Roots & Wings: Saying Yes for the Life of the World - Filled

Join Sisters of St. Joseph from all over the world to integrate your life and initial formation experience and reflect on your Perpetual Vows commitment. This intensive 10-day program will include re-reading your life and vocational call, exploring it in the light of our origins as Sisters of St. Joseph, and moving into how to live your vowed ‘yes’ today within the reality of our world and the “Dear Neighbor” near and far. Our time together will interweave an understanding of holistic human health with our history, spiritualty, mission and charism within a context of international relationships, prayer, sharing and relaxation.

This is a program by invitation only for those in temporary profession or after one year of perpetual profession to be held at the International Center in Le Puy, France on May 9-19, 2020 and July 21-31, 2021.

Presenters:
             

Sr. Gloria Philip has been a member of Congregation of Religious of San José de Buenos Aires in Argentina since 1971. She has worked in education and in diverse ministries in communities in both Argentina and Bolivia. She has served as Superior General. She gave programs at the International Center from 2013 to 2018. She speaks Spanish, English and understands Portuguese.
 
Sr. Judy Donovan has been a Sister of St. Joseph of Lyon from the US for 35 years. She is currently their leader but previously spent 22 years as an interfaith community organizer in the southwestern United States. She lived 8 years of her juniorate northeastern Brazil with the CSJs of Chambéry, She has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and philosophy and an MSW in Public Policy.  She speaks English and Spanish with good comprehension of Portuguese and some limited French.