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Each year, we celebrate Sisters who mark anniversaries of religious life and ministry. These Sisters have answered Christ’s call with courage and joy, and their years of service and dedication are a true blessing to our congregation, our neighbors, and the world. Click the image above to learn more about each of our 2026 jubilarians!

LATEST NEWS

Are You All In?

| February 19, 2024

A Lenten Reflection by SSJ Agregee Betsy Wiest In John’s gospel, the woman who anoints Jesus is Mary of Bethany. Let’s start by saying that Mary got it. She sat at Jesus’ feet. She listened and opened her heart to His message. As Mary begins to clean Jesus’ feet, she breaks the seal on the…

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Ash Wednesday: The beginning of the end that leads to the new beginning.

| February 19, 2024

A Lenten Reflection by SSJ Associate Catherine Shimek Ash Wednesday is the day I begin to undertake the removal of some wall that I built between me and God. I examine my life and ask what thing or things have caused a separation over the last year or longer and how I can work to…

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We remember . . . Elizabeth “Betty” Ruza, SSJ

| December 18, 2023

Elizabeth (Betty) Ruza, SSJ, age 87, of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern Pennsylvania, died on December 15, 2023. She was in the 69th year of her religious life. Sister Betty, formerly Sister Mary Olive, was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, on April 1, 1936, the daughter of the late Stephen and Anna Ruza. She…

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