Diocesan News

Sisters’ Garden Project Fulfills Papal Theme

Sisters Mary Lou Buser, C.S.J., and Heather Ganz, C.S.J., are the keepers of the Sisters of St. Joseph’s Organic Garden program at their motherhouse in Brentwood, L.I. The sisters grow vegetables, fruit and raise a variety of farm animals, in an effort to respect all of God’s creation. It’s a theme struck by Pope Francis in his recent encyclical, “Laudato si’.” For more on the Sisters’ project, see The Editor’s Space story: Sisters Continue to Plant Seeds of Hope.

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The Sisters of St. Joseph maintain and nourish a Garden Ministry at their motherhouse in Brentwood, L.I. (Photos © Ed Wilkinson)

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