Eco-Challenge: Swap your laundry detergent
In April, ask yourself: “How might rethinking my laundry detergent choices be a step towards improving the environment?”
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These are the latest items about events, initiatives and stories that involve our entire international community.
In praise of St. Joseph, the Dreamer
Joseph dreamed. What we know of him tells us that he was a simple man, a poor man in a country occupied and controlled by a foreign army. He had little reason to dream, yet he had dreams for himself and for his family.
Eco-Challenge: Refuse plastic straws
This month, ask yourself: “How might refusing plastic straws be a step toward improving the environment?”
Eco-Challenge: Recognize palm oil problems
Palm oil is the world’s most produced and most versatile vegetable oil. So why are we focusing on it as one of our monthly eco-challenges?
Continuing to fight global plastic pollution through the UN
At the same time that we reduce our plastic consumption as individuals and as a congregation, our sisters continue to advocate for system solutions to cut back on plastic production globally. The United Nations is advancing this issue, and we are following their work closely.
Eco-Challenge: Move beyond beef
In January, ask yourself: How might altering my red meat meal choices lead to improving the environment?
Eco-Challenge: Have yourself an eco-friendly Christmas
How environmentally friendly is your Christmas going to be this year? Here are a few ideas to help you make interesting alternative choices.
Eco-Challenge: Practice gratitude
In this season of Thanksgiving, may we consider ways to give thanks for the creation around us. May we practice gratitude for the abundance given to us in the created world.
Reflecting on Founders Day
In the middle of October, we celebrate Founders’ Day, memorializing the eight courageous pioneers who created our community in Le Puy, France. Father Médaille went where Jesuits were not allowed to go, gathering a group of women and helping them become a formal religious congregation.
Founders’ Day Virtual Celebration
Join the Canadian and U.S. Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph on the eve of Founders’ Day, a worldwide celebration of the founders of Sisters of St. Joseph around the globe.