Eco-Challenge: Engage in the Season of Creation
During this Season of Creation, there will be many opportunities to choose outward manifestations of your inner ecological conversion.
Reflections from Texas
“Where one of us are, all of us are.” With this in mind, “we” were in San Antonio, Texas the last two weeks of November helping 80 Afghanistan refugee families settle into their new lives. Here are four snapshots of our time there.
Eco-Challenge: Examine your food’s lifecycle
We often think about what food we eat and the effects it might have on the health of our bodies. We also need to be aware the effects our food has on the health of our planet. Our food has a lifecycle: production, sale, consumption and disposal.
Reflections from Wisconsin
Kawsar then went on to charm all of the volunteers at the food pantry saying to each one the only words she knows in English: “I love you.”
Sisters act for cash bail and prison reform
The U.S. Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph joins with The Bail Project to dismantle racism and eliminate the use of cash bail in the United States criminal legal system.
Eco-Challenge: Break free from single-use plastics
As a congregation, we join with people around the world to recognize Plastic Free July. How far can you go to reduce your single-use plastic purchases?
Join us in urging the UN to develop a treaty to end plastic pollution
Developing an enforceable global treaty that sets standards can make a huge impact. The United Nations has committed to developing such a treaty by 2024.
Reflections from Peru
Lilianis, her husband, and her children left Venezuela out of necessity, not because they wanted to. Economic and political life was in crisis in their country and they could not support themselves as a family.
Sisters and Border Compassion
Sisters Teresa Avalos, Carol Brong and Sally Koch reflect on their recent trip to the border with Border Compassion.
Join our sisters in supporting gun safety legislation
We call on the Senate to act swiftly to write this gun violence prevention framework into a bill and pass it into law. Please take a moment to use our quick tool below to send an email to your Senators.