In light of the current Black Lives Matter Movement, many memories flooded back from my experience of the 1965 Watts riots. This was a time of awakening and conversion for me. Until the riots, I did not know what I did not know.
Last week, Noriko Kuroki arrived in Los Angeles from her native Japan to continue her discernment about religious life. We asked Noriko a few questions so we could get to know her better.
On September 12, we welcomed our newest candidate, Guadalupe Moore. Lupe answered our questions so we could get to know her more. Welcome, Lupe!
Alive in Oneness with Christ and all creation, the theme for Sister Sally Koch’s first vows was “We are Parts of the Whole” and indeed the community that gathered virtually and physically for Sally’s vows represented parts of the whole.
Our newest candidate, Iffat Peter, began her candidacy in the Albany Province during a prayer service on June 11, 2020 at St. Joseph’s Provincial House in Latham, New York. Here is a bit of biographical information about Iffat. You will be delighted to get to know her as time goes on!
We recently welcomed Kristina as our newest candidate into our formation process. We asked her a few questions so we could get to know her better.
Sally Koch grew up on a small family dairy farm in Nebraska. Joining our congregation as a candidate in May, she found us in a truly millennial way: via Google Search.
Chizuru Yamada grew up in Hokkaido, the northern island of Japan, as an only child. Later in life, as she practiced the Ignatian Spirituality Exercises, she heard God inviting her to become a sister.
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.