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SSJs represented in human trafficking discussion

By Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern PA | August 6, 2019

Erie News Now recently ran a feature story about human trafficking in the local Erie area. The work that our JPIC team (Justice, Peace, Integrity of Creation) has done in generating awareness on this issue and in getting signage improvements in rest stops along PA highways was featured. Betsy Wiest, SSJ Social Justice Coordinator, was…

journeys – summer 2019

By Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern PA | August 5, 2019

Read about the experience of three women who volunteering along the U.S. and Mexico border.

Give a gift that grows on Erie Gives Day

By Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern PA | August 5, 2019

A gift to the Sisters of St. Joseph or our ministries on Erie Gives Day is automatically increased through a generous percentage match! August 13, 2019 marks the 9th Erie Gives Day, which was started in 2011 in honor of the Erie Community Foundation’s 75th Anniversary. During this event that runs for 12 hours between…

praying together

By Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern PA | August 1, 2019

Belonging to a prayer group can help us connect, not only with each other but with God. This is the SSJ mission. Many of our associates, agrégées, and sisters belong to prayer groups. One such group is the Meadville Associate Prayer Group which has met continuously, each month since it began in 1985 at the…

meet SSJ associate Patty George

By Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern PA | August 1, 2019

Associate Patty George and her late husband, Bob, became associates in 1992 at the invitation of Sister Mary Paula Zaleski and Sister Stephanie Wagner. Patty has known the Sisters of St. Joseph since her days at St. Patrick’s grade school. Today, she belongs to Blessed Sacrament Parish where she helped establish the parish food pantry.…

2019 July interim

By Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern PA | July 26, 2019

2019 June interim

By Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern PA | July 26, 2019

2019 May interim

By Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern PA | July 26, 2019

2019 April interim

By Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern PA | July 26, 2019

A moment of grace for refugees

By Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern PA | July 19, 2019

Last evening a group of people gathered at our Community Living Center where Deb Seng, Patrice Swick and I shared our experiences of working with the refugees in El Paso, Texas in May at Annunciation House. We began our presentation with the prayer; A Moment of Grace and observed silence for all of those who…