These are the latest items about events, initiatives and stories that involve our entire international community.
This month’s Eco-Challenge emphasizes learning more about the impact that plastic pollution is having on our health and our planet. Hopefully, you will join our efforts in making our world more plastic-free.
Bridging generational gaps can be a challenge, but it is one that sisters from all over the congregation have taken on. Here are just a few examples of how our sisters are connecting with younger generations.
Drying clothes in the sun can have a lot of benefits over using a clothes dryer. Let’s take a look at the top five reasons to dry your clothes outside in the sun.
Plastic packaging used for snacks contributes significantly to pollution. Most snack packaging is single-use, meaning it’s disposed of after a single serving and usually goes straight to a landfill.
A significant number of our sisters and charism partners have already committed to eating less red meat. If that was true, why are we doing this again?
Ditch single-use coffee and tea cups for good. The average single-use coffee cup is used for just 15 minutes but wreaks havoc on our Earth for decades!
There are a plethora of eco-friendly soaps, shampoos and conditioners available in bar form with zero plastic packaging.
While in St. Louis for the Kakehashi gathering, some sisters had the opportunity to visit the Holy Family Catholic Church in Cahokia, Illinois. The log church that stands there is the same church that the first Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet worked, ministered and prayed in when they arrived in America.
Tissue products such as toilet paper, paper towels, paper napkins and facial tissue are found in many households. They are cheap and convenient. These products are manufactured from trees that have been growing for centuries and are turned into items that we use for seconds before we throw them away.
The St. Joseph Worker program is a year-long service opportunity for women ages 21-30 in preparation for a lifelong commitment to social change and personal transformation.
The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet are a congregation of Catholic sisters. We, and those who share our charism and mission, are motivated in all things by our profound love of God and our dear neighbors. We seek to build communities and bridge divides between people. Since our first sisters gathered in 1650, our members have been called to “do all things of which women are capable.” The first sisters of our congregation arrived in St. Louis, Missouri in 1836, and we now have additional locations in St. Paul, Albany, Los Angeles, Hawaii, Japan and Peru. Today, we commit to respond boldly to injustice and dare to be prophetic.