“We are team players,” says Sister Therese Dowd SSJ, as she reflects on the ministries of Sister Joyce Valese SSJ and herself. “What Joyce and I do is ordinary,…
The African Sisters Education Collaborative (ASEC) provides the education and training to help Catholic women religious, both African and American, serve the greatest needs of the dear neighbor throughout…
Fourteen thousand feet above sea level in the South Andes of Peru is the City of Yauri. Sister Jean Faustman SSJ, an Associate Professor of French at Chestnut Hill…
Sister Barbara Nolan SSJ always knew she wanted to be a teacher. In 1956 she entered the Sisters of Saint Joseph in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. After teaching elementary school…
Women Religious have been the vanguard of anti-human trafficking efforts for decades. Sister Kathleen Coll SSJ is a leader in the Catholic Church’s anti-trafficking movement. She is a Steering…
Sister Lawrence Elizabeth Sandoli SSJ has served in the ministry of education for over 55 years. Twenty of those years were spent as principal of Stella Maris Catholic School…
Sister Rita Michael Scully SSJ is on a mission to aid Philadelphia’s homeless. Her mission doesn’t require a building, a vision statement, a strategic staff…just a sturdy pair of…
