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Erie gave — thank you!
Records were broken yet again with this year’s Erie Gives Day! Check out this year’s numbers for the 12-hour event: 8,976 donors gave more than $5.5 million to 391 non-profit organizations in our area. Collectively, a total of $113,814 was donated to the Sisters of St. Joseph and our ministries: Sisters of St. Joseph $12,896.54…
we remember . . . Mary Margaret “Peggy” Balizet, SSJ
Mary Margaret “Peggy” Balizet, SSJ, formerly Sister John Daniel, 87, of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern Pennsylvania, died on August 29, 2019 while in the 69th year of her religious life. She was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania, on May 3, 1932, the daughter of the late Ivan and Minnie (Hummel) Balizet. She entered…
we remember . . . Mary Francis Becker, SSJ
Mary Francis Becker, SSJ, 78, of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern Pennsylvania, died on August, 20, 2019 in the 61st year of her religious life. She was born Barbara Ann Becker in Erie, Pennsylvania, on October 30, 1940, the daughter of the late Francis S. and Dorothy (McGraw) Becker. She entered the Sisters…
Sisters of St. Joseph become important voice in local human trafficking initiatives
The hard work of the SSJ Social Justice office and its JPIC Team (Justice, Peace, Integrity of Creation) to increase awareness on the issue of human tracking has spurred local media to reach out to SSJ social justice coordinator, Betsy Wiest, for reaction and comments following a recent multi-state human trafficking raid that included a…
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