April 10 - 17, 2021       

Postponed until 2022

This session will focus on the Archives. What does the word “Archives” cover? We will discuss the different types of archives: written, sound, architectural, artistic... How do they allow us to write history?" We will try to experience it through concrete exercises.
There will be ways to define what can today "feed" our archives, what we must preserve to transmit them to future generations and how to render this possible.
This program is for archivists who have no professional training but who are in charge of or just starting an archive. It is also for persons who have an interest in archives.

Suggested Contribution:   
655 to 755 Euros (if paid with cash)
675 to 775 Euros (if paid with a bank transfer)

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May 25 - 31, 2021

By the power of the Holy Spirit, the hearts of a small group of women in Le Puy-en-Velay were enflamed by God's call to reach out to people suffering from devastating poverty, pervasive violence, and stifling oppression. These women found their home in the Gospel and in the teachings of the itinerant Jesuit, Jean Pierre Médaille. They found that God was present among them, at work within them, and in love with the world in which they lived. They joined together in 1650 as followers of Jesus to become the community of God's Great Love, the Sisters of St. Joseph.

In each generation since, the Holy Spirit has awakened God's compassionate presence in the hearts of women to respond to the ever-changing needs of the people of God.

In this program participants will get in touch with and claim once again the transformative power of this charism in our midst and into the future. They will also explore the streets of Le Puy-en-Velay and visit and pray in the original Kitchen, Living History Centre, Cathedral of Notre Dame du Puy, Chapel of St. Michel d'Aiguilhe, Eglise du Collège, and Tree of the Martyrs. Then they will travel to Lyon to visit the Heritage Room and graveside of Mother St. John Fontbonne. The Lace begun in 1650 is not yet completed. The threads are now in our hands. We are challenged to be responsive to the grace poured out in our world to reveal God's great love.

Suggested Contribution:   
655 to 755 Euros (if paid with cash)
675 to 775 Euros (if paid with a bank transfer)

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July 19-29, 2021

This program is 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 July 19-29, 2021 and May 3-13, 2022.
 

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August 1 - 8, 2021

We will make an historical journey of the origins (16th - 17th century) and development of the Sisters of St. Joseph until the French Revolution (1789). We will then examine how the emergence of "The Little Design" was made possible in several contexts: political, social, religious, ecclesial during this particular period of history.
 
"The Little Design" has developed and been made by God for all people to participate in the humanization of our societies. Thus, we seek to understand how we have fostered the emergence of the Sisters of Saint Joseph spirituality and how it can be inscribed while in a relationship of proximity and universality for today.

Suggested Contribution:   
655 to 755 Euros (if paid with cash)
675 to 775 Euros (if paid with a bank transfer)

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August 11 - 17, 2021

In Laudato Si Pope Francis calls us to engage in a spirituality that is “capable of inspiring us…which encourages, motivates, nourishes and gives meaning to our individual and communal activity”(LS. 216). Where do we find this inspiration?
With today’s Hi Tech microscopes and telescopes, something of the Creator’s breath-taking magnificence is being revealed. To know that this is pulsing through our veins, inspires us to acknowledge our place in creation as co-creators.

We will explore the story of creation as revealed to us today, from the splendour of the universe to the interdependence and interconnection of all life on our planet.  What are the Creator’s deepest desires for us at this time? Where do we come from?  Why are we here?  What ought we do?

Each day begins with a morning liturgy and continues with a combination of ritual, input, reflection, discussion, sharing and prayer.

Suggested Contribution:   
655 to 755 Euros (if paid with cash)
675 to 775 Euros (if paid with a bank transfer)

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September 4 - 11, 2021

The relationality between and among the Uncreated and Created Trinities–as an expression of Divine mystery, providence and plan–calls all to a radical response. This is the prophetic nature of the spirituality of the Sisters of St. Joseph, which calls us to move relationally into the world, with the dear neighbor without distinction. This program offers a pilgrimage of the heart for all who are drawn to the charism of unifying love.
 
We will explore the prophetic nature of our call in the world today and learn how the dynamic love as expressed by the Two Trinities is a model of our call toward relationality in our wounded world. It is in this openness to relationship that we incarnate Triune Love and participate in the process of bringing God alive in the world. The week-long experience offers a rhythm of input sessions, interactive participation, reflection, as well as an orientation to the city of Le Puy and a visit to the Kitchen and Living History Museum.

Suggested Contribution:   
655 to 755 Euros (if paid with cash)
675 to 775 Euros (if paid with a bank transfer)

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September 25 - October 2, 2021

This program offers a pilgrimage for lay partners in mission and provides an immersion experience into the original spirit and global dimension of the charism and spiritual tradition of the Sisters of St. Joseph. If you are associated with one of the ministries founded by the Sisters of Saint Joseph as an administrator, staff person, board member, or supporter, this program is for you! Come deepen your learning, nourish your imagination and strengthen your conviction in participating in a world-wide movement that fosters union with God in drawing all into one. The week-long experience offers a rhythm of in-put presentations, interactive participation, prayer, and visits to historic sites in Le Puy-en-Velay. A day trip to Lyon is also included.

Suggested Contribution:   
655 to 755 Euros (if paid with cash)
675 to 775 Euros (if paid with a bank transfer)

Register by August 25, 2021
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