Our Mission & Spirituality

The foundation of our spirituality is always being open to the action of the Holy Spirit in our lives, unwilling to rest in the past, as we move always toward closer union with God.  

~Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern Pennsylvania Constitutions

 

"Historically, spirituality was often equated with the so-called religious aspects of the Christian life such as prayer, penance and fasting. More recently, the meaning of spirituality has broadened. We each have unique images and thoughts about God and our relationship with God. Spirituality can be what we believe and imagine and how this influences the way we live, relate, pray and worship. Spirituality is our sense of connection to God."

~Rosemary O’Brien, SSJ

Simply said, our mission is to unite all people with one another and God by responding to the world's ever-changing needs and serving the neighbor without distinction.

Living a Responsible Lent – Be Protectors of God’s Handiwork

By Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern PA | March 10, 2019

Living a Responsible Lent – Caring for Our Common Home – Week 1 “Living our vocation to be protectors of God’s handiwork…

what scent do you leave behind?

By Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern PA | March 22, 2018

I have been thinking a lot about the anointing of Jesus as St. John describes it in his gospel.  In…

fourth week of lent

By Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern PA | March 27, 2017

While I am in the world, am the light of the world. John 9:5 I have heard of this man, Jesus,…