The Mary Louis Academy in Jamaica Estates, Queens, formally dedicated the newly renovated Chapel of St. Joseph on its campus on March 8.

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The Mary Louis Academy in Jamaica Estates, Queens, formally dedicated the newly renovated Chapel of St. Joseph on its campus on March 8.
The topic of racism can be a source of conflict. But when Sister Melinda Pellerin found herself in a conversation with a woman who denied the existence of systemic racism in the U.S., she let her faith lead her response.
A staggered group of seven ecology interns and Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF) volunteers lived on the 212-acre Brentwood property between the end of May and the beginning of August — pursuing their passions and making the Earth a greener place, one row of plants at a time.
Sister Lucy Mary Blyskal, C.S.J.; Sister Claire Veronica Kobe, C.S.J.; Sister Dolores Jean McLaughlin, C.S.J.; Sister Elaine Margaret Roulet, C.S.J.; Sister Florence Symes, C.S.J.; Sister Patricia Maris Tully, C.S.J.
Deacon Edward Albert Smolinski; Sister Pearl McGivney, S.L..
The ROCK Youth Group at St. Francis de Sales Parish in Belle Harbor spends quality time once a month visiting the retired Sisters of St. Joseph at the Stella Maris Convent in Rockaway Park.
Less than a year before St. Joseph H.S. will close its doors in Downtown Brooklyn for good, alumnae, faculty and students participated in the final Women’s Professional Day, Nov. 22, encouraging one another as a community rooted in the mission of the Sisters of St. Joseph, the order that runs the school.
The organization, which is run by the Sisters of St. Joseph, has seen a steady increase in donations over the last seven years, according to Jeffrey Smith, a development associate at the agency, countering a national trend of less charitable giving. Donations to Hour Children rose 19 percent during a three-year period ended June 2018, the charity said.
As an alternative to a traditional spring break, college women from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, spent a week in New York working with and learning from religious sisters.
This was a leadership workshop and retreat, led by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, that taught us how to bring forward elements of change in our communities, school and on a global scale.