by Frank McCann, CSJP-A

With their lives packed into a few suitcases, the young couple and their one-year old daughter were at the airport for their flight to America when the Taliban launched an attack on the airport in Kabul.

by Susan Dewitt, CSJP

A long time ago, when I was a proudly agnostic graduate student of English literature, I was captured by the poetry of George Herbert who spoke to God with intimate love and longing.

by Melinda McDonald, CSJP

What is the dawn that leads to a transformation of the earth?

by Susan Rose Francois, CSJP

When a butterfly first stretches out its wings and takes flight, its metamorphosis is complete.

by Margaret Byrne, CSJP

The horrific fire that took 72 lives and destroyed Grenfell Tower in London in June 2017 has faded from the media, but for those following the story much has been happening.

by Deborah Fleming, Chief Financial Officer

The Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace have responded to the most critical needs of the times throughout their entire history.

by Susan Francois, CSJP

Our Congregation’s spirituality has been rooted in a shared desire for peace from our founding.

by Frank McCann, CSJP-A

In scripture a Kairos time means an appointed time, an opportune moment, or a due season.

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).