by Katrina Alton, CSJP

“It’s an absurd contradiction to speak of peace, to negotiate peace, and at the same time promote or permit the arms trade.”

by Kate Chambers, CSJP-A

Nearly 100 years ago, my grandmother transformed the fields near her home by planting two silver maple trees side-by-side in the yard.

by Susan Dewitt, CSJP

A Culture of Love and Connection

by John Daimõku Kingham

The monk asked Layman Vimalakirti, “Where is this place of awakening?” (The Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra)

by Sheena George, CSJP

In April 2016, when I was sharing with one of my good friends that I might accept an invitation to volunteer at the Calais Refugee camp, she asked me, “Why? Why do you want to do this?”

by Susan Francois, CSJP

Hospitality is at the core of what it means to be a follower of Jesus.

On May 27 of this year, the writer Brian Doyle passed away at age 60 from complications due to a brain tumor.

by Ann Crawley, CSJP

I am fortunate to come from a family of twelve and was blessed to grow up in Dublin surrounded by lots of good friends and neighbors.

by Cristina Turino

St. Mary’s Residence, one of the sisters’ oldest ministries, is situated in Paulus Hook, a historic section of Jersey City that has cycled through different socio-economic stratospheres over the last 100 plus years.

by Terrence Moran, CSJP-A

At the 2014 Congregation Chapter, a once in six years assembly of sisters and associates to pray and plan their future direction, the Congregation of Saint Joseph of Peace stated: “Disturbed by the Spirit, we recommit ourselves to Jesus’ way of radical hospitality.”

by Frank McCann, CSJP-A

In Calais, we, who thought we came to live out a Congregation Chapter Call to share the radical hospitality of Jesus, were given a lesson in hospitality by people who, like Jesus, had nowhere to call home (Mt. 8:19-22).

by Frank McCann, CSJP-A

What return can I make to God for all goodness shown to me? (PS. 116:12)