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eFocusing
A Monthly Newsletter from the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, N.Y.
Featuring Sisters, Sponsored Ministries, and Mission Advancement Activities
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Sisters of St. Joseph Brentwood Garden Ministry
Pope's Encyclical Leads To Recent Media Coverage of the Sisters' Ministries
In July, Net TV and
The Tablet Newspaper featured coverage of the Sisters of St. Joseph Brentwood's ecological conservation efforts, in light of Pope Francis's encyclical on the environment. Katie Breidenbach, a correspondent for Net TV's daily news program
"Currents," and News Director Ed Wilkinson visited Brentwood to see Sisters of St. Joseph tend to their organic, self-sustaining garden, along with their beehives, goats, chickens and rabbits. The Sisters discussed how a lack of environmental awareness harms the poor and shared their hope to inspire more conscious consumption in city dwellers and the next generation.
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Back in April, as the Church prepared for the release of Pope Francis's encyclical, Net TV's
"Currents" correspondent Konrad Aderer visited St. Joseph High School in Downtown Brooklyn, a sponsored ministry of the Sisters of St. Joseph Brentwood, where the student body at the all-girls school learns about care for God's creation. The students spoke of their visits to the Brentwood Organic Garden.
View The NET TV Segment Here
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SHA Garden and Farm Retreat
July 27 through July 31, 2015
Sacred Heart Academy, a sponsored ministry of the Sisters of St. Joseph Brentwood, invited students to join a Garden Retreat at the Sisters of St. Joseph Brentwood's Renewal Center and Organic Garden in Brentwood throughout the week of July 27th. Activities included working in the garden, helping with animals and spiritual discussions.
Students are pictured above at right enjoying the Organic Garden and one of the many rabbits that live there.
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Garden Ministry Open House
Saturday, August 22, 2015 9 a.m. to Noon
All are welcome to come to visit the Garden Ministry on Saturday, August 22, 2015 from 9 a.m to Noon, to enjoy the beauty of the garden, delight in the animals, catch up with friends and neighbors, share a tasty refreshment, and appreciate how we are all connected with Earth, our common home.
Garden Ministry Open House Flyer
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President Sister Helen Kearney, CSJ, Featured on Net TV's "Currents" and In The Tablet
During Net TV and
The Tablet Newspaper's visit to the Sisters of St. Joseph's Brentwood Campus, News Director, Ed Wilkinson, spoke with the President of the Sisters of St. Joseph Brentwood, Sister Helen Kearney, CSJ, who is the niece of the late Bishop Raymond Kearney, a former auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn. This segment aired on
"Currents," Net TV's daily news program, on the eve of the ordination of new Auxiliary Bishops for the Diocese of Brooklyn. Mr. Wilkinson also wrote about their conversation for
The Tablet Newspaper.
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July 2015 Pilgrimage To Le Puy
15 Sisters of St. Joseph Brentwood Traveled To
Le Puy, France
Where Their Founding Sisters and Mother St. John Fontbonne Lived and Ministered
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NYCB Foundation Awards $7500 To The CSJ Learning Connection
The Sisters of St. Joseph Brentwood's adult literacy program, The CSJ Learning Connection for Adult Education, was recently honored with a $7500 grant from the New York Community Bank Foundation (NYCB). This grant will allow the Sisters to purchase a Smart Board and textbooks for their program. Pictured above are New York Community Bank Foundation Executive Director Marian Conway, Ph.D. (left) and the Director of The CSJ Learning Connection for Adult Education Sister Kathleen Carberry (right).
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Sisters of St. Joseph Brentwood Annual Dinner Dance To Be Held Thursday, October 29, 2015
Registration available now online
Register now for the Sisters of St. Joseph's Annual Dinner Dance, which will be held on October 29, 2015, from 6 to 9 p.m., at The Village Club in Lake Success, N.Y. This year's Dinner Dance will honor Sister Rosalie Carven, CSJ, and Risk Strategies Company. Can't attend? There are still ways to participate - just click on Register Now on the event page to see how! Go To Online Registration |
Sisters of St. Joseph Featured in Newsday's "Asking The Clergy"
Sister Pat Mahoney, CSJ, Answers "What Is The Power of Forgiveness"
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Students from St. Joseph High School in Brooklyn and Academia Maria Reina in Puerto Rico are pictured at right during their week of service at the Sisters of St. Joseph Brentwood's Hampton Bays villa. Throughout the summer, students from the Sisters' six high schools become "reliefers" at the villa, working side by side with the Sisters, making beds, fixing meals, assisting the Sisters in the pool, taking active roles in the liturgy, and socializing with the Sisters who are on vacation there.
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Sister Jeanne Ross Retires
Sister Jeanne Successfully Led Sacred Heart Academy For The Past 18 Years
Sister Jeanne Ross, CSJ will be going on a sabbatical and ending her term as President of Sacred Heart Academy effective July 31, 2015. It has always been her goal to make the mission of the Sisters of St. Joseph alive and lived in the school. As a alumna of Sacred Heart and as its leader for eighteen years, Sister Jeanne has observed faculty, students and staff do that in so many ways, showing respect, helping each other, tutoring those who are having difficulty with a subject and participating in after-school activities. Under Sister Jeanne's leadership, Sacred Heart has maintained a rigorous academic program and nurturing environment for high-achieving young women. The recent campus expansion not only provides athletic teams and gym classes with the school's first ever track and field but enhances the beauty of the girls' environment with a true campus feel. Students benefit each day from the new Guidance Complex, Science Research Center, and warm caring spirit that has always accompanied Sister Jeanne throughout the halls. During her sabbatical, Sister Jeanne will attend the Ministry to Ministers (MTM) Program in San Antonio, Texas for spiritual refreshment and theological renewal.
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