating the
50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican
Council, I was struck by an insight that wont leave me. It is
this:
One of the prime resolutions coming out of the Council
was concerning the rightful place of the laity in the Church,
empowering Catholics throughout the world to become
involved in ways that had been reserved to clergy alone.
Some few dioceses took this to heart; most did so only in
cautious, minimal ways. Lay men and then women were
allowed into the sanctuary as readers and ministers at
Mass. Te Lay Deaconate was reborn, but open only to
men. When conversations began to turn toward greater
involvement of women, especially ordination of women, the
Vatican began the retrenchment of lay involvement, even
forbidding talking about womens ordination. So much for
openness to the Holy Spirit that Vatican II had embraced
and celebrated. Or so it seemed.
But the Holy Spirit is not to be thwarted and has been
working quietly and steadily to bring about the deepening
involvement of the laity in the ministry of Jesus. Inspiring
individual sisters in various communities of women
religious, a new phenomenon came into being in the church:
associate membership in religious congregations.
Communities of women religious are groups of lay women
who have been drawn together around a specic charism,
a grace gift for others, vowing to live out their charism
through the evangelical counsels of poverty, chastity and
obedience, and to support each other toward the same end.
Tese groups structure themselves in ways that enable
that charism to be operative and they are approved by the
Church. Te strength of a religious community is greater
than the strength of a single member alone; thus so is the
charism.
As women religious deepened in the discovery and
knowledge of their various charisms, they broadened their
ministerial base from classroom and health care in ways
they hardly hoped possible, extending the possibilities for
the charism to take root. At the same time, the Holy Spirit
was activating the charism in the hearts and minds of other
lay persons, people who had been touched by the spirit of
the Council and felt drawn to more meaningful involvement
than their jobs alone could provide. Tese lay persons felt a
need to nd a community of like-minded others, but it was
not easy to do. Looking back, it now seems clear that the
Holy Spirit, having inspired the council fathers to open their
eyes in regard to the laity, now opened the communities of
women religious to embrace those of like charism who were
searching for community in which to invest their energies
toward the spreading of the same charism.
Fifty years after the opening of the Second Vatican Council,
I nally get it. We Sisters of St. Joseph, without conscious
awareness, have been more open and responsive to the Holy
Spirit than we realized. How many of us have been aware
of our part in the Spirits plan for the empowerment of the
laity initiated at the Council of the Church in our time? By
associate membership we are providing community to lay
members who do not have religious vows, but do have the
same charism as we. We are actively assisting the Holy Spirit
of Love to move beyond ourselves to the dear neighbor we
cannot reach alone.
I wonder if our dear brothers in the Vatican have any inkling
of the ways the Holy Spirit is working in and through the
women of the Church to bring about the enactment of the
Council mandates. I am writing this at the very time that
the leaders of LCWR are meeting the bishops assigned to
investigate them. Hmmm.
Moved by the Holy Spirit
by Sister Marian Cowan, CSJ
Inspired by the Holy Spirit of Love and receptive to the Spirits inspirations,
the Sister of St. Joseph moves always toward profound love of God and love
of neighbor without distinction, from whom she does not separate herself.
Sharing of the Heart
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Prole of an Early Sister Who
Died in the Month of December
Meeting Our Ancestors
Sister Mary Guadalupe Gomez died at the Mother House
on the twenty-eighth day of December 1899 in the thirty-
fourth year of her age and the ninth of her religious life.
Te years of this dear sister with us were few, yet she
endeared herself by her obliging nature, her innate courtesy,
and generous thoughtfulness of others.
When no longer able to attend to her duties, she kept her
place in the presence of Jesus in the Divine Sacrament.
Bearing the title of the Virgin Mother so revered in her own
country was to the little name-sake a constant source of
happiness; may this same tender aection win the protection
of our powerful advocate, in the true home of Marys love.
Tis tender little ower of the south well merited the
sweet title given her after death Gods Violet. [From the
Necrology Book]
Sister Mary Guadalupe Gomez (Refugia) was born on August
4, 1863, to Dona Marta Pars and Santos Gomez in Nueve
Leon, Monterey, Mexico.
She and her sister, Josefa Gomez (Sister Antonia Maria), were
among the fourteen Mexican Postulants brought to Carondelet
on March 5, 1892, by Sisters Julia Litteneker and Monica
Corrigan. Tey received the habit on March 19, 1893, and
professed their vows on March 19, 1895. Both sisters served
their entire religious lives as sacristans in the chapel at the
Motherhouse.
Sister Mary Guadalupes short religious life of four years was
spent working in the 1865 Chapel before the current chapel
was built. Both sisters are buried in Row 1, Grave 24 in
Resurrection Cemetery.
The Chapel in the 1865 building was on the second and third oors above St. Josephs Hall.
After the building of Holy Family Chapel in 1899 the old Chapel was used as the Novitiate
Later, it was renovated into two oors with bedrooms for senior sisters.
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It was August 1956 when Sister
Teresa Desrochers requested to
make nal vows. Her superior, S.
Mary Hilary Kratt, wrote, Sister gives
evidence of being always a good and
devoted Sister of St. Joseph. She does
well whatever task is assigned to her.
S. Teresa did just that throughout the
ensuing years.
On September 26, 1930, Teresa
was born in Rudyard, Mich., and two
days later she was baptized because
the family feared for her health. Her
parents, Lloyd and Honora Haydon
Desrochers; her sisters, Margaret,
Evelyn, Rose and Nora; and her two
brothers, Leo and James, welcomed
her among them. Later her younger
brother, Roy, was born. Tis large
family was happy and shared the work
on their small farm.
Family social life revolved around
church. Too far away to attend Catholic
school, the children walked to church
every Saturday morning, where the
pastor taught religion classes. Besides
getting out of Saturday morning
cleaning at home, the children looked
forward to the end-of-session treats.
For most of his life, Teresas
father was chronically ill with heart
di culties. When Teresa left home
at age 18, he realized he would not see
her in the habit. Indeed, two years later
he died. He was very pleased, however,
that her religious name was to be
S. Honora Marie, which she received
on March 19, 1949.
After her profession in 1951,
S. Teresa taught in the primary
grades, beginning at Holy Guardian
Angels School in St. Louis. Te
children responded to her loving
kindness and calm manner. Teachers
too, appreciated that same kindness
and calmness toward them. As teacher
and later as principal in several schools,
and as a superior in the community, she
put others needs rst, acted on their
behalf, and encouraged them by her
supportive attentiveness.
In 1958, S. Teresa earned her
bachelors degree in history from
Fontbonne College. And even though
she shed tears at the thought of being
a principal, she accepted the challenge
and earned a masters in elementary
education administration from
St. Xavier College in Chicago in 1967.
An excellent teacher and administrator,
S. Teresa served at All Saints School,
St. Tomas of Aquin School, St.
Mary and Joseph School, St. Louis;
Little Flower School, Mobile; Notre
Dame School, St. Tomas the Apostle
School, St. Anthony School, St.
Adalbert School, St. Louis; and St.
Patrick School in St. Joseph, Mo.
For her 17 years in Catholic school
administration, the Archdiocese of St.
Louis honored her on May 15, 1983.
Beginning in 1984 S. Teresa was
assistant treasurer at Nazareth Living
Center. From 1992-2006 she worked
in the institutions business o ce.
Determined to live a less stressful life,
she agreed to become the bookkeeper
for the Sisters of St. Joseph at
Nazareth.
Tis faithful servant and dedicated
sister, S. Teresa now receives her
eternal reward. May she who loved
her God now experience His loving
presence. May she rest in peace.
S. Kathleen Karbowski
S. Rita Louise Huebner
Sister Theresa Desrochers, CSJ
September 26, 1930 - October 21, 2012
Loving sister, kind, wise and supportive
Te Hand of God Shal Hold You
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Sister Nora Eftink, CSJ
May 7, 1929 - October 22, 2012
Woman of faith, community and friendship
Te Hand of God Shal Hold You
Woman of faith, community,
friendship and true daughter of St.
Joseph, Sister Nora Eftink was the
seventh of nine children born in
Portageville, a small town in southeast
Missouri. Troughout her life she
often told stories of growing up on the
farm with her family. She helped out
in whatever ways she could, including
working in the cotton elds. On the
farm, her knowledge and love for the
art of cooking had its start. She could
gure out a way to make almost any
growing thing an edible delicacy.
After rst meeting two Sisters of St.
Joseph who were working in a nearby
parish, she visited Carondelet for a
weekend. From that experience she
knew God had given to her a great
gift: becoming a Sister of St. Joseph.
She entered the novitiate on August
15, 1950, and took the name Mary
Raymond to honor her sister, Mary,
and her brother, Raymond.
Troughout her religious life she was
always ready to serve. Cooking was
her special ministry. She cooked many
a meal at Fontbonne, at St. Josephs
Hospital in Kansas City, at Carondelet,
at the Child Care Center in Chicago
and at Nazareth Living Center.
Tere was not a novice during her
tenure at Carondelet that did not
get to know her. She fed their hearts
and minds as well as their bodies. S.
Nora loved the novices, but she often
seemed gru at rst. For many she
was nicknamed the white witch of
the kitchen because she always wore
white. But once she knew you, her
love, guidance and faith sharing were
wonderful. She often asked the novices
about their courses in theology and
shared her own insights. Long walks
in the evening occasioned deep sharing
and, at the appropriate moment in the
kitchen, a maxim or two might just
be uttered aloud whether for her sake
or the novices. In essence, she became
novice director Number 2!
S. Marian Cowan, then novice director,
recalls that just after Vatican II and
wearing a new blue wool suit her
mother had made, asked for some
vinegar to put on her brussels sprouts.
Teasingly, Nora said, Vinegar?
Vinegar? Ill give you some vinegar!
With this, she picked up the vinegar
cruet and, thinking the stopper was
on tight, turned it upside down over
S. Marians head. When the stopper
fell out and S. Marian was bathed in
vinegar, S. Nora was horried. Tey
both screamed and then laughed
heartily and hugged.
S. Nora dearly loved the boys at the
Child Care Center and could tell the
cycle of the moon by the amount
of food they ate. Her cookies were
always a big hit and she enjoyed many
celebrations with them and the sisters
who were there. For occasional outings,
the boys would go to Murray Hill in
Indiana. For those special getaways,
S. Nora made the food and packed it
for the trip. She often included happy
surprises.
A simple pleasure for her, writing to
her many family members and friends,
gave her much joy. It was just a month
ago that we each received a long letter
from S. Nora in honor of our summer
birthdays telling us about her family
and wanting to know how we were
doing. She loved receiving mail, so we,
too, wrote to her on her birthday, at
Christmas and other occasions. She
also enjoyed eating out at Ponderosa,
Red Lobsteranywhere where folks
could enjoy good company rst and
foremost. She always looked forward to
these outings.
Supportive of the missions, she not
only sent in her donations to the
mission o ce, but also faithfully mailed
a box or two to S. Pat Murphy during
her three years in Gulu. She also loved
serving the sisters at Nazareth and
later, as a resident, visiting with them
and enjoying community life. Prayer
was the highlight of her day and we
rmly believe she is still praying for us.
May she now enjoy the full blessings of
the God she loved so dearly.
Pat Donnelly, CSJ
Pam Harding, CSJ
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Corporation & Council
CORPORATION
Accepted
Minutes of Board of Directors of the Corporation
meetings held August 6, 2012
Audited nancial statements for the Sisters of St. Joseph
of Carondelet, St. Louis Province for the year ending June
30, 2012
June 2012 (adjusted) Financial Statements
July, August and September 2012 Financial Statements
Approved
Ascension Health Global Mission Fund - $5,000
Y Strong Community Campaign - $2,000
LCWR Wisdom Way Fund - $100
St. Josephs Academy dinner auction ad - $300
Nancy Folkl, CSJ and Mary Carol Anth, CSJ
reappointment to three-year term on the CSJ Ministries
Board
Richard, A. Hannasch, Susan Harris and John Schmerold
as new Directors of the Board of St. Joseph Institute for
the Deaf
Sarah Conwell, Scott Kepner and Michael Hood as new
Advisory Board members for St. Joseph Institute for the
Deaf Indianapolis
Proposed changes to the investment policy
COUNCIL
Accepted
Minutes of the Province Council Meetings held August
6-7, 2012
Approved
Patrimony Request
Travel Request
Educational Request
Discussed
Department updates
Sponsored Institutions updates
Vocation/Formation update
Nazareth Living Center/BHS
Areas of Responsibilities
October Meeting
Gifts for Giving
Share the gifts of the CSJs with your loved ones this holiday season with these unique items.
Passin It On
A book of 50 stories from African
Americans who grew up in Camden,
Miss., in the era before Civil Rights.
Read in their sharing of heart
Lives of poverty
Lives of courage
Lives of struggle
Lives of humor
Lives of holiness
Cost is $10 a copy or $12.50 if mailed
(includes shipping). To order a copy,
contact S. Donna Gunn at 601-331-
3300 or dgunn@csjsl.org.
Cindys Creative Cuties
Cards designed by
Associate Cindy Bardenheir
Cindys Christmas cards in four
designs are available for purchase,
as well as a special American Red
Cross Disaster Relief card. All
proceeds from the sale of the ARC
cards will be donated to the ARC in
support of disaster relief eorts for
victims of Hurricane Sandy.
Each card is $1. To order, contact
Cindy at 314-920-2562 or
bardskards@gmail.com.
CSJ Logo Items
Promotional items available through
the Motherhouse Print Shop
Insulated Lunch Bags in
Orange and Lime ($12)
Tumblers ($7)
Blank Note Cards (10 for $5)
Goodie Bags - cards, pen, note pad
and bookmark ($5)
Short-Sleeved Polo Shirts ($20, $22
for XXL-XXXL)
Contact Sue Narrow at 314-678-0333
or snarrow@csjsl.org. Photos of the
items are available in Members Only at
csjsl.org.
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Meet Sue Narrow
Print Shop Coordinator
Face of the Motherhouse
Rest in Peace
S. Pat Gage (LA)
S. Mary Joseph Wilson (SP)
S. Gerrie Lane (SP)
Mary Ellen Neilson, sister of
S. Eileen Gamache
Antoinette Vander Loop, mother
of S. George Antoinette Vander
Loop
Margaret McGlone, mother of
S. Mary McGlone
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October
S. DePaul Goleski (SP)
S. Maria Rubina/Coqui
Father John Kavanaugh, SJ
S. Mary Brigada Lombardi (A)
S. Jeanne Johnson (A)
John Gramlich, brother of
Associate Peggy Baker
S. Clara Gilmartin (A)
S. Joan Tomas McNerney (A)
S. Patricia Arnold (LA)
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November
Tank You
From Sister Ellen Roacb
Tank you for your loving thoughts
and prayers at the time of my sister
Peggys death. Your support helped me
at this time of loss.
From Sister Connie Heun
Tank you for all the Mass oerings,
cards and words of sympathy at the
time of my sister Maurine McKays
death. Te Heun family wishes to
thank you, too.
How long have you worked at the
motherhouse? What does your job entail?
I have been at the motherhouse since April 2008. My
job can change on a daily basis; it involves printing
and coordinating projects, mail services, billing and
accounting, reconciling invoices, nishing services,
ordering materials and supplies, working with
internal departments to meet their needs, interfacing
with external vendors, merchandise selling, and any
other thing that needs to be done.

Tell us about your family.
I have a daughter, Rachelle, who is 18 years old and is graduating from high
school this month. My parents are both deceased, but I was adopted by a close
friends parents before he passed away. I am very blessed to have them in my life;
they truly are wonderful people. I also have a younger sister with whom I am
very close.

My hobbies are...
Riding motorcycles, classic car shows, photography, traveling, movies and
entertainment trivia.
It would surprise people to learn...
I am currently studying for my real estate license. Tis is something I have been
interested in for quite awhile. I used to work as a house painter and a dental
assistant. When I was a kid I wanted to be an archeologistI nd it very
interesting. Next year, I will be trying to get road certied to ride a motorcycle
and buy one.
I enjoy working for/with the CSJs because...
Every day is a new experience and the sisters and lay people are amazing. In the
past few years I have seen how the sisters have touched so many lives by their
spirituality, kindness and dedication to their mission. I have had the privilege of
hearing so many stories from local sisters and those that live in other states and
countries.
My fondest memory while working at the motherhouse is...
Tere are so many. One that sticks out in my mind was the Olan Mills photo
directory a few years ago. Tis project was very detail-orientated and the
cooperation from everyone was a collective eort. Tere was also the 175th
celebration open house that brought in more than 700 guests. It was interesting
to hear the questions people had regarding the history of the motherhouse and
the sisters. To this day I am learning new things and I share this information
with friends and family.
PROVINCE Calendar LEADERSHIP Calendar
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NEXT ISSUE: January PNN
Submission Deadline: Jan. 1 Publication Date: Jan. 15
For a complete PNN schedule, visit Members Only at www.csjsl.org.
December
1 Province Leadership Mtgs. (PL)
5 Chapter Planning Committee:
Chapter Debrieng (NC, PC)
6-9 Province Chapter: Session 1 (PL)
7 SJID Gala (JM)
8 Sarah Heger, CSJFinal Vows (PL)
10-11 Chapter Planning Committee Mtg. (NC, PC)
12 CWIT Executive Committee (SW)
12 NLC Christmas Party (PC, PG)
13 LCWR Breakfast (PG, HF)
13 Avila Board Dinner (PC)
14 Avila Board Mtg. (PC)
January
2 Fontbonne Board Mtg. (SW)
3 IEC Mtg. (HF)
5-10 NRVC Conference (JM)
10 Marian Middle School Board Mtg. (PC)
16 STA Board Mtg. (PC)
19 Feuerbacher Grant Committee (PC)
18-20 Province Leadership Mtgs. (PL)
22 Fontbonne Finance Committee (SW)
25 CWIT Bridging Home Luncheon (SW)
25-26 Fontbonne Board Mtg. (HF, SW)
27 Kingsbury Ensemble Concert (PG)
28 SJA Board Mtg. (PG)
February
7-11 CLG - St. Louis (LB, NC, PC, PG, HF)
12 Department Head Meeting (PC, PG, HF)
13 CWIT Exec Committee (SW)
16 Justice Committee Meeting (HF)
16 Avila Steer Dinner (PC)
20 Senior Ministry Day (PG)
21-22 Avila Board Meeting (PC)
23 SJA Auction (PG)
23 Spring Sectionals (HF, SW)
27 Investment Managers (PG, HF, SW)
March
2 Spring Sectionals (LB, PC, PG, JM)
7 IEC (HF)
11-13 Heartland Federation - Concordia (NC, PC, PG,
HF, JM, SW)
The PL calendar is also available in Members Only at csjsl.org
December
6-9 Province Chapter: Session I
8 Perpetual Profession of Sister Sarah Heger
January
6 Epiphany Celebration
19 Come & Explore Event
26 Linger Over Breakfast with S. Rose McLarney
27 Kingsbury Ensemble Concert
February
23-24 Spring Sectionals
March
2-3 Spring Sectionals
16 60th Jubilee Celebration
20 Dining to Donate, Favazzas on the Hill
April
13 Linger Over Breakfast with S. Sandra Schmid
18 Generosity of Joseph Honors Gala,
Kemolls Top of the Met
25-28 Province Chapter: Session II
*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.
SAVE THE DATE
St. Louis Province Chapter Session II
April 25-28
Carondelet Motherhouse
Epiphany Celebration
Lrrunov zwn Bnuwcn
Sunday, January 6 9:00 a.m.
Carondelet Motherhouse
RSVP by Dec. 28 to 314-481-8800 or
motherhousersvp@csjsl.org.