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CSJ Newsline
for the friends of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, Albany Province
Spring 2008
Volume 25, Number 2
Sisters of St. Joseph Elect New Leadership Team
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S
election of
leadership in the
Albany Province
is a world away
from a political election.
Following the Jesuit model
of discernment, the sisters
throughout the Province
nominate sisters to
consider province
leadership as a ministry.
After a process where those
considering leadership
meet with the sisters,
receive questions and
address matters of common
concern, the sisters decide
whether they are being
“called” to this ministry at
this time. Then the sisters
remaining in the process,
after receiving an affirmation vote from the province, go into a period of discernment consisting of prayer,
honest discussion, and evaluation of each others gifts and ability to interact as a team leader and member.
This year’s discernment group consisted of 10 sisters of the Albany Province and a sister facilitator from another
religious community.
After hearing the recommendations from the discerning group, the members of the Province Sisters’
Assembly voted for the new leadership team. On April 26, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, Albany
Province, selected their new Province Leadership Team. The voting was done in the Provincial House chapel
in a reflective, prayerful atmosphere. The new team members include the following: Sister Mary Jo Tallman,
Mary Anne Rodgers (Province Director), Charla Commins, Nancy Gregg (First Counselor), Eileen McCann
and Ann Christi Brink.
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Sisters of St. Joseph Elect New Leadership Team
Y Sister Ann Christi Brink, CSJ, a native of Binghamton, is a member of the
Community Life Team at the Provincial House. A Sister of St. Joseph for 41 years, she has
been an elementary teacher and school principal. She received her bachelor’s degree in
elementary education, her master’s degree from SUNY/Cortland and completed graduate
courses at both Manhattan and The College of Saint Rose.
Y Sister Charla Commins, CSJ, a native of Syracuse, is the Executive Director of
Catholic Charities for Saratoga/Warren/Washington Counties. A Sister of St. Joseph for 45
years, she been an elementary teacher, a high school teacher and outreach worker for
Catholic Family & Community Services in Saratoga. She received her bachelor and
masters degrees in English from The College of Saint Rose and her Masters in Social Work
from SUNY/Albany.
Y Sister Nancy Gregg, CSJ, a native of Troy, is the Administrative Assistant to the
Leadership Team. A Sister of St. Joseph for 47 years, she has been elementary teacher, high
school teacher, administrator, associate principal, and guidance counselor. She received
her bachelor’s in social studies and her masters in history both from The College of Saint
Rose. She also received a Fulbright Grant and studied Korean history and culture in Korea.
Y Sister Eileen McCann, CSJ, a native of Syracuse, is the Coordinator for Youth/Young
Adults for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. A Sister of St. Joseph for 42
years, she has been an elementary teacher, a high school teacher, director of youth services
in Utica, associate director of religious education and youth ministry for the Albany
diocese, and diocesan coordinator of youth ministry for the Syracuse diocese. She received
her bachelor’s degree in elementary education from The College of Saint Rose. She also
completed graduate studies at SUNY/Oswego, Boston College and St. Bernard’s Institute.
Y Sister Mary Anne Rodgers, CSJ, a native of Utica, is the Vice President of Mission
Integration at Seton Health System in Troy. A Sister of St. Joseph for 44 years, she has been
a high school teacher, vocation director, regional superior, director of pastoral care, pastoral
associate, and senior vice-president for mission and sponsorship. She received her
bachelor’s degree from The College of Saint Rose and has a Master of Science from
SUNY/Oswego and a Master of Philosophy–Bioethics from Georgetown University.
Y Sister Mary Jo Tallman, CSJ, a native of Glens Falls, is Parish Life Director at Blessed
Sacrament Parish, Mohawk, NY. A Sister of St. Joseph for 39 years, she has been an
elementary teacher, religious education coordinator, pastoral assistant, parish minister,
director of religious education and pastoral associate for faith formation. Sister received her
bachelor’s degree from The College of Saint Rose and her Masters in Pastoral Ministry from
Boston College.
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CSJ Newsline
FROM THE PROVINCE DIRECTOR
Spring 2008 Volume 25 Number 2
Dear Friends,
Thank you!! Gratitude is a felt response of awareness and appreciations
for a kindness shown. As we celebrated our 150th in April, we were well aware
that our ministry and service would not be possible without the parents, friends,
benefactors and co-ministers who have worked with us and contributed so
generously to our ministry. In the name of the Province Leadership Team, I
write to thank you for the many ways in which you have graciously gifted the
Sisters of St. Joseph during our years, and especially in the past four years.
During these past four years, you have joined us for Ziti Dinners, Golf
Tournaments, special appeals and celebrations. We have a van, new windows
to keep heat in and cold out and upgraded kitchen appliances. We are working
on replacing the first of our six elevators. We have renovated and welcomed
many to Carondelet Hospitality Center. You have helped us shape our hopes
for Senior Housing at Shaker Pointe at Carondelet, Inc.
In August, we welcome a new Province Leadership Team, Sisters Anne
Christi Brink, Charla Commins, Nancy Gregg, Eileen McCann, Mary Anne
Rodgers and Mary Jo Tallman who will provide the leadership for our life and
ministry for the next five years. They will also come to know how gifted we
are through the generosity of your time, talent and treasure to each of us.
As I close this letter I use the words of Joyce Rupp from May I Have This
Dance
as I pray:
“We are grateful for the treasure of loved ones whose hearts of
openness and acceptance have encouraged us to be who we are.
We are grateful for their faithfulness, for being there when we
were most in need and for delighting with us in our joyful seasons.
We are grateful for the messengers of God – people, events,
written or spoken words, - that came to us just at the right time and
helped us to grow.
We are grateful for God calling us to work with our gifts,
grateful that we can be of service and use our talents in a
responsible and just way.”
I am grateful to each of you who have blessed us on our journey! Know
you are held in our thoughts, prayers and love.
Blessings,
Sister Kay Ryan CSJ
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CSJ Newsline is published
three times a year by the Albany
Province of the Sisters of St.
Joseph of Carondelet for our
families and friends.
Province Director:
Sister Mary Catherine Ryan
Province Treasurer:
Sister Serena A. Thompson
Development Office Staff:
Sister Carol Rohloff, director
Kristine Ruddy,
development coordinator
Veronica Visker, staff
Carmella Latham, staff
Sister Ellen Michele Cullen, staff
Sister Jane Mary Dardis, staff
Sister Mary Catherine Barron,
proof reader
Stimulated by the Holy Spirit of
Love and receptive to the Spirit’s
inspirations,
the Sister of St. Joseph moves
always toward profound love of
God and love of neighbor without
distinction
from whom she does not separate
herself and for whom, in the
following of Christ, she works in
order to achieve unity both of
neighbor with neighbor and
neighbor with God
in humility, the spirit of the
Incarnate Word, and in sincere
charity, the manner of St. Joseph
whose name she bears.
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
385 Watervliet-Shaker Road
Latham, New York 12110
Director: (518) 783-3600
Development Office:
(518) 783-3614
Fax: (518) 783-3534
e-mail: [email protected]
web site: www.csjalbany.org
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FROM THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
Dear Friends,
“Nostalgia” seems to be popping up in my life quite often these days. In May, Sisters Sara Kirsch, Marcia Blair,
Sandra Tripp and I had the opportunity to attend an Elderhostel Program entitled “Beyond Nostalgia: Learn and
Experience the Broadway Musicals.” The program was wonderful not only in the content but in the many interesting
and delightful people we had the chance to interact with. Funding for the program was provided from our CSJ
community fund for ongoing education and from Elderhostel. The period covered was from the time of the early
musicals including vaudeville and minstrels to and including the work of Frank Sinatra. The teacher, who was a
wonderful pianist, led the 40 some elders in singing old time favorites. Some of the music was “pre-my time” but I
was familiar with it. It was a joy to see those older than I belt out the oldies.
One of the joys of being Director of Development is to hear from so many of our friends who have been influenced
in life by the Sisters of St. Joseph. Again, “nostalgia” comes to mind. Yesterday, I received a letter and several DVDs
which were copies of a video of the reunion of St. Mary’s Home in Binghamton which was held in 1996. The DVD
was from Michele A. Rhodes. Michele’s mother, Charlotte Hickox Tedino, was raised at the Home with her brothers,
Frederick and Warren and her sisters, Ada and Anna. We certainly thank Michele for her thoughtfulness. Copies of
the DVD will have a place in our archives. Sister Margaret Madden, who was at the home for a short time, was in the
office when the DVD arrived. She enjoyed viewing it with the office staff. Other sisters interviewed and shown at the
celebration, including Sisters Kathryn Dolan, Marcia Allen, and Louise Bauer, will also have the opportunity to view
the DVD in the future as we will lend our copy to the activities department for all the PH residents to enjoy.
The DVD has the music of Because you loved me by Celine Dion (see page 5) in the background and is entertaining
as the former residents of the Home tell tales of their youth and point out the loving care given to them by the CSJs
during tough times. One gentleman interviewed said: “the Home carried positive memories of a structured but loving
environment.” Watching it was a very worthwhile experience for the staff to see how the CSJs have made a difference
in the lives of others. It was especially touching to recognize many of the Sisters residing at the PH and to see how
ones work in one of their former ministries made such a difference in the lives of many. If any of you, our readers
have other pictures, stories of CSJ Sisters that provoke happy memories, do share them with us.
At the time the country was singing the songs of the vaudeville era and onwards our sisters were caring for the
young children at St. Mary’s Home in Binghamton and in St. Joseph’s Infant Home in Troy. Now, in 2008, we continue
to serve the needs of the time in our traditional roles in schools, hospitals, parishes, soup kitchens etc. but we also are
creating something new with our ministry of hospitality in the Hospitality Center, and in our endeavors at creating
Shaker Pointe at Carondelet, Inc. (See Sister Kay’s message.)
As in the past we rely on your goodness and support. We thank you for all you do and are to us. If you live in the
Latham area, please do participate in our September fund raiser by purchasing tickets for your BBQ chicken dinner
from the development office (see the back cover of this Newsline). When you hear an old song – sing it loudly and
nostalgically remember all the people in your life when you first learned that song. It is the PERSONS, events and
situations of life and what we choose to do with them that make us who we are today. Have a safe and happy summer.
Blessings,
Sister Carol A. Rohloff, CSJ
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Because you loved me
by Celine Dion
For all those times you stood by me
For all the truth that you made me see
For all the joy you brought to my life
For all the wrong that you made right
For every dream you made come true
For all the love I found in you
I'll be forever thankful baby
You're the one who held me up
Never let me fall
You're the one who saw me through through it all
You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'coz you believed
I'm everything I am
You gave me wings and made me fly
You touched my hand I could touch the sky
I lost my faith, you gave it back to me
You said no star was out of reach
You stood by me and I stood tall
I had your love I had it all
I'm grateful for each day you gave me
Maybe I don't know that much
But I know this much is true
I was blessed because I was loved by you
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I'm everything I am
You were always there for me
The tender wind that carried me
A light in the dark shining your love into my life
You've been my inspiration
Through the lies you were the truth
My world is a better place because of you
I'm everything I am
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When Michele Ricciardelli Donsanto (niece of Sister Rachel Ricciardelli) read about our Sister Frances Denise
Haley celebrating her 100th birthday she thought our readers would be interested in reading about her dad, the
brother of our beloved Sister Rachel Ricciardelli.
Another “CSJ Family Centenarian”
by Michele Donsanto
grand centennial birthday
celebration took place in
Charlottesvile, Virginia, at the
beautiful country Boar’s Head Inn, on
April 19th for Colonel Angelo
Ricciardelli — my dad! The party
was hosted by his six children and
wife Jane. Also celebrating with him
were his seven grandchildren and four
great grandchildren, his brother’s
wife and family, cousins, and many
dear friends. There was a swing band
to entertain, and dad and mom as
always, took right out to the dance
floor.
On April 28, 1908, my dad,
Angelo, was born in Brooklyn, the
oldest of four children. Moving to
Glens Falls not long thereafter, his
dad opened a small store in South
Glens Falls that his mother took care
of, while his dad raised pigs and
started a small farm. Later his dad
owned a feed and grain store in South
Glens Falls. They moved from then
named Lime Street, to Glen Street
and dad attended St. Mary’s
Academy with his siblings—the
youngest being his sister Rachel, who
told him at the Queensbury Hotel,
while dancing with her after her high
school graduation—“Brother, I am
going to be a nun!.” Dad was very
surprised.
Indeed, dad recalls that when
Sister Rachel was about 8 or 9 years
old, on a windy day in the fall, a
neighbor was having a bonfire to
burn leaves. Little Rachel was
playing outside and a spark caught
her dress and then set the dress on
fire. The neighbor took off his coat,
the
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Colonel Angelo Riccadelli, 100
years old – can you believe it?
In the “Family Photo”
are, from left to right, me
(Michele), my brother Peter,
sister Claire, my brother
Edward, Mom (Jane), my
brother David, and on the far
right - - Dad (Angelo).
Missing from the picture is my
sister Laura.
got her to the ground and with that
coat, was able to extinguish the fire.
Rachel was saved although the
flames left some scars, which
remained with her for her entire life.
Perhaps it was that fire incident and
God’s loving intervention to save her
that influenced her decision to enter
Sisters of St. Joseph.
After graduating from St. Mary’s
in 1924, dad went for a year to
Boston Latin School to prepare
further for his dream of attending
MIT. Dad remembers the counselor
at St. Mary’s Academy in Glens Falls
told him to forget ever thinking about
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(Continued from page 6.)
....Another “CSJ Family Centenarian”
entering MIT—that he never could pass the entrance exams. How wrong that person was….the family has the MIT
class graduation picture of 1930, and there’s dad in the front row!
After graduation from MIT, dad was commissioned in the Army Coast Artillery, August 20, 1941. His
assignment took him to Honolulu and there on a blind date, he met mom—the beautiful (and very bright) daughter
of a Navy submariner and newly-graduate of University of Pennsylvania. He proposed to her under the huge
Banyan tree outside the Royal Hawaiian Hotel on Waikiki.
Of dad’s fondest memories are his military career—taking him and his family to so many places, among them
Japan and Europe. Some special highlights included visiting the shrines of Kyoto, a semi-private meeting with
Pope John XXIII in Rome, the Bastille Day parade and Ball at Versailles, France, watching the Passion Play at
Oberammergau, Germany, attending the outside opera in Verona, Italy, —oh— and sending his daughter to ski in
Zermatt, Switzerland, and to pray in Lourdes, France.
Like his sister, Sister Rachel, whose service to others was untiring, (as head of the French Department at The
College of Saint Rose and as social worker throughout Schenectady, Syracuse, Utica, etc.,) dad’s service to others
was always evident. He read to the blind, sang at church, and served on various committees at his senior
community center. He is a man of great and deep faith.
He and mom now enjoy looking out over their beautiful view of the Blue Ridge Mountains, attending the
University of Virginia Symphony programs, socializing with their neighbors, and just reminiscing and enjoying
their 62+ years together.
Our beloved Sister Rachel Ricciardelli (formerly Sister Marie Antonia) died October 24, 1994. The last time
I saw her as I was leaving Glens Falls to return to Virginia, she came running out of grandma’s house with a broom
and began sweeping the snow off my car.
I, my brothers, my sister and all the Ricciardellis, continue through Sister’s intercession and through the many
prayers from the Sisters of St. Joseph, to receive great help and many blessings.
CSJ Community Logo in Stained Glass
Do you remember reading about Sister Mary Assissium Byrne in a previous
Newsline? Her nephew Mike Byrne, of Syracuse, has stained glass creating as a
hobby. Mike is shown to the left holding a stained glass creation of our logo
which he created for the Provincial House.
The logo, designed by Marion C. Honors, CSJ combines the cross, which
calls us to the fullness of life, with natural images dear to us: light, water and the
tree. The water recalls for us the rivers and canals along which we settled in order
to teach immigrants, and the tree is reminiscent of the great oak tree at the
Provincial House which probably shared most our history.
When Mike and Diane brought
the stained glass logo down to the
Provincial House, they first showed
it to Sister Matilda Ann who taught
Mike in high school and they then
officially presented it to Sister
Sandra Tripp, who served as
Provincial House Administrator.
If you visit the Provincial
House you will see the stained glass
logo hanging in the front lobby on
the north side.
We are grateful to Mike and
Diane for gifting us with such a
beautiful piece.
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E
ach chapter of my life is
somehow connected to those
before it. I like to look for the
connections as I reflect upon the paths
God has paved for me. These discoveries
add meaning to each experience, and
help me learn from every stage of life’s
journey.
God blessed me with wonderful
parents who gave me the gift of faith and
who encouraged my independent ways.
Some people ask how I could live far from
such a great family. I’ve never left them,
but carry them with me wherever I go.
My father always worked two or
three jobs at a time so that Mom could
stay home and all seven children could
have a Catholic education through eighth
grade.
Despite Dad’s busy work
schedule, he was as present as Mom in
the life of his children. In high school I
concentrated on secretarial courses, and
these skills opened the door to
employment opportunities during the
next decade of my life. I went away to
college in Maryland and earned a
Bachelor’s degree, unsure of a specific
career goal. I was a campus tour guide as
an undergraduate and this led to my
becoming a college admissions counselor
near Scranton, Pennsylvania. When a car
accident on an icy bridge ended this
career, I brushed up on my secretarial
skills and joined the U.S. Feed Grains
Council in Washington, D.C. Over the
next few years, I worked my way up to a
Conference Planner, arranging biannual
conferences for agribusiness members
and feed grain producers. The perks of
this career included visits to some of the
nicest resorts across the country. Then
one day on my lunch hour in D.C., I
stumbled upon a resource center for
overseas lay missionary programs. As
much as I enjoyed the success in the
corporate world, I found myself
searching for something more.
I applied to become an English
Teacher with the Good Shepherd
Movement in Kyoto, Japan. Little did I
know how much this experience in 1985
would be life-changing for me. I loved
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All Roads Lead to
the challenge of teaching English as a
second language, and learned all I could
about this fascinating culture.
Kathy in front of the fountains in Tsu, Japan
It was in Japan that I met my first
deaf (Japanese) friends and was also
introduced to the Sisters of St. Joseph of
Carondelet. My teaching assignments
were in Kyoto and in Tsu, where the
CSJs have a high school for girls, St.
Joseph’s Joshi Gakuen.
I will never know how it feels to be
deaf, but I came close when I lived in
Japan, felt illiterate and struggled with
communication. It was only when I was
with the CSJs and a Maryknoll priest
friend that I could speak and hear fluent
While immersed in the
English.
Japanese culture, I learned to converse in
simple sentences.
When I spoke
Japanese my new deaf friends were able
to read my lips. They taught me some
Japanese sign language. This is what
inspired me to study American Sign
Language and deaf culture in the United
States.
When my contract ended in Japan I
returned home to Washington, D.C. and
applied for a job at Gallaudet University.
Once again my secretarial skills came in
handy. I worked in several departments
at Gallaudet and began taking graduate
courses in School Counseling for the
Deaf. I was a hearing person on the
campus of the only Liberal Arts college
for the deaf in the world. This challenge
was not unlike being an Englishspeaking Christian in Japan. I noticed
patterns of being a minority in the places
ROME
by Kathleen Young, CSJA
I chose to live, work and study.
I was at Gallaudet University during
the “Deaf President Now” protest in
1985, which put Gallaudet on the map
and the deaf community into world
news. When all my graduate course
work was completed I accepted a second
position in Japan, with the JET (Japan
Exchange and Teaching) Program. I was
once again assigned to teach in the city
of Tsu, at eight junior high schools, and
there I rekindled my friendship with the
CSJs. Because of my interest in
education for the deaf, I visited schools
for the deaf, blind, and physically
handicapped around Japan. My stay in
Japan culminated with a month-long
visit from an American friend who is
deaf. She was a special guest among my
new group of friends as we visited
schools and clubs for the deaf around
Japan. This friend, Vicki, helped me find
closure as I left this life in Japan.
It was also in Japan that the seeds
were planted for me to consider a
vocation in religious life. Upon returning
to the United States, I contacted Sister
Ida Berresheim in St. Louis, whom I had
met when she visited Japan. She referred
me to the Albany Province, closest to my
home in Maryland. I inquired about the
Initial Formation program with the CSJs
and soon after moved to Rome, New
York to begin working at the New York
State School for the Deaf and live at St.
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Peter’s Convent in Rome. I planned to
stay only temporarily at the School for
the Deaf until I would enter the Novitiate.
After much discernment, I decided
against the vowed life. I had developed a
tremendous respect for the CSJs I met in
Japan, Washington, D.C., Latham, and
especially the community at St. Peter’s in
Rome. A few years later I made my first
commitment as a CSJ Associate in Rome.
I was offered a position as
Counselor at the New York State School
for the Deaf, and it was a major turning
point for me when I passed my threeyear anniversary there. (I had never
stayed in any previous position longer
than three years.)
Kathy hosted a breakfast for “honor roll”
students at NYSSD in Rome in March of
2008.
All Roads Lead to
This year I’ll begin my 17th year at
NYSSD in Rome. I have not returned to
Japan since coming to Rome. However
my interest in Japanese culture has never
stopped growing since 1985. I look for
opportunities to share my experiences
and interest in Japanese culture with my
students and friends. I’ve hosted several
visitors from Japan (both deaf and
hearing) who traveled all the way to
Rome, New York. Thanks to the internet
and my Japanese friends’ English
language skills, we’ve maintained our
friendships over 20 years.
As I write this article, I’m traveling
by train to Washington, D.C. in time to
see the cherry blossoms at their peak. I
remember as a child when my parents
took me and my siblings to the Jefferson
Memorial to experience the beauty of
these blossoms. Each Spring in Japan
the cherry blossom season includes the
ritual of flower-viewing called “hanami.” Little did my parents know when
they brought me to the cherry blossoms
in D.C. that these delicate, pink petals
would leave such a lasting impression on
my life.
Thank you for allowing me to share
this journey that took me from
Washington, D.C., to Japan and back
again, only then to discover upstate New
York, all along sharing in the history and
ROME
the ministries of the Sisters of St. Joseph.
In looking back on the paths that God
has paved for me, I am proud to say that
“all roads lead to Rome.”
I look forward to sharing more of
what I’ve learned from working with the
deaf over the past twenty years. I will
lead an activity at the Provincial House
on Friday, July 11, on “Education for the
Deaf” and will share experiences as a
Counselor at the New York State School
for the Deaf in Rome. For more
information on this event, contact
Marlies Palka at the Provincial House.
Kathy is pictured here with Sister Mary
Winifred Sullivan (Sister Charles Garne),
whom she met in Japan while Sister taught
there at our CSJ High School. Sister died on
September 25, 2007.
To Remember
Family and Friends with Prayers . . .
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A variety of birthday, congratulations, sympathy, thank you, get well and thinking
of you cards are available. If you would like to place an order, please contact:
Development Office • St. Joseph’s Provincial House
385 Watervliet-Shaker Rd., Latham, NY 12110 • 518-783-3614
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Jubilee 2008
Thanks for Faithfulness, Friendship, Service and Love
by Sister Mary Rose Noonan
On Saturday, March 15, 2008, over 250 Sisters of St. Joseph and CSJ Associates gathered at the Provincial House to
celebrate the gift of vocation with the 42 jubilarians of 2008 who commemorated 80, 75, 70, 60, 50 and 25 years in the
congregation and who shared 2,460 years of service.
Applause and cheering began the moment the oldest jubilarians entered the chapel to begin the procession and continued
until the two silver jubilarians had taken their seats. Sisters Katherine Arseneau and Jackie Johnas led the Litany of
Remembrance as Sisters Peggy Ann Hoerburger, Rosemarie Freitag, Mary Clementine Lynch and Florence Majewski lighted a
candle for each of the 72 deceased members of the jubilee groups. After PH Chaplain Geoffrey Burke had proclaimed the Gospel,
Sister Lucille Theroux inspired participants with a homily focused on developing an approach that enables us to recognize God
in all of life’s events and how on this jubilee day, we are filled with light-in the Word, Eucharist, the richness of dance and song
and with the joy of being together.
Throughout the day, jubilarians, sisters and associates
expressed thanks to the Jubilee Committee, Morrison Food
Service, Sacristan Marguerite Tierney, Hospitality
Coordinator Pat Conron and all others who had helped to
plan the beautiful day of celebration. Most of all, sisters
and associates alike, offered thanks to God for the gifts of
faithfulness, friendship, service and love with which they
had been blessed.
75th
Sisters William Agnes Nelson and
Mary Ancilla Leary celebrated
75 years as Sisters of St. Joseph.
70th
Sisters celebrating
70 years include (bottom
row, left to right) Sisters
Marion Rypski, Vincent
Marie O’Hagan, Thecla
Monahan, Rosanne
Miller; (middle row, left to
right) Sisters Clara
Gilmartin, Eileen Crosby,
Philip Maria Coffey, Mary
Lucille Grouchy and Mary
Sheila O’Hara; (back row,
left to right) Sisters
Jeanne Pierre Mittnight,
Mauretia Kelly, Rose
Genevieve Sullivan,
(Missing from the photo is
Sister JoanSchermerhorn.)
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60th
Sisters celebrating 60 years include
(bottom row, left to right) Sisters Joseph Ann
Murphy, Ann Therese Flynn and Jane Mary
Dardis; (top row, left to right)
Sisters Theresa Marie Finnerty and James
Michael Ryan. (Missing from the photo are
Sisters Lois Mary and Elizabeth Mary
Paciello.)
50th
25th
Sisters celebrating
50 years include
(bottom row, left to right)
Sisters Kathleen Eagan,
Barbara Mary St. Andrews,
Margaret Donovan, Carol
Ann Porter; (middle row,
left to right) Sisters
Florence Majewski,
Francine Dempsey,
Maureen Moffitt,
Catherine McNamee,
Patricia Nicholson,
Mary Damien Cushing,
Lucille Theroux and
Barbara Kuczynski; (top
row, left to right) Sisters
Maura Simms, Rita
Duggan, Rosemarie
Freitag, Joan Cadden,
Mary Clementine Lynch.
Sisters celebrating 25 years include
(left to right) Sister Peggy Ann Hoerburger
and Sister Patricia St. John
Jubilee 2008
Spring 2008
CSJ Newsline 11
A Mass To Remember
by Sister Susan O’Connor
In anticipation of Pope Benedict’s trip to New York City, The Evangelist
advertised a lottery for those who wished to attend the pope’s Mass at Yankee
Stadium on April 20. Sister Peg Keddell and I submitted our names to attend as
companions to each other. Sister Peg was chosen and I was able to go with her.
We saw Sister Linda Hogan at the stadium, and Sister Nola Brunner attended the
Mass for priests and religious at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
My interest in seeing Pope Benedict XVI was based on the weekly reading of
most of his excellent Scriptural homilies and theological talks in the Vatican’s
weekly English edition of L’Osservatore Romano.
As we arrived at the Pastoral Center in Albany to check in Sunday at 4:30
a.m., we heard the good news that our seating
in Yankee Stadium had been upgraded to a
seat near home plate where the pope and the
procession lined up for Mass. The seating tickets we received were site
specific and had on them a picture of the pope. The sun broke through
just as the pope arrived for Mass at 2:30 p.m., and the crowds went wild
with excitement and joy.
After we had gone through security, each of us received the program
for Mass, a plastic bag with a rain poncho, a copy of The Catholic
Digest, Mary’s Magnificat, the American Bible Society’s Gospel of
Luke, photographs of the pope and a white napkin that we waved to greet The pope greets delighted admirers
and blesses the faithful.
the pope.
Our Holy Father’s response to the love of the cheering crowd of
Sisters Peg
57,000 was as warm and responsive as the crowd’s cheering for him had Keddell
been. He seemed to delight in the crowd. The American people gained and Linda
a deeper insight into who Pope Benedict XVI is as he reached out to one Hogan at
group after another. For the pope’s birthday, the U.S. Bishops and peo- the papal
ple gave him $800,000 for his charities. He immediately donated a gift Mass
to the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
The text of the pope’s talks is now available online. The spirit of his words was
positive and reflected an appreciation of the diverse cultures in the United States. He
focused on some of the problems facing American Catholics and offered solutions to
some of the issues. Contrary to the harsh view many people had of the pope upon his election, we felt the
touch of a very warm and caring pontiff.
As we listened to the reflections from some of the 460 persons from the Albany Diocese who had attended the papal Mass, we could see that their faith had been enlivened; they were enthusiastic and excited about
being Catholic. We noticed many young women from various religious communities who were walking
through the crowds, and we observed how people seemed to connect with us and one another in such friendly ways.
Leaving the parking lot as we began our bus trip home was a challenge. Imagine 850 buses parked three
deep in close, parallel rows! We were in Lot #13, and as we left Gate 4, we were almost carried along by
the crowd who had entered the parking at varied times but who were leaving at the same time! We were
back in Albany by 9:30 p.m. because the people on our bus wished not to stop for dinner.
CSJ Newsline 12
Spring 2008
12th Annual CSJ Classic
O
by
by Kris Ruddy, Development Coordinator
n Monday May 12th, the Sisters of St.
Joseph held their 12th Annual CSJ
Classic Golf Tournament at Shaker Ridge Country
Club. It was a chilly and windy day, but the rain
held off. There were 106 who participated in the
event. The day began with registration at 10:45
a.m. followed by a cook-out. The golfers were then
off with a shotgun start at 1:00 p.m. Immediately
following golf was an awards reception and dinner
with our Master of Ceremonies, sportscaster
Rodger Wyland, from News Channel 13. Rodger
also golfed in the tournament along with fellow
sportscaster and the host of Big Board Sports,
Andrew Catalon.
After dinner, event co-chairs David Molloy
and Carlo Rosetti joined Rodger in the presentation
of awards. Plaques and prizes were presented for
high score, longest drive, closest to pin, low gross
and low net. Our very own Laurel Collins,
Director of Human Resources, won closest to pin
for the women. Joe Cebula won closest to pin for
the men. Sister Joan Geannelis and partner Mollie
Boehlert won high score thus receiving their very
own “crying towel.” A great day was had by all!
Sisters Lauren Van Dermark and Milice Anthony Bohrer
heading for a tee
Thanks to everyone who helped with the event.
This year’s tournament was another huge success.
All proceeds realized from the event will help the
Sisters of St. Joseph to further their works with the
poor and needy and to support their various
ministries.
The golf outing is a wonderful opportunity for
you to network with your friends and to reconnect
with some of the sisters. So save the date for next
year and come be part of the fun. The 13th Annual
CSJ Classic Golf Tournament will be Monday,
May 11, 2009
Spring 2008
Mollie Boehlert and Sister Joan Geannelis receive their
crying towels.
CSJ Newsline 13
Honorials
During the fiscal period
January 1 to May 31,
2008 contributions were
made in honor of the
following people.
150th Anniversary Celebration
Mrs. Gertrude Abele
Patricia Abrahams
Madeline Agresta
Richard Ahlstrand
Mrs. Lillian Alexander
Sister Marcia Allen
Juan and Fabiola Alvare
Thomas Anderson
Elfren Aranas
Marie Ariao
Sister Veronica A. Armao
Patrick Aswad
Arthur and Betty Atanasoff
Sister Grace Bacon
Sister Ann Marie Ball
John Baran
Anna E. Barber
Eric Bardon
Jeremy Bardon
Lilibeth Bardon
Laura Barnell
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Barno
Sister Mary Catherine Barron
Rev. Alfred J. Bebel
Maureen Bedard
Shirley Belleville
Joan Bellinger
Bellmer Family
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold R. Bellmer Sr.
Bob Bendon
Susan and Lee Benton
Eileen Page Benzel
Bonnie Bergen
Frances Bergmeir
Mary Ellen Bielby
Frederick Bindeman
Mrs. Mary Rose Biviano
Sister Charleen Marie Bloom
Julie Boblin
Sister Milice Anthony Bohrer
Angelina Bonsi
Sara Bouchard
Sister Maria Bouleris
Claire Bradley
Jean H. Brahm
Paul Brehm
Jeanne Brennan
Margaret Brennan
Sister Ann Christi Brink
Lucille Bristol
Sister Anne Theresa Brown
Honorials
Sister Paula Matthew Browne
Sister Mary Bruce
Joy Bruk
Joy K. Bryk
Mary Ann Burch
Sue Lourdes Burg
Rev. Geoffrey D. Burke
Marion Burke
Diane and Michael Byrne
Joan Byrne
Nan Byrnes
Sister Joan Cadden
Shirley Calkin
Dolores and Larry Callahan
Vincent and Patty Callogan &
Family
Evie Camerato
Mr. and Mrs. Rocco J. Camerato
Mary Erin Capobianco
Mary Ellen Carabis
Sister Bernice Ann Carroll
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Cary
Dorothy Catello
Joan Cawley
Mrs. Patricia Cecchetto
Joseph Centanni
Millie Centanni
Sister Chrysostom Cerino
Nathan Cetner
Earl Joseph Chamberland
Carole Chambers
Alex Chatuma
Donald Chicketano
John Chirico
Mary Chojecki
Peter Christiano and Family
Mr. and Mrs. Carmen Cirasuolo
Evelyn Cirina
George Clarkson
Mary Jane Claxton
Sister Philip Maria Coffey
Sister Elisabeth Colby
Carol Colella
College of St. Rose-Schenectady
Chapter
Richard and Audrey Collis
Joseph Comella
Sister Charla Marie Commins
Community Life Team
Mark and Maura Conley
Donald Connor
Sister Patricia Conron
Patricia Coons
Denise Corcoran
Alice Corkrey
Sister Helene Daniel Courtney
Michelle Cozzie
Mrs. Edmund Creedon
Anthony Crisalli
Paul Criswell
Sister Eileen Crosby
Ann Cunningham
John Curley
Kathryn Currier
Sister Mary Damien Cushing
Hari Cutler
Teresa D’Agostino
Sister Jane Mary Dardis
Raymond Deamer
Molly DeCaprio
Patricia DeCecco
Sister Gloria DeCotis
Sister Frances Patricia Degnan
DeLaurentis Family
Larry and Kathy DeMarco
Sister Rosaire Anne DeMare
Sister Francine Dempsey
Frank Devane
Paul Devane
Sister Margaret Patrice Devlin
Dignazio Family
Mrs. Domenica Dignazio
Vincent Dimura
Lucille Dingley
Dorothy DiNova
Anthony DiPietro
Timothy Donahue
Rev. John Donovan
Sister Margaret Donovan
James Dotman
Francis Dougherty
F. Erwin Dowd
Sister Linda Jean Dowling
Sister Catherine Doyle
Jane G. Doyle
Rev. Paul Drobin
Santi Duewel
Sister Rita Duggan
Patricia Dunn
Mrs. Sally Duval
Lisa Dynko
Brian and Peg Eagan
Mrs. Elizabeth Eagan
Sister Kathleen Mary Eagan
Sister Katharine Anne Earley
Elizabeth Eaton
Marie Ann Eckler
Evelyn Edwards
Pat and John Eide
Sister Kathleen Eiffe
Sister Julie M. Eigo
Administration and Staff at
Emmaus
Frankie Emmi
Sister Frances Eustace
Sister Lamese M. Farhart
Mrs. Agnes Farone
Barbara Ann Fibkins
Kristina Marie Fibkins
Patricia Finn
Sister Theresa Marie Finnerty
Sister Jean Veronica Fitzgerald
Sister William Aloysius Fitzpatrick
Sister Robertine Flaherty
Sister Mary Jacinta Flanagan
Mary Lou and Jim Flanagan
Daniel Flannery
Most Rev. Harry J. Flynn D.D.
Sister Ann Therese Flynn
Msgr. Daniel V. Flynn
Maurice Forht
Fortier Family
Annie Forts
James France
Clara Frank
Sister Rose Marie Freitag
Helen Furman
John Gallo
Eva Galuski
Janet Gariepy
Sister Karen Theresa Gaube
Jamie Gaul
Tim Gaul
Sister JoAnn Geary
Carol Gerow
Mary F. Gersbacher
Josephine Gibbons
Sister Patricia Ann Gibson
Catherine Giglio
Sister Francis Anne Gilchrist
Florence Giles
Tina and Bernard Gille
Sister Mary Brendan Gilleran
Sister Clara Gilmartin
Owen Gilmore
Mary Girzone
Molly Gonzalez
Moving? Please Let Us Know!
We like to keep in touch with our friends;
so would you please notify us of any address changes? Please
send to: Sisters of St. Joseph,
385 Watervliet-Shaker Road, Latham,
NY 12110, or call (518) 783-3614.
CSJ Newsline 14
Another Friday Evening job….getting butter and creamers ready are
Sisters Linda Dowling, Martha Larkin, Mary Rose Fox, Rosita
Joseph Finnerty and Kris Ruddy from the development office.
Spring 2008
Honorials
Colleen Gorman SFCC
Rosemarie Goulet
Jake and Frances Grainger
Miriam Grass
Sharon Greco
Sister Nancy Gregg
Sister Ramona Grieb
George Grosz
Sister Mary Lucille Grouchy
Christine R. Gryscavage
Marion Gryscavage
Sister Patrick Lauretta Guiltinan
Brother Casimir Gundlach
Anne E. Gunn
Dr. Renu Gupta
Sister Francis Denise Haley
Sister Beatrice Anne Hall SNJM
Arthur Handly
Janet Harder
Viola Hardy
Sister Helen Dolores Hart
Sister Jean Hart
Annee Hartman
Richard Healy
Rev. Philip A. Hearn
Sister Mary Anne Heenan
Josie Herrick
Robert Herrick
Virginia Higgins
Parmer Hill
Sister Peggy Ann Hoerburger
Sister Mary Alfred Holdredge
Judy Holmes
Norbert and Lydia Holz
Sister Rosemary Hoodack
Sister Patricia Houlihan
Most Rev. Howard J. Hubbard
John Hunt
Cecilia Hyde
Kevin Hyde
Rev. Pascal Iannotti
Rev. Dominic Ingemie
Joan P. James
Jammie
Sister Bernarda Jaques
Lee Jillisky
Mrs. Edna Johnson
Stephen Johnson
Sister Alma Jones
Donna Jones
Frank Jordan
Jubilarians 08
Honorials
Kara Jueid
Sister Mary Ethna Kapfer
Susan Kapp
Father Richard Kapral
Sister Jean Keating
Sister Mary Agnes Kehoe
Sister Mauretia Kelly
Ronald A. Kelly
Jane Kendrick
Sister Geraldine Marie Kennah
Senator Edward M. Kennedy
Helen Kennedy
Sister Annamae C. Kenny
Frances Keough
Mrs. Kay Kilcullen
Sister Joan Killoran
Pat Killoran
Suzanne King
Dolores Koch
Barbara and John Kopf
Rose Marie Kotansky
Robert Kowalski
Ann Krystvan
Jean Kubik
Sister Barbara Kuczynski
Sister Christine Michael LaFrance
Florenc Lalicker
Mrs. Eileen Lamanec
Debbie Langdon
Dorothy Lawless
Bernadine M. Lawyer
Mrs. Ann Lazzaro
Cammeo Lazzaro
Sister Mary Ancilla Leary
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Lento
Millie Liddy
Nannette Loffredo
Mary Ann Lommel
Father Longobucca
Janet Looby
James Lyman
Sister Mary Clementine Lynch
Rita Lynch
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lynch
Sister Jean Elizabeth Lyng
Sadye and David Mackay
Sister Margaret Madden
Arlene Madigan
Eileen Maguone
Sister Florence Majewski
Rev. Charles M. Major
Marlene Malstri
Friday evening job…filling the cheese shakers are Sisters Marion
Honors, Ann Theresa Flynn, Mary Raphael Barry, and Jeanne Anne
Collis.
Spring 2008
Billie Marinello
Mark
Sister Mary Catherine Marrone
Anne Martin
Alberta Martino
Marty
Sister Maureen Mastine
Maureen and Chris
Richard E. May
Francis Mayville
Thomas Ian McBride
Sister Albert Joseph McCarthy
Sister Johanne McCarthy
Ann McCormick
Thomas McGraw
Alexander McIntosh
Rev. Jay McKee
Sister Helen Eugene McNally
Sister Catherine McNamee
Jim and Sally McNulla
Pat and Paulette McNulla
Sharron McOmber
Sister Katherine McPeak
Gary Mecure
Mrs. Anthony Mellone
Sister Catherine Roberta Metsker
Ann and Harry Meyer
Michelle Miligy
James J. Miller
Sister Rosanne Miller
Anthony Millone
Sister Anne Michael Mirabito
Patricia Mitola
Sister Jeanne Pierre Mittnight
Sister Maureen Moffitt
Sister Thecla Monahan
Frank Morehouse
Bill Morgan
Mrs. Mary Morgan
Carm Moscatello
Mary Mozza
Vincent Muraski
Sister Joseph Ann Murphy
Pat Murphy
Mrs. Betty J. Murray
Marie Murray
Adelaide Negri
Sister Maureen Nelligan
Sister William Agnes Nelson
Thomas Newman Sr.
Sister Patricia Nicholson
Linda Nickels
Thomas Niedl
Sister Mary Rose Noonan
Sister Rose Margaret Noonan
Mrs. William Normoyle
William D. Northrop
Ann Nugent
Nora O’Brien
Father Joseph Michael O’Connor
Ruth L. O’Connor
Janet K. O’Donnell
Lucille O’Gorman
Patricia M. O’Grady
Sister Vincent Marie O’Hagan
Sister Mary Sheila O’Hara
Mrs. Donald O’Hare
Pauline and John O’Leary
Kathleen O’Malley
Collin P. O’Mara
Edward F. O’Neil
Sister Janice O’Neil
Kathy O’Neil
Laurie B. O’Neil
Catherine Ott
Sister Jean Therese Owens
Nina Grace Pabello
Sister Elizabeth Mary Paciello
Sister Lois Mary Paciello
Helen Paikert
Sister Maddie Pallotta
Thomas Palmer
Kathryn Pangborn
Jean Parker
Sister Christine Partisano
David Pasenski
Joseph Pavlak
Mildred Pegg
Imogene Peiffer
Dorthy Personius
Sister Suzanne David Petronis
James Phelps
Ralph Piggott
Eileen Pillsworth
Judith and Ralph Pintl
Judith Pinto
Cathy Plesha
Sister Carol Anne Porter
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Potere
Erik Potyrala
Bill Price
Verne and Joanne Proper
Jola Pulcher
John Quackenbush
John Quinlan
Katherine Quinn
Marie Raack
Mary Regan
Dr. Paul Reich
Nick Riadi
Col. and Mrs. Angelo Ricciardelli
Alberta Thomas Riccio
Mrs. Ellen Q. Roberts
Rose Roberts
Joseph Robideau
Sister Carol Rohloff
Mrs. Leonard Rollo
Sister Dorothy Root
Genevieve B. Rosbrook
Sister Ann Rose
James Rotundo
Frances G. Rubino
Sister Catherine Bede Rupprecht
Helen Russo
Donald J. Ryan
Sister James Michael Ryan
Kay Ryan
CSJ Newsline 15
Honorials
Sister Mary Kay Ryan
Pat Ryan
Sister Roberta Ryan
Sister Marion Rypski
Mr. and Mrs. William P. Sage
Sister Mary Salvaterra
Sara
Kathleen Saur
Helen Sawner
Sister Carolyn Schanz
Mary Scherberger
Sister Joan Schermerhorn
Patricia Schober
Sister Diane Marie Schoff
Jennifer Schrader
Bernard Schraml
Sister Helen Marie Schumacher
Lois and Marty Schwarting
Irene Sefcik
Sister Esther Thomas Sexton
Maureen Shanahan
Jacob A. Shaver
Catherine Sheehan
Mary Shepherd
Sister Anne Sheridan
Michelle Shutlock
Jenny Simmons
Sister Maura Simms
John D. Singleton
Sisters at CSR ‘66-’71
Sisters at St Columbas 1954-66
Yolanda Sisti
Kathleen Sluzar
Mary Ellen Smalenski
Gay Smith
Sister Rose Regina Smith
Dorothy Smolinski
Sister Anne Bryan Smollin
Irma and Kay Smollin
Special Intentions
Sister Ellen James Spellman
Margaret Spoth
Chris Spratt
Jack and Peggy Spratt
Sister Barbara Mary St. Andrews
Sister Adelina St. Hilaire
Sister Patricia Ann St. John
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Stark Sr.
Clare Stein
Mrs. Eleanor Steppello
Jane and Charles Sullivan
Margaret Sullivan
Sister Rose Genevieve Sullivan
Rev. Stanislaus J. Swierzowski
Irene and Paul Sylvain
Sister Camille Szymanski
Catherine and John Tempest
Sister Lucille Theroux
Mary Therrian
David Thompson
Elaine Thompson
Sheila Tiernan
Sister Maryellen Tierney
Michael Tomik
Sister Margaret Totten
Mary Toussaint
Mrs. Elizabeth Troiani
Marilyn Trombley
Violet Turkow
Anne Urban
CSJ Newsline 16
Memorials
During the fiscal period
January 1 to May 31,
2008 contributions were
made in memory of the
following people
Thomas Barry
Julia Barta
Robert T. Barton
John Basan
Kathleen Bashford
Frank Basile
Elizabeth Bassett
Frances C. Baumes
Patricia A. Beck
Eileen V. Behan
Sister Marie Behan
Rose Belak
Rita Lupe Belanger
Rosemary Bell
Walter Bellcourt
Eileen M. Bercharlie
John Berich
Richard Berning
Edward J. Bethel Sr.
Edward Bickle
Lucille Bierl
Theresa Bilinski
Martin K. Birnie
John J Biscone
Frances Bissett
Joseph L. Biviano Sr.
George Biviano
Rodger Blackmer
Sister Joan Blanch
Walter Blatz
Richard Bleezarde
Ruth Blendell
Josephine Bloom
Eleanor Blowe
Joseph Bocain
John Bodnar
Elizabeth Boehlert
Edward Bogan
Anna “Betty” Bogle
Carl Bolognino
Nick Bonacci
Stan Bonaszek
Diane Bond
Louise Bonomo
Sister Mary Susanne Bonville
Maura Bonville
Charles Booth
Peter, John and Sterling Bosco
Bossong and DiMicco Families
Arthur Bouchard
Ann Boutin
Margaret Bowen
Virginia Bowers
Sister Anne Xavier Boyle
Henry A. Boyus
Stella Bozek
Elizabeth Brandl
Dorothy Brandt
Dennis and Jesse Braswell
Richard C. Brazell
Bobbie Breault
Ritter Brenan
John P. Brennan
Sister Mary Fidelia Brennan
Metro Breski
Barbara Breslin
Barbara, Matthew and Elizabeth
Breslin
Margaret Broderick
Kay Bromberg
Sister Jane Therese Brooks
Lois Brophy
Charles Brown
Ethel Brown
Lawrence and Veronica Brown
Pauline Brown
Pauline Browne
Margaret B. Brunelle
Barbara Bruno
Belle Bryan
Charles Buck
Barbara A. Bulger
George L.D. Bull
Robert Bull
Apol Bunal
Irene and Tony Bunal
Clarence J. Burgess
Elinor Burggraf
Rudolph Burghauser
Glenn Burke
Mary Edna Burke
Robert Burke
Sister Nancy Burkhard
Mildred Burns
Bernice Busch
John D. Bushell
Anthony J. Cafarella
Mrs. Marjorie Cahill
Eleanor Calabra
Patrick Aloysius Callahan
Ruth M. Valente
Grace Vanderburg
Rev. James J. Vaughan
John Verra
Glenn Vidulich
Patricia Volette
Brian Wadsworth
Mrs. Jeanette M. Waryha
Mr. and Mrs. James Wheeler
Mary Jo White
Mrs. Anne Whitlock
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Williams
Ann Winters
Sister Rose Leah Wirth
Anna Woodcock
Sister Patricia Mary Woolheater
Albert Wu
Theresa Wunschel
Doris Yeatts
Jean Zaffis
Ann Zugon
Michael and Maureen Zumpaso
Samuel Abate
Michael, Antoinette & Geraldine
Abattista
Edna Abercrombie
Leoda A. Adams
John Airola
Charles and Joseph Alaskey
Mary Lou Alessandrini
George Alessio, Sr.
Sister Alexander
Mary Agatha Allan
Catherine Allen
Frank and Eileen Allen
Barbara Alteri
Erma Amendale
Carmen Angotti
Arnold Anson
Henry Armenta
Dr. Christine Arnik
Jennie Arria
Marilyn Arroyo
Hilda and Nelson Atanasoff
John Audi
Auricchio & Mirabito Families
Ruth Auty
Gary Avery
John Aylward
Jack Bailey
James M. Bailey
Jean Bailey
Frank Bain
Anne Bakyn
Patricia Miller Baltes
Walter J. Bannister
Joseph Barbaro
Gloria E. Barber
Joseph and Millie Bardon
Cleneth and Linda Barkman
Donald Barrett
John Barringer
Visiting with each other is one of the “perks” of waiting on
Sister Eileen Barry
table. Sister Sara Kirsch of Loudonville and Sister Paula
Jude Egan of Syracuse enjoy each other’s company.
Spring 2008
Memorials
Nancy Campbell
Mrs. Margaret Campion
Sister Rose Campion
Rose Cangilos
Edgar Cantwell
Alan Capano
Catherine Caputo
Earl Card
Lisa Cardona
Anthony Cardozo
Gerard Carey
Joe Carmody
Anthony Carmoli
Anne Marie and Edward Carolin
Rodney Carpentier
Lucy Carrier
Sister Ana Pauline Carrigan
Thomas H. Carroll
Mary Ann Carter
Aldo Castagnetti
Theresa Catalano
Kate Caulfield
Gerald Cavanaugh
Lois Cayzer
Sister Eleanor Ceccucci
Olympia Centanni
James J. Cerone
August Cerrito
Mary Jane Cervera
Joseph and Jovina Cesaro
Earl Chamberland
Shirley Chamberlin
Rev. Msgr. Joseph M. Champlin
Bea Chapman
M. Joyce Chard
Jacob T. Chase
Ruth Chastenay
Jeanne L. Cherubino
Alice Chirico
Pauline Choberka
Simone Choiniere
Charles Christian
Nicole Christiano
Sarah Christiansen
Mary Christoffel
Michele Christy
Sandra Chupogelos
James Ciccarino
Angelo and Josephine Cicconi
John J. Cioffi Jr.
Mrs. Genevieve Ciszek
Memorials
Betty Clark
Joyce Clarke
Jim Cleary
Grace and Joseph Coates, Sr.
Joseph Cocguyt
Michael and Dorothy Coffey
Rita Colangelo
Liborio Colasessano
Mary Swain Colby
Lorraine Collette
Collins and Connelly Families
Harold Collins Sr.
Dennis Collins
Wilbur Collis
Livia Coluni
Emelia DeGiorgio Colwell
Vincent A. Condello
Tony Cones
Rose Congilos
Frank Conley
Joan Connally
Sister Cecelia Connelly
Rosette Conroy
Stephen M. Conroy
Pauline Conti
Polly Conti
Sister Genevieve Conway
Francis Cooley
Robert and Margaret Coon
Paul Corazzo
M. Janet Corbeil
Charles Corbett
Paul Corraza
William J. Costello
Kenneth Coswell
Anita Cox
Leo T. Craiglow
Herbert Crandall
George, Mabel, John and Mary
Craven
Sister Mary Estelle Craven
Edmond Creedon
Mary Criscone
John, Mary and Ben Crispo
Mary Critelli
Dominick Crocitti
Thomas Croghan
Rev. Msgr. James J. Cronin
Willis Cronk
Katherine Crowell
Rosemone Cuddy
Edward J. Cummings
James Cunningham
Orpha Curry
James Cutler
Paul P. Czech
Patricia D’Agostino
Margaret Dahn
Elizabeth Daigler
Edwin T. Dailey, MD
Frank Dalesandro
Bill and Rosemary Daley
Neal and Helen Daley
Sister Emily Joseph Daly
Evelyn Daly
Eugenia Dapolito
Claire Hurder Darling
Anna D’Ascoli
John Davenport
Shawna Davenport
Jeannine Davies
Eileen Davis
Ellen Davis
Jeanne Day
Eugene DeAngelis
Richard Deasey
Beti DeBonis
Elinor DeCastro
Philomena A. DeConno
Frank DeCoursey
Anthony DeFonzo
Jack deGraffenried
Dorothy DeJesu
Sister Helen Patricia Delaney
Arthur Delia
Sister Mary Florence DeLisle
Ruth DeLong-Hurd
Patricia DeLorme
Gloria DeLurey
William Dempsey Family
Ann Denninger
Anthony DePascale
Joe DePietro
Julia and Fred DeQuattro
Ralph DeRizzo
George DeRosa
Daniel Desautels
Daniel DeSole, M.D.
Larry Dewine
Gabriel Deyo
Frances Diacetis
Nicholas DiCaprio
Sister Jean Patrice DiFulvio
Robert Dillon
Vincent J. DiMaura
Sister Stephen Maria Dixon
James Doherty
Lee Dolson
William Domuray
Frank Donahue
Richard Donconevick
Thomas F. Donlon IV
Mary Ann Donlon
Sister Rose Bernard Donna
Brittianne Donnelly
Daniel Donnelly
Frances Donnelly
Patricia Donnelly
Ruth Dooley
Ernestine P. Doran
Alice Dougherty
Noel Doughty
Richard Dowd
Connor Jameson Dozier
Francis, Ruth and Robert Draper
Madeline Drude
Larry Dubuque
Walter Duelfer
Richard Duncovich
Betsy Dunham
Howard “Augie” Dunn
James Dunn
Patrick Dunn
Timothy Dunn
Betty Durrant
Valerie Dworak
Helen Dwyer
Kevin Dwyer
Marge Dwyer
Clarence Dyer
Conley Eagan
Sister Anne Gabriel Edgeworth
Agnes and James Edic
Neil Eggleston
Jack Eickler
George H. Eiffe
James and John Eigo
Marge Eller
Charles Ely
Agnes Emm
Sister Ellen John Emmons
Duke Enomoto
Sister Ann Barbara Erwin
Loretta Essen
Tom Evancho
Sister Caroline Fahey and family
William Falko
Rosemary Fandl
Kathleen Farley
Joseph Farnan
John A. Farnett
Rose Farnett
Edward Farthing
Filomena M. Fava
Andrea Feeser
Clementina and Joseph Feltri
William J. Fiaschetti
Leland Findley
Lois Finley
Have you ever thought about becoming
a Sister of St. Joseph?
Sister Carol addresses the
patrons of the dinner.
Spring 2008
Sisters Rita Duggan and Anne
Tranelli check the sauce out as
they enjoy a refresher.
We welcome inquiries from single women who have a love
for God’s people and a desire to live the Gospel.
For more information please contact:
Sister Joan Mary Hartigan, CSJ
385 Watervliet-Shaker Road, Latham, NY 12110
(518) 389-0605
CSJ Newsline 19
Memorials
Francis Finnerty
Patricia M. Finning
George and Anna Fischer
Roy Fish
James B. Fitzgerald Sr.
Robert A. Fitz-James
John, Joseph and Mary Flavin
Frederick Fletcher
Sister Dorothy Anne Flood
Ann Dwyer Flynn
Sister Mary Ernesta Flynn
Caroline Fogarty
Sister Maria Xavier Foley
Richard Fordtell
Maurice Forth
Evelyn Forward
Sister Remigia Foy
Francis Francese
Alice Francis
Beverly Francis
Madeline Franco
Rosemary Franeli
Walter and Ruth Franz
Grace Frascatore
Mary Freehill
John Edward Freund
Susan Fricano
Dominick Friello
Anne M. Furlan
Kenneth Gadbow
Henry and Evelyn Gadoua
Louis A. Gaetano
Robert Gales
Dorothy Gallagher
Sister Ellen Marie Galligan
Marie Galloway
Agatha Game
Eileen Gardner
Benita A. Garland
Anthony Garrasi
Joan T. Garrison
David C. Garrity
Mr. Francis W. Gaube
Melee Gazzal
Ellen Gebhardt
Josephine Geiringer
John Gensicki
Carol George
Gen George
“Yum, mom!” Our younger
patrons vividly show evidence of
how much they enjoyed themselves.
CSJ Newsline 20
Memorials
Rosemary Gerace
Angelina Gerardi
Rosemary Gervase
Sister Catherine M. Giglio
Mary Elizabeth Gilaton
Rev. Frank Gilchrist
Charles Gilheany
Sister M. Rosaleen Gilroy
Mary Elizabeth Gilston
William F. Ging
Sister Barbara Ginter
Peter Giordano
Rosina Giovannangelo
Neva J. Girard
William Girard
Rita Giulianelli
James Glenn
Glen Godell
Janet Goodfellow
Sister Anne Theresa Goppert
Richard Gorman
Robert Gossin
Chuck Gover
Orville Gowie
Donald Grabowski
Dennis Gracesqui
Judy Graham
Bob Grant
Sister Joel Marie Gratton
Teresa Graves
Jeffrey Grennon
William Gridley
Paul Grifferty
Mae Griffin
Emma Griffith
Virginia Grinaldo
Francis Grogan, CSC
Joan Grogan
Tom Grogan
Sister Margaret George
Gruninger
Stanley Gryscavage
Rita Guilianelli
Angelina Gully
Betty and Frank Guy
Ralph Bertram Guy, Jr.
Joseph M. Hadican
Thomas J. Hage
Julie Hahn
Gloria Sarrault Haines
Agnes I. Hall
Peter Hallam
Betty Hampel
Richard Hance
Florence Haner
Joseph and Mary Hanlon
Kathleen Hann
Pearl A. Hanna
John Hanrahan
Sister M. Noreen Hansel SND
Daniel Harrington
Francis Harrington
Leetla Harrison
Frances Hart
John Hart
Kathleen & Kenneth Hart
Fedalia Harter
Margaret Hartnett
Robert P. Harwood
John Hastings
Adeline Haswell
Henry Hatz
Marjorie Havens
Eileen Hawkins
Janet Hayes
Honorable Leo Hayes
Sister Lucina Hayes
Ronald Haynes
Leo and Bobby Heeney
Sister Mary Regis Heffron
Elizabeth Herb
Lee Herschel
Marilyn Hewitt
Sister Marie Jose Hickey
Sister Thomas Denise Hicks
John Hilston
Elizabeth Hoffman
Helen Hoffman
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Hogan
Sister Margaret Patricia Hogan
Elaine Hogrefe
Catherine Hoheneder
Sister Cecelia Holbrook
Ralph Holbrook
Mary Holdorf
Robert Holland
David Holmes
Dorothy Honicki
Posing around the sauce they created are Katherine Arseneau,
CSJ; Rita Duggan, CSJ; Maureen Kunkel and Anne Tranelli, CSJ.
Richard A. Hope
Philip Horgan
Sister Mary Jeremy Hornung
Betty Horton
Dolores Houlihan
Helen Howe
John “Buddy” L. Hughes
Shirley Hughes
Kara Huneke
Anna M. Hunt
Thomas Hunzinger
Mary Hy
Nan S. Inglis
Elsie Jackson
Jerry Jackson
Sally Jagiello
Stephan Janis
Stanley Jersen
Sister Rose Alicia John
Ethel and Raymond Johnson
Robert Johnson
Christine Jones
Penny Jones
Mrs. June E. Judge
Sister Mary Elizabeth Judge
Margaret Julian
Thomas Jurkowski
David Kacerguis
Edward J. Kakule, Sr.
Benjamin Kalin
Robert Kalteaux
Sister Regina Irene Karboski
Joseph W. Karlow
Mary Husek Kasick
Jozef Kaszubd
Helen Kazuba
Mrs. Ruth S. Keddell
Rev. John A. Keefe
Julia M. Keefe
Mr. and Mrs. Leo A. Keegan, Sr.
Sister Noreen Keenan
Sister Margaret Keeshan
Rev. Paul J. Keeshan
Sister Mary Augustine Keiflin
Gloria Kelley
Kelly Family
Alfred Kelly, Sr.
Joseph Kelly
Mrs. Margaret K. Kelly
Sister Maria Ann Kelly
Paul Kelly
Robert Kelly
Robert E Kelly
Robert V. Kelly
Cathal H. Kennedy
Kenneth Kennedy
Edward Kielb
Owen and Elizabeth Kieran
Maryann Kilinski
Bruce King
Evy King
Josephine Kingsland
Thomas Kleinke
Sister Marie Amata Klodkowski
Sister Elenita Kloster
Robert Kenner Knecht
Deceased members of Knights of
Columbus #194
Michael Knoblock
Joseph C. Kochian
Spring 2008
Memorials
Janet Dascher Koehler
Phyllis Koenig
Albin Konieczny
Lucy Kordich
Carmella Kovach
Marion Kramer
Al Krikorian
Doris Krisher
Stephen Kudlick
Ida Kusaywa
LaCasse and Cuddy Families
James LaChiusa
Sister James Margaret Lafferty
John Lamb
George A. Lanciault
Richard P. Lane
Edward Lang
Robert Langevin
Ruth Langley
Lawrence A. Lanzi
Barbara Ann Larenz
Rosario and Ann LaRocca
Grace LaRose
Paul Lattimore
Deceased members of LaTulip
Family
Catherine LaValley
Alfred Lazzaro
Edna E. Leahy
Sister Mary Alexander Leavy
Katherine Lech
Lee and deGraffenried families
Sister Patrick Therese Lee
Helen Lefebvre
Marie Anne Leferbrve
Frank Leffler
Dorothy Lehner
Beulah Lemery
Sister Jeanne Marie Lennon
Mary Lesniak
Lucretia Lettau
Levack and McDonnell Families
Anthony S. Lewandowski
Grace Liberatore
Joachim Liberatore
Richard Lietz
Rose Lindemann
John Link
Paul Link
Stella Liptak
Memorials
Frank Lisi
Carl Livers
Rose Lomanto
Sister Eileen Lomasney
Lorraine Longobucco
Robert Loomis
William Loughlin
David Loughney
Margaret Louison
Loved ones
Grace Lucey
Lucille L
Helen Collis Luke
Neil Luther, Jr.
Donald Lutz
Olga and John Lynch
Chalmer Lyons
Sister Margaret Joseph Madden
Mary and Charles Magistro
James E. Magner
Ann P. Mahar
Dick Mahoney
Edward Majeweski
Thomas Malaney
Joseph S. Malek
Raymond D. Malkiewicz
Angie Malkowski
Vincent Malone
Mr. Maloney
Eileen Maney
Vincent J. Mangicotti
Manupella Family
Peter Manzi
Edward Mara
John Marcantonio
Vincent A. Marino, Jr.
Sister Gertrude Mary Markham
Derek Markis
Joyce Marlowe
Angelina Marmo
Donald Marois
James Marrone
Roger Martin II
Angela Martin
Charles Martin
Fortis “Torchy” Martin
Kermis Martin
Roger J. Martin
Wayne Martin
Mary Martinson
The men volunteers who dished up the ziti pose before the dinner
begins. From l. to r. they are: David Orton, Jim Edic, Jack Egan,
Peter Buckley, Frank Daly and Paul Burke. Absent for the picture
was David Molloy.
Spring 2008
John Masi
Arthur J. Massara
Angeline Mastriano
Anthony Mastroianni
Armond V. Mastroianni
Rita Matzell
Helen and Jack Maxstadt
Elizabeth McCaffrey
Thomas J. McCaffrey
Danielle McCagg
Thomas and Helena McCall
Barbara McCarthy
Joy McCarty
Dorothy S. McCormick
Sister Pauline McCormick
Gerald McDermid
Mrs. Anna McDermott
Joan McDonald
Thomas J. McDonald
Joan McDonough
John E. McEnroe M.D.
McEvoy Family
Jayne Warren McGowan
Rev. Kenan G. McGowan,OFM
Conv
Francis and Jean McGraw
Bonita McInnis
Bradford McKee
Hugh McKelvey
Neil A. McKeon
Neil T. McKeon
Adele McKone
Sister Clara Agnes McLoughlin
Bob McMahon
Sister Elizabeth Catherine
McManus
Rev. James A. McManus
Kathleen O. McManus
Bill McMartin
Frances and Virginia McMyler
John J. McQueeney
Thomas J. McSweeney
Sister Mary Seraphine Meaney
Richard Meher
Victoria M. Merala
Robert Mercurio
Louise Merola
Charlotte Meyer
Sister Ann Dolores Milerick
David Militello
Donald E. Miller
Dorothy Miller
John Miller
Sister Margaret Miller
Rose Miller
Frank Millet
David Millitino
Barney Mirabito
Rosemary Miranda
Margaret and Donald Mohan
Monica Montroise
Francis Montrose
Clifford Montroy
Connie Mooney
John J. Mooney
Sister Ann Pierre Moore
Gerard Moore
Sister Helen Marie Moore
Sister Rose Theodore Moore
Leo F. Moran, Sr.
Charles Morck
Donald Morcone
Philip Morgan
James Moriarty III
Mary Morrison
Richard Morse
Leona Moser
Sister Mary Bertha Mouillesseaux
Kevin Mowl
Thomas Moylan Family
James Mozzetti
Sister Gertrude Mueller
Kelly Mulholland
James Patrick Mullen
Col. Edward B. Mulligan
Vincent Munafo
Every seat is filled as balloons fly high. Shown are some of the
patrons enjoying cookies and a refreshing drink.
CSJ Newsline 21
Memorials
Sister Helen Edward Murphy
Lester Murphy
Mary Murphy
Ruth Murphy
Virginia Murphy
Francis Murray
Frederick Murray
Sister Gabriel Francis Murray
Sister James Paul Murray
Emma C. Musengo
Mary Museums
Marvin Myers
Helen Nadeau
Mary Nadeau
Patrick and Julia Nagle
Angeline Natoli
Lawrence Naylor
John Neenan
William H. Nelson
Eric Nichols
Jeanne Gadoua Nielsen
John Nielsen
Miriam Aurelia Nielson
Jim Niles
Peter H. Nizinkirck
Joseph Nocella
Evelyn Hendrick Nolan
Joseph Nolan
Noonan and Boland Families
Valerie Noonan
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Normile
Charles Norton
George E. Norton
Theresa H. Norton
Fran Nosek
Edward Novak
Stasia Novak
Donald Nowak
John Nowicki
George Nugent
Monica and Clarence O’Brien
Robert O’Brien
Edmund P. O’Connell
Carol A. O’Connor
Mary O’Connor
Sister Mary Theresa O’Gara SMR
Edward O’Grady
Memorials
Patrick O’Keefe, Jr.
Rafael Olazagasti
Mary Oldaker
Sister Catherine M. O’Malley
Eunice O’Malley
Sister Thomas Francis O’Malley
Eleanor O’Neil
Kathleen O’Neill
John Paul Onysko
Theresa O’Rourke
Joseph J. Orsini
Marge Orsini
Connie Owens
Lewis V. Pace
John Pagliaccio
Bridget Palermo
Al Palladino
August Pallone
Anna Palmer
Lillian Palmetto
Mary Palombi
Anthony Paradiso
Ellen Parker
Eugene Pasciak
Stella Paskewich
Mrs. Dorothy Pastalaniec
Lea and Clarence Patneaude
Fredericka Patterson
John Patterson
John Patzarian
Bernard Pecchio
Mary Pelcher
Amy Penna
Alex Pensiero
Senora Rosario Peratta
Paul Pereira
Barbara Perkins
Thomasine S. Perkins
Manuella P. Perkowski
Robert Perrine
Theresa Peston
Don Petrask
Frances Marie Petruso
Jeanne Ann Phelan
Josephine Phillips
Florence Pietricola
Arlene Pinkosiewicz
Students from Arlington Catholic crossed the Mass Pike from the
Boston area to be of service.
CSJ Newsline 22
Frances Piotrowski
Ceylon Planty
Catherine Pluff
Wilbur Pollis
Erma Pollock
Poor Souls in Purgatory
Emma Popp
Helen Poremba
Harold Potts
Michael Potyrala
Alfred Poulette
Martin Powhida
Lottie Prentice
Peter Prock
Lawrence Pugh
Woodrow Pulver
Sally Quinell
John D. Quinn
Kay Quinn
Thomas Quinn
John F. Quirk
Helen Raab
Adeline Rabacoukas
Mae Rabideau
Antoinette Radlick
Donald Radliff
Jonathan Rainville
Victoria Ranieri
William J. Rapp
Harold Rasbach
Gladys and Ed Ray
Daisy Arletta Ready
Francis L. Real
Ken Reasoner
Helen Redding
Sister Mary Robert Reddy
Joseph Reich
James Reish
Michael Remington
Anne Remis
Mark Reynolds
Samantha Reynolds
Grace M. Ricchiuti
Nelson Rice
Charles Riggs
William Riley
Frances Rinella
Armand Ripepi
David Ristau
Agnes Ritter
Sarah Roark
James Roberts
Jerry Robusto
William Roden
Gladys Roderick
Joel Roemer
Harriet Rogers
Sister Ruth Rita Rogers
Geraldine Romano
Sister Jerome Joseph Romano
Joseph Rondeau
Edwin J. Rood, Jr.
Elaine Rooney
Sister Bernard Joseph Rose
Donald Rose
Frances Rose
John Rosenberger
Edna Rosher
John J. Ross
Frances Rotolo
Saverio Rotunno, Sr.
Theresa Rourke
Eugene Rouse
Alfred Rousia
Dorothy Rubel
Elcira Rubina
Joseph Rubinski
Helen Ruby
Frances Ruditis
Dorothy Ruff
Mary M. Ruff
Arthur Ruggles
William Ruggles
Mrs. Carmela Rukstinat
Catherine Rushia
Sister Mary Victorine Russell
Judy A. Ruth
Steve Ruttono
Francis Ryan
Jack Ryan
Kathleen Mary Ryan
Kevin Ryan
Louise H. Ryan
Sean Ryan
Doris Rymanowski
John Salisbury
Dorothy Sandagato
Dorothy Santagto
Rose Santucci
Douglas Sardina
In the last issue of Newsline, I mentioned a doctor in
Macon, GA ordering shawls and lap robes to give out to
cancer patients receiving treatment. He has sat in the cold
surroundings wishing he had something warm to wrap
around himself as he received his chemo. He then
remembered the article explaining the prayer shawls and
blankets. Since then he has been placing orders and giving
them to the nurses to pass out to all who came for treatment.
Charles M. Rowley, MD passed away on May 24th from
an unrelated illness. May his dear soul rest in peace. We
thank his daughter, Maureen, for continuing to give out the
woven garments in the clinic in his name.
Spring 2008
Memorials
Anthony Sardonia
Mark Sardonia
Valmore G. Sausville
Roman Saviki
Arthur Savoie
Robert Sayre
Sister Roberta Joseph
Scanlon
William Scanlon
Carol Scardino
Anna Schad
June Tierney Schade
Joseph J. Schanz Sr.
Herman P. Schlimmer
Marist Schlutow
Sister Francis Eymard
Schrader
Ethel Schreieck
Sandra Schuler
Earl and Elvina Schultz
First Lt. William H.
Schultz
Father William Schwartz
Dorothy Schwarzhoff
Emily Scrodin
Charlotte Seager
Dean Selfe
Leonard and Kathryn
Sellin
Tom Serowik
Leonarda Servatius
Joseph and Philomena
Sfara
Dianne Sgambati
Constance Sgarlata
James Sgroi
Eileen Shallard
Veronica Shannon
Stanley Shaughnessy
Sister Mary Alma Shea
Elizabeth Shelford
Natalia Shepardson
John J. Shufon, Jr.
Elizabeth Shustz
Sister Catherine L. Sickler
Robert Silvernail
Alfred Simeone
James Simmons
Barbara Simonds
Mary Simpson
Alta L. Singer
Joseph Ernest Singer
Sister Mary Margaret
Singer
Deacon Frank Singson
Sisters of St. Joseph-
Camillus family members
Michael Skraupa
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Smith
Dorothy and James Smith
Dorothy A. Smith
Eleanor P. Smith
Frederick Smith
Joan T. Smith
Margaret M. Smith
Nathan Smith
Sister Raphael Smith
Regina Smith
Edward Snay
Shirley Sorbero
Martha Sorensen
Daniel Sorenson
Frances B. Southall
Eugene Spanswick
Edward J. Spear
Henry Spelicy
Sister Christine Spirko
Sister Yvonne St. Hilaire
Sister Theresa Bernard St.
Pierre
Sister Dolores Stack
Joseph Stackins
Joseph Staknis
Richard Standish
Shirley Stannard
Mary Stansley
Peter A. Steinborn
Frank P. Stellato
Paul Stevens
Joseph Stewart
Kathryn Stewart
Loren Stewart
Joshua Stostak
Anita Strong
Jana Siegel Stropeo
Donald Struck
John Sugar
Lois Sukuskas
Jennifer Sullivan
John Sullivan
Sister Mary Winifred
Sullivan
Rev. Patrick Sullivan
Joseph Summerfelt
Helen Cogovan Swift
Joshua Szostak
Gertrude Szumiloski
Edward Tallman
Louis Tamer
Charles Tangredi Sr.
Walter J. Tansey
Elizabeth G. Tarasovich
Memorials
Joseph E. Tarrier
Patricia Taugher
Sister Clarissa Joseph
Taylor
James M. Taylor
Robert C. Taylor
Brig. General William A.
Taylor
Brian Tedesco
Joanne Telfer
John Theisen
Sister Catherine Paul
Theiss
Edward Theroux
Lawrence Thibault
Margaret Thiebold
Elaine F. Thomas
Harold Thompson
Ruth Thrusher
Harold Timmis
Michael Toolan
Frank Torree
Marion and William
Toussaint
Patricia Tracy
John P. Treffiletti
Christopher Tremble
Vic and Mary Trino
Sister Annette Therese
Trombley
Samuel Trophia
Marie Truax
John Trumpick
Donald Tryon
Patrick Tucci
Robert Tucker
Francis J. Tunny
Richard Turner
Florence Turowski
Erwin Unger
Friedrich Unverhau
Joseph Urban
James Urso
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Vail
Stanley J. Vainauskas
Josephine Vaiuso
Mary Tracy Valente
Elsie Valetta
Vera Valleriani
Adelina VanAlstine
Loretta VanBuren
Agnes VanDenburgh
Lois VanDusen
Helen VanEseltine
Mrs. Betty Ann Vaughan
Vecchio Family
In the kitchen it takes youth and strength. Shown are
Rosemary Casaleno, SSJ and Jim Edic.
Garry L. Veeder
Michael J. Vellotti
Charles Vennard
Edward Vickery
Wendy Ann Vien
Rosemary Vita
Frank and Anastasia
Vogtle
Marge Wagar
Audrey Wagner
Sophie Wagner
Sister Veronica James
Wall
Bessie M. Wallace
Albert Walsak
Doris Walsh
Dorothy Reardon Walsh
Howard Walsh
John J. Walsh
Patrick and Rose Walsh
John R. Wameling
Dorothy Ward
Jim Washburn
J. C. Waszkiewicz
Stefania Wawroska
Weaver Family
Anne Weaver
Susan, Lee and Frank
Weaver
Louis Weeks
Alice Weimer
Bill Weimer
Joseph Welsh
Kathleen Westbrook
Sister James Vincent
Whalen
William Whelahan
Gary White
Louis H Whitney
Evelyn Wieczgnski
Sister St. Joan Willert CSJ
Mary Williams
Perry Wilson
Paul Winkler
Leilia Winne
Sister Louis Alena
Wirmusky
John Wisniewski
Jeremiah Witterschein
Ginger Wood
Larry Wood
Dr. Leslie Woodcock
Mary Lou Woods
Marie Worden
John Wozny
Anne Wrafter
Joseph Wysolmerski
Charles Yander
Marguerite York
Kathleen G. Yule
Theodore J. Yund
Andre Yunes
Nick Zaccagnino
Dr. Anthony Zaia
Matthew Zajackowski
Josephine Zaloom
Beatrice S. Zarlingo
Christopher P. Zarzynski
Teresa Zeis
Rose Zieno
Gene Zilka
Helen Zimmerman
Elizabeth Ziskin
John V. Zurlo
Remember the CSJ Sisters in Your Will
Your will is one of the most important documents you write in your lifetime. From time to time, your will may need to be
updated to reflect current family members or to add to your favorite charity.
If you are making out your will or planning to add a codicil, we invite you to remember the Sisters of St. Joseph in your
plans. In this way, you will have a special share in the prayers and works of the CSJ.
Sisters and the Sisters will benefit, too. Our legal corporation title and address is: The Society of the Sisters of St. Joseph,
385 Watervliet-Shaker Rd., Latham, N.Y. 12110.
Spring 2008
CSJ Newsline 23
Where Are They Now?
by Sister Patricia Allen
In this issue we continue along with our Sisters who hail from Schenectady. Sister Maria Joseph Cokely and Sister
Kathleen Marie Heffron (S. Mary Dorothy) are from St. Luke’s Parish; Sister Agnes Rose Burton and Sister Mary Clare
Lussier (S. Robert Clare) are from St. Columba’s.
Sister Maria Joseph — studied nursing at St. Vincents’s Hospital in New York. She taught
nursing at St. Mary’s Hospital in Amsterdam. She then went to Peru, South America for 15 years.
Sister taught nursing education at Hospital Militar, Lima and Santa Maria University, Arequipa.
She also was on Staff at Posta Medica del Pilar, Arequipa and then came back home to the
Provincial House where she worked on our hospital floor. From there, Sister Maria ministered to
the elderly and homeless at St. Anthony’s in Troy where she co-founded Joseph’s House and
Bethany’s Hospitality Center. Sister is still working for the poor and elderly as transportation
coordinator in Rensselaer County.
Sister Kathleen Marie — began her teaching ministry at St. Lucy’s in Syracuse and she
went on to teach at St. Patrick’s Troy, St. Mary’s Hudson and at St. Paul’s Binghamton where she
was a teacher and then principal. Sister Kathleen then went into parish ministry at St. Vincent de
Paul Parish in Binghamton. Sister then went back into the classroom at St. Thomas Binghamton
and finally at St. Patrick’s Middle School in Binghamton. Presently, Sister is working in rural
ministry in Cincinnatus, NY.
Sister Agnes Rose —
started her teaching of English and History in high school at St.
Aloysius Academy Rome and then St. Mary’s Hudson, St. Anthony’s Syracuse, St. Patrick’s
Syracuse and onto St. Mary’s Little Falls and then Catholic Central High Binghamton and finally
Bishop Grimes Syracuse. Sister Agnes then went to teach at The College of Saint Rose Albany
as an instructor of History and then as Associate Professor of Political Science. She resides at St.
Rose as a Professor Emeritus.
Sister Mary Clare — taught at St. John the Baptist Syracuse and then she went to St.
Mary’s Academy Glens Falls, St. Peter’s Saratoga Springs, St. Joseph’s Green Island, Cathedral
Academy, St. Vincent de Paul Syracuse, St. Joseph’s Schenectady and St. Anthony Troy. From
there Sister went to teach at St. John the Evangelist New Hartford, St. Francis de Sales Troy, St.
Mary’s Hoosick Falls, St. Paul’s Binghamton and finally at St. Mary’s Oswego. Sister Mary Clare
then worked as Parish Minister at Cora House in Parish, NY. After that Sister worked in Pastoral
Care at our Provincial House in Latham, Capital District Hospice Ballston Spa and Hospice of
Schenectady. Sister again worked at the Provincial House and then volunteered at St. Joseph’s
Church in Greenfield Center. At present Sister Mary Clare is living and working at the Provincial
House in Latham.
Sister Dolores Stevens— taught elementary school in both Albany and Syracuse Dioceses;
she was a principal at St. James Albany, a Catechetical Teacher in Syracuse, and served as a
Pastoral Associate in Coxsackie, Catskill and Saint Johnsville. Sister has also been Director of
Elementary Cathechesis/Catechist Formation in Sioux City, IA. Sister Dolores was Director of
Religious Education in Catskill, Parish Life Director in Saint Johnsville and a BOCES Teacher in
Herkimer. Presently, Sister is Pastoral Care Associate at St. Mary’s Hospital Amsterdam.
CSJ Newsline 24
Spring 2008
Celebration of 150th Anniversary Concludes
On Sunday, April 13, 2008, Sisters of St. Joseph gathered with associates, family members and friends for
a Mass of Thanksgiving and a reception to conclude the year of celebration, commemorating our 150th
anniversary as the Albany Province. Most Rev. Howard J. Hubbard, Bishop of Albany was the celebrant
of the Mass, with Most Rev. James J. Moynihan, Bishop of Syracuse, presiding. The event completed the
celebration which began on October 20, 2007, when we gathered with clergy, family members, friends and
parishioners at St. Mary of the Assumption Parish in Oswego, home of our first six sisters who traveled
from St. Louis: Mother Stanislaus Saul, superior (Germany); Sister Patricia Pyne (Ireland); Sister Flavia
Waldron (Ireland); Sister M. Chrysostom McCann (USA); Sister Eusebius Verdin (USA); Sister Hyacinth
Blanc (France).
Community leadership both from the Albany
Province and the Generate of St. Louis were
present for the celebration. Shown l to r
are: Sisters Catherine McNamee of the
Congregational Leadership team, Sister
Christine Partisano of the Province
Leadership team, Sister Elizabeth Ney of the
Congregational Leadership team, Sister Kay
Ryan of the Province Leadership team,
Howard J. Hubbard, Bishop of Albany,
James J. Moynihan, Bishop of Syracuse, and
from the Province Leadership team, Sisters
Anna Mae Collins, Sharon Whellahan,
Ranah Phelan, and Johanne McCarthy
The procession was led by crossbearer
Sister Rita Duggan and candlebearers
Sisters Kathleen Connor and Ida
DeCastro.
Father Paul Tartaglia
was the first chaplain at
the Provincial House.
Later he also served as
chaplain of St. Mary’s
Hospital, Amsterdam –
one of the sponsored
institutions of the Sisters
of St. Joseph.
Spring 2008
CSJ Newsline 25
THANK YOU, ALL —
Foundations and Donors
Grants
by Carol A. Rohloff, CSJ
The Sisters of St. Joseph are happy to announce that we
have been the recipient of grants from the following
foundations:
J.M. McDonald Foundation
$15,000 to help with the upgrade of kitchen equipment.
The Foundation was created in 1952 by Mr. J. M.
McDonald. Over the past 53 years, Trustees of the
Foundation have sought to uphold J. M.’s desire to improve
education and social programs in and around the upstate
New York area.
Shown left to right receiving the grant from the Robert Reilly
Fund are: Kris Ruddy of the CSJ Development Office, Kristen
Frederick of the Community Foundation, Sister Carol Rohloff,
CSJ Development Director of the CSJs, Assemblyman Robert
Reilly, and Sister Ranah Phelan of the CSJ Leadership Team.
The Community Foundation for the Capital Region
Assemblyman Robert Reilly Salary Fund
$5,000 to help with the upgrade of kitchen equipment.
The Sisters sincerely thank all our donors too who
remembered their loved ones in the All Souls Day Appeal.
Because of all the generous gifts most of the upgraded
kitchen equipment has arrived and has been installed. Yet
to arrive is the new “industrial mixmaster” for the bakery.
Cliff DuFrain, Morrison Regional Supervisor, Abra Marion, Provincial
House Kitchen Supervisor and Sister Sandra Tripp, Provincial House
Administrator, stand by the new oven.
Convection oven.
Liz Proctor and Katie George of Morrison
Senior Dining appreciate having the new
serving cart.
Carrying the new serving table into the
Provincial House was no easy task for our
maintenance staff.
Charlie in front of the new mobile heater
cabinet - hot cart.
CSJ Newsline 26
Spring 2008
Sisters Raise Awareness and Funds for Scleroderma
On Sunday, April 20, 2008, sisters, associates, family members, friends and members
of the Scleroderma Foundation gathered in the Carondelet Hospitality Center at the St.
Joseph’s Provincial House for a fund-raiser entitled Sisters for Scleroderma Research.
The event, presented in memory of Sister Marie James Kearns, Sister Marie Loyola
Saunders (LA), and Nancy Rehfuss Goldberg, niece of Sister Mary Rehfuss, all of whom
died from scleroderma, featured the best in CSJ talent!
The PH Ensemble, consisting of Sisters Marianne Comfort, Marguerite Donovan,
Elizabeth Emery, Joan Geannelis, Marion Honors, Pat Houlihan, Mary Rose Noonan,
Mary Alice O’Connor, Esther Thomas Sexton, Rose
Regina Smith and Margaret Totten, opened and
concluded the show with rousing renditions of oldtime favorites. Sister Anne Bryan Smollin, keynote
speaker, presented Laughter: Medicine for the Soul,
and held the audience in the palm of her hand with
stories and proverbs, all filled with the perfect
mixture of hilarity, reality and practicality. Sister
Patricia St. John, featured pianist, received a standing
ovation for her renditions of Bach’s Goldberg Variations and Schumann’s Arabesque in C
Major, Opus 18, and Traumerei from Scenes from Childhood, Opus 15.
The comic trio of Sisters Kate Arseneau, Fran Eustace and Pat Houlihan brought
down the house with their presentation of Jack and Jill
Interpretations, with Kate as singer, Fran as narrator and
Pat as pianist.
June Bender, director of patient education and
support, for the Tri-State Chapter of the Scleroderma
Foundation, expressed gratitude on behalf of the
foundation and presented Sister Mary Rose, who has
scleroderma, with roses and the community with a
plaque. Special thanks to all who promoted the event in
their parishes and places of employment and to all the
sisters who worked at and attended the afternoon.
Sister Anne Bryan Smollin
Sister Patricia St. John
R
eaching out to the
dear neighbor is part of
what being a Sister of
St. Joseph is all about.
Sister Mary Rose Noonan
was diagnosed with
Scleroderma 20 years ago.
She has suffered immensely
because of the nature of the
disease. Knowing how the
disease has affected her and
her life she initiated the idea
of sponsoring a fund raiser
for Scleroderma Research.
The CSJs jumped at a
chance to help. And now for
the rest of the story read the
accompanying article!
Sister Mary Rose is shown
Left to right are:
Sisters
Katharine Arseneau,
Fran Eustace and
Patricia Houlihan.
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(above) on the right. With
her is June Bender from the
Tri-Sate Chapter of the
Scleraderma Foundation.
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Sister Cathy and Students Share Mission of Hope
by Sister Cathy Kruegler
The North Country Mission of Hope
was founded by Sister Debbie Blow, OP,
with the inspiration of Yamilette and
Oscar Flores, a Nicaraguan couple who
found their way to Plattsburgh during the
civil-war years in Nicaragua. According
to Sister Debbie, the mission began in
earnest in 1999 as a direct ministerial
response to the catastrophic effects of
Hurricane Mitch on the impoverished
village of Chiquilistagua, Nicaragua.
The first mission delegation immediately
recognized that direct, long-term
assistance was vital in order to improve
the lives of the people. Working hand in
hand with community leaders in
Chiquilistagua and, in particular, with
the leaders of Collegio Nino Jesus de
Praga, the mission’s primary objective is
to empower people to help themselves
through development projects in
education, health care, nutrition, water
and community.
Since the first
delegation volunteered ten years ago,
819 individuals have participated in
delegations. At least 162 persons have
made more than one trip. Twenty-one
schools have been represented.
I first met Sister Debbie at a talk she
gave at St. Pius X Parish and invited her
to speak at the Service Fair at the
Sister Cathy and friends in front of
shelter.
Academy of the Holy Names. Since that
time, some of our students have been a
part of a delegation each year. The
participating students are graduating this
year, so I felt I needed to be part of a
delegation in order to keep recruiting.
With the help of community, I was able
to be part of Mission #27 during the
February vacation.
Delivering Food
Because there were so many
wonderful and profound moments during
that week, I hardly know where to start.
I would like to share just a couple of
stories. With our preferences in mind,
our youth leaders assigned everyone to
two work projects each day. The first
morning, I was asked to go out with two
young persons and another adult to
deliver rice and beans. The organization
had purchased 1500 pounds of rice and
beans which we divided into one-pound
bags to deliver to families in
Chiquilistagua. Because the area had
received 24 hours of rain the day before,
we found that some of the food was
buggy from the moisture. We did what
we could to separate the good rice from
Sister Cathy with Carlita at the the bad rice. With our guide, Maritza,
orphanage in El Crucero near an active we walked through compounds of family
volcano
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shelters; most of them were no larger
than a storage shed in the United States.
There were no roads. Some paths were
dried-up creek beds. We gave each
household rice and beans and small toys
or rosaries for the children. In the
process of visiting, we found other needs
to which we could respond. One young
man had open sores on his leg but had no
antibiotics. An elderly woman had high
blood pressure and could not afford
medicine. We found a child with vision
problems
and
another
with
developmental needs. With the help of
our team doctor and some referrals, we
were able to bring some assistance.
Visiting the Orphanage
On Saturday a larger group left in
the morning to visit the Juan Pablo II
Orphanage for infants and toddlers; the
orphanage was run by a religious
community and is located on a city street
in Managua. These babies had lived
with older children at the orphanage in El
Crucero. However, that orphanage is
very near the active volcano in Masaya
and in certain seasons, the sulphur could
cause respiratory illnesses in the babies.
There were eighteen children in the
orphanage that Saturday. During the
week, it is also a daycare center, and
there are 25 or more children cramped
into a small house. Our work was simply
to play with the children and give them
the hugs and attention they seldom
receive. I was drawn to little Carlita. I
learned that she had been found severely
malnourished. At age four she is barely
able to walk and is nonverbal. I spent the
whole morning with her, walking and
getting her to push the peddles of an old
Fisher Price car. I wondered what
situations caused her to be brought to the
orphanage and how painful it must have
been to leave such a beautiful child.
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Visiting the Banana
Plantation
The most powerful experience for
me was our visit to the banana-plant
encampment in the central park in
Managua. For ten months there have
been 4,000 men, women and children
living in the park with permission of the
government. They are living in tents
made of saplings and covered with black
plastic bags. They have no potable water
or sanitation. They are farm workers for
Dole, Del Monte and Chiquita brands,
and they are doomed to die from
pesticide-related cancers. These farm
workers and their children were exposed
to the chemical known as DibromoChloro-Propane (DBCP), sold under the
commercial names of Nemagon and
Fumazone. The workers were exposed
to these chemicals without knowledge of
the irreversible physical illness they
could cause. These chemicals were
banned in the United States by the EPA.
Despite this ban, Dow Chemical and
Shell have continued to export the
chemicals overseas. We met with the
vice president, Guillermo Perez, and the
president, Alta Gloria Sanchez who told
us they are fighting for a better life for
their children. The people have won all
of their legal suits but have received not
one cent of payment for medical
assistance.
I think the whole community
surrounded us as we presented 100
pounds of rice and 100 pounds of beans
and promised that we would work in
solidarity. I will never forget the faces of
women, aged beyond their years, hoping
the courts in the United States would hear
our voices and enforce the laws of justice
on these companies. (For background see
www.envio.org.ni/articulo/2972.)
Reflecting and Praying
Each night we sat for from one to
two hours to share the day and to pray.
Our group included 30 teenagers and 19
adults. I am so very proud of my
students from Holy Names and all of the
youth. It was such a joy to see them
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Sister Cathy with
Holy Names’ students
Kendra Kline,
Renee Bean and
Betsy Sullivan.
work so hard and relate so well to the
Nicaraguan people. They were articulate
and profound as they shared their
experiences. If the world will be in the
hands of youth like these students, I have
no fears. We never had to teach them the
message of justice or option for the poor
or solidarity or care for God’s creation.
They experienced all of it and expressed
it in their reflections. They learned so
much from the joy and faith of the
Nicaraguan people.
Building Shelters
Lastly, I worked on building a
shelter. The shelters are made of wood
posts with corrugated tin wrapped
around the posts. Each shelter takes
three hours to build, is approximately
12’ x 12’ x 8’ and costs about $600.00 in
American dollars; this cost is more than
a Nicaraguan family can afford.
As a delegation we accomplished so
much in a week. We built ten shelters,
planted moringa trees, painted a wing of
the hospital in Diriamba, visited
orphanages, a nursing home, a safe
house; we worked at a disability center,
took the height and weight of 500
children in the school and fed 500
children each day; we built a cafeteria at
a new school in Nejapa, distributed
school and health supplies, worked on a
farm and did lead and water testing. On
the last day, as we said our good-byes to
our Nicaraguan friends amidst crying
and hugging, we realized that the best
accomplishment was in creating these
relationships.
If anyone would like to build
a shelter in memory of Sister
Barbara Ginter, I invite you
to send whatever donation
you can make to Sister
Debbie Blow OP, North
Country Mission of Hope,
Box 2522, Plattsburgh, NY
12901. Tell Debbie that the
gift is in memory of Barbara.
If I go to Nicaragua next
February with AHN students,
perhaps we can raise a CSJ
shelter for a Nicaraguan
family in Barbara’s memory.
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E
Uganda: Land of Challenges and Invitations
by Sister Lynn Levo
cologically, Uganda is where the savannah of East Africa meets the The Congregation of
the Sisters of St.
jungle of West Africa. It is a lush country, filled with exotic Joseph are pleased to
animals, a tropical climate and much more. Sometimes called Africa’s announce and cele“Friendliest Country” because of a tradition of hospitality common to its brate the “missionof 5 Sisters of
culturally diverse population, I experienced an easy-going people who are ing”
St. Joseph who will
friendly and open.
serve in the
In January 2008, I had the privilege and opportunity to Archdiocese of Gulu,
spend three weeks in Uganda. Under the auspices of the Uganda. A blessing
All Africa Conference Sister to Sister, founded by two ritual of send off took
place in St. Louis on
U.S. Sisters of Mercy, I spent three weeks sharing about June 1, 2008.
healthy integrated sexuality with 60 women religious
and with the major superiors of women and men of
Uganda. Thirty-five of the women were formators from all over Uganda and
twenty-five were women religious in a new counseling program at the Kisubi
Centre of the University of the Ugandan Martyrs, a new university center
with 200 students. Our days were filled with sharing and questions about
healthy, integrated sexuality and how to live a healthy celibate life in
community. I was so impressed by the sisters’ eagerness to learn and by
their overwhelming gratitude for the resources we were able to share:
handouts and books for each of the participants. As I sit, surrounded by
books and resources, I am once again reminded of all that we have, perhaps
all that we take for granted and all that we have to share as well.
As we prepare to send sisters from our congregation to Uganda, I am
aware also of the daily challenges that the Ugandan people face, and that to
some degree, we will face in our new venture. First
and foremost for me was the ever-present threat of
malaria. I travel often and usually without any fear or
undue anxiety. I was surprised to find myself anxious
about mosquitoes! I took all the necessary preventions,
including a daily malaria pill and the accompanying
repellants, as well as nightly crawling under my
mosquito-net-draped bed. Yet, the threat of malaria
seemed ever present. One of the sisters in my
workshop was sick with malaria during the workshop
and was a frequent reminder of its cost depletion of
At the park, we encountered a single water
one’s energy.
Uganda has plenty of water resources in Lake buffalo which we were encouraged to move away
from quickly. Our guide told us that when an
Victoria at the beginning of the Nile and in the animal is alone, he is living a solitary life which
spectacular Murchison Falls. Yet, only seventeen leads to meanness, aggression and danger for
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others.
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percent of the population has access to electricity (which Uganda generates and sells), and
potable water is often at a distance. As I visited parts of Uganda, I came to realize that the
majority of the people (especially the women and children) spend the greater part of each day
taking care of the basics, especially acquiring water and firewood. Along most roads, we saw
women and children carrying large yellow containers filled with water. I was particularly struck
by the “white sacks” of charcoal for sale along most roads. When I was in Uganda, I was reading
Edward Rutherford’s The Forest, a novel about the new forest in England in which there was a
description of making charcoal in the 1300s. This same tedious process of making charcoal was
unfolding before my eyes, with the added, inevitable negative consequence of wiping out
Uganda’s forests unless fuel for cooking can be obtained in other ways.
Although I have many memories and impressions, two additional ones bear mentioning at this
time: the presence of HIV/Aids and the genuine importance of people over everything else.
Uganda, like many other African countries, is replete with persons suffering from HIV/Aids.
Women and children are particularly impacted. I visited one NGO, called Bead for Life which is
creatively assisting Ugandan women to support themselves through the making and selling of
beautiful beads and jewelry made out of paper. Visiting the website at beadforlife.org will give
you some insight as to how one NGO is making a difference.
Finally, the importance of persons came home to me quite clearly as we made a little “safari”
to Mbarera, about 70 kilometers west of where I was staying. We started out fairly early,
dropping off our young Peace Corps worker, Elizabeth, in Kampala. We continued on our
journey, learning along the way from our Ugandan Sister Cecilia who had planned the trip, that
we would be having lunch at a Trappistine Monastery along the route, clearly providing one way
to support these cloistered sisters. While we were there we met a White Father missionary priest
who was to direct a retreat at a location a little farther than where we were going. He needed a
ride, so we provided it for him. We visited Cecilia’s community and then backtracked a bit to
our overnight lodging. The next day we visited a game preserve called Lake Mburo. At the park,
we encountered a single water buffalo which we were encouraged to move away from quickly.
Our guide told us that when an animal is alone, he is living a solitary life which leads to
meanness, aggression and danger for others. Here, nature was inviting me to see what the
Ugandan people already know so well: Connection and people are more important than time,
expediency or going about one’s own agenda.
Since Sister Lynn wrote this article we received pictures of the recent trip to Uganda by Sisters
Susan Hames and Francine Costello of the Congregational Leadership Team. Pictures: one is of
the house on the archbishop’s compound where the sisters will live when they first arrive; one is
of women making necklaces; one is of Susan and Francine with Father Ojok; one is of Susan and
Francine with the catechists at the close of their weeklong class.
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Ziti Dinner 2008
Patrons at the Ziti Dinner were a happy crowd. The
meatballs were exceptionally delicious. The sisters purchased them from “Fred the Butcher” at Country Dollar
Plaza in Clifton Park. The person most responsible for the
sauce was Sister Anne Tranelli. Sister Anne, former Spanish
teacher, former principal of Bishop Scully High School,
Amsterdam, and former Director of the Hispanic Ministry
program for the Albany Diocese loves to cook. Sister Anne
was born in Italy and like many fine gourmet cooks, she
could not give you an exact recipe as she cooks by adding a
little bit of this and a little bit of that until she finds the sauce
just right. Sister Anne has led the kitchen crew all during
Sister Carol’s time as development director and says she’ll
do a repeat performance in 2009 so be ready.
Sister Rosaire Anne could rightly be called “Ziti Dinner
Queen.” She is the spirit of the committee; a real energizer
bunny. Sister Rosaire ministers as the Pastoral Associate
and Bookkeeper for St. Peter’s Parish in Rome, NY. She
also lives in her deceased parents’ home and cares for her
mentally challenged brother, Peter. When it comes to the
Ziti Dinner she is a wonder. For years she has coordinated
the hiring of a bus to bring Ziti patrons from the Rome and
Utica area. She also sold ads for our patron booklet and was
responsible for handing in the greatest number of raffle tickets sold. Always the night before the dinner she and a group
of sisters and associates gather to ready the dining room and
to prepare containers of cheese, butter patties, creamers etc.
Then on the morning of the dinner she gathers her “balloon
crew” to decorate the dining room. At the Ziti Dinner Sister
Rosaire gives directions to the waitresses, waits on tables
and keeps things going smoothly.
“Master Chef”, Sister Anne Tranelli.
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Money Raffle Prize Winners.
First Prize-
$1,000
Kathy Charsky,Binghamton, NY
Second Prize-
$500
Laura Wade, Lee Center, NY
Third Prize-
$250
Loretta Merrill, Cohoes, NY
Fourth Prize-
$50
$50
$50
$50
$50
Rita Cox, Rome, NY
Joyce McKevitt, Whitesboro, NY
James F. Benson, Clinton, NY
Ben Bouchard, Syracuse, NY
Leo E. Corr, Westlake, OH
Winner of the Framed and Signed Funny Cide Print was
Janet K. Furman, CSJ, Camarillo, CA
Winner of the Hand Made Quilt was Frank Gebosky,
Cohoes, N.Y.
A sincere and heartfelt Thank You to All who made
the Ziti dinner such a wonderful event. The development
staff is grateful to you for your generosity in helping in
whatever way you did. As the old adage goes “many
hands make light work.” ALL OF US, TOGETHER,
helped create the atmosphere of happiness and warmth
which society so greatly needs. (More pictures taken
throughout the preparations and the dinner itself can be
found in the honorial / memorial section of Newsline.)
Sister Rosaire Anne DeMare
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The Call of the Earth Charter
by Sister Lin Neil
I would like to spend some time reflecting on the
seventh principle of The Earth Charter: “Adopt patterns of
production, consumption and reproduction that safeguard
Earth’s regenerative capacities, human rights and
community well-being.” This principle calls us to the
following familiar and haunting challenges:
• Reduce, reuse and recycle the materials used in
production and consumption systems.
• Act with restraint and efficiency when using
energy, and rely increasingly on renewable energy.
• Enable consumers to identify products that meet
the highest social and environmental standards.
• Adopt lifestyles that emphasize the quality of life
and material sufficiency in a finite world.
This is a daunting list! However, when we take a
close look at each item we see that these are efforts of
which we are already aware and/or on which we are
working. The tasks aren’t new. This is one reason I
titled this article, Once is not enough. We need to keep
returning to these challenges and ask ourselves, “How
am I doing with this step and could I do a bit more?”
For example, with the call to reduce, reuse and recycle,
are there items which I could refrain from buying? Are
there creative ways that I could reuse items? Do I make
every effort to recycle? This recycling is very critical
when it comes to e-waste or electronic waste.
Technological gadgets such as phones, computers, CD
players and televisions contain chemicals and metals
that are toxic and need to be recycled. Metals such as
gold and copper that are found in these devices can be
reused. Once is not enough!
Avoiding disposable items is a great way to reduce
trash! Paper towels and napkins may be replaced with
cloth. Now there are so many disposable cleaning
products, dusters, bowl cleaners, swiffers, but good oldfashion rags work just as well. Fabric grocery bags save
on using plastic ones. These bags may be left in the
trunk of the car where they’d be available when we go
to the store. Trying to refrain from using throw away
cups and dishes is important. Once is not enough! This
is a great mantra for helping Earth!
As an astute consumer, do I look for items that use
less packaging? Can I make a phone call to the
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consumer-information number that is on the package if
I like the product but dislike all the plastic in which it is
wrapped? Recently at Borders, I asked why the store
uses hard plastic cards for gift cards. They’re swiped
and discarded. Once is not enough!
The amount of trash that we Americans generate is
staggering - 230 million tons a year! In fact, our total annual
waste would fill a convoy of garbage trucks long enough to
wrap around the Earth six times and reach halfway to the
moon! (http://www.doe.in.gov/green/funfacts.html).
However, that fact really doesn’t motivate us to change
our patterns of consumption. What is
transformative is realizing that we
have a relationship with Earth. We are
in communion with the great web of
life. Throwing garbage into the
bowels of our Mother is very
disrespectful and should be done
only after we have exhausted every
other possibility! Landfills are
forever! Once a product goes
into a landfill, it will never
decompose (a frightful fact I
discovered on a class trip to the Colonie
landfill).
Do I try to purchase fair-trade items and organic or
locally grown food? This effort supports products that
meet the highest social and environmental standards.
These products are beneficial to Earth and the dear
neighbor!
Energy use is another area that needs a second look.
The simple act of saving electricity is so important.
There are many electrical devices that are impractical to
unplug when they are not being used, but there are also
devices that we use infrequently and may be
disconnected. Indeed, turning off or disconnecting
anything that “glows” can save energy. Compact
fluorescent lamps also save energy. There is a trade off
here. These lamps do contain mercury, so they need to
be recycled as hazardous waste. There are cautions that
need to be followed if the bulb breaks. If you have
misgivings about these bulbs, please check out
[email protected], and I think your concerns will
be allayed. Signing up for renewable wind energy is a
great way to use sustainable energy. One final point for
principle seven is to adopt a lifestyle that emphasizes the
quality of life and material sufficiency in a finite world.
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ix years ago I arrived at St. Helen’s and thought
it would be great to take young people on a
Mission Trip during April break, and I put such a trip
on the catechetical calendar. I had come from
Georgia; our Baptist sisters and brothers were always
going somewhere, and Habitat for Humanity sends
folks on missions all the time, so it seemed very
straight forward! Well, people didn’t know what a
Mission Trip was and I was not able to generate any
interest, so after five years, I took the idea off the
by Sister Betsy Van Deusen calendar. Then in November, I traveled with a group
of young people to the National Catholic Youth
Conference in Columbus, Ohio. One of the speakers
was Father Tony Ricard, from the Archdiocese of New Orleans who spoke about the
devastation that is still present in that whole region because of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
On the bus ride home, several of the young people told me they thought we needed to go
to New Orleans. I thought to myself sitting in the dark, “Yeah, we just finished raising money
to come on this trip; how are we going to be able to do that?” I told the young people to pray
and that I would pray and we would see what we could do.
The next week I started investigating vans and airfare and started talking about the idea
around the parish. One of the members who went to Columbus is a senior and had planned to
go to Italy for spring break, said to me, “Sister, I need to go to New Orleans.” Another Mom
called me and said, “I need to know if this trip is really going to happen because otherwise I
want to take Steve on a trip with Tim and me.” It was starting to feel as though this trip would
really happen!
I had dinner with a friend in the middle of December and told her that I had a reservation
for fifteen airplane tickets, that I needed to have a deposit of $705 by December 31, and that
I had no one signed up! I told her I just felt as though we needed to make this trip; so, off the
check went!
In early January we had a meeting. Twenty people came and expressed interest. We ended
up with ten young people and five adults. We left on Saturday, April 12, and returned on
Sunday, April 20. We were gone the entire spring break, and not one of the folks expressed
one word of complaint!
A couple from the parish called and wanted to help, so they paid
for a shuttle to and from JFK Airport. Others paid for gas, and I began
working with the Habitat for Humanity affiliate in Hammond,
Louisiana, to arrange our accommodation and work site.
Our travel was easy. We arrived in Hammond and then drove
into the very dark countryside to Folsom, LA, where we stayed
at Camp Glenwood, run by the American Baptist Church. It
was a fabulous space because it is off season, and we had the
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to Louisiana
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run of the place with an institutional kitchen, dining room, boys’
dorm and girls’ dorm and lots of outside space!
On Sunday morning we went to the Gospel Mass at Our Lady
Star of the Seas Parish in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans where
Father Tony is pastor. The group was so welcomed! Mass was two
hours, and the young people were totally engaged and inspired! It
was an awesome experience for all of us. We spoke with many
people who had lost their homes, families and friends. Their joy
and faith were so evident! We did some touring in New Orleans
the rest of that day, had a quiet morning on Monday at camp and
then went back to New Orleans for the afternoon and evening.
On Tuesday morning we got up and headed to the work site.
The affiliate had been working on
finishing this house for the last month,
and it wasn’t finished yet. We set to
work doing toe molding, fascia, painting,
hanging kitchen cabinets, porch railings
and general clean up. By far the best part
of the experience was the fact that the
homeowners, Unc and Pearl, were on the
site all day every day with us. The
couple lost their home in Katrina. It was
the fourth time they had lost everything,
so they decided that was enough and
This is the house that Sister Betsey (shown on
relocated to Hammond, north of New
the ladder above) and the young people helped
Orleans. A little more than a year ago,
build.
their daughter died, and they are raising
their two grandsons, Jamalcolm and
Joshua. Unc and Pearl are so joyful and grateful and positive. They are people of faith who
have very little, but their witness and example were such an inspiration to all of us.
On Saturday afternoon, after we had finished the punch list, we were standing on the porch
and R.J. Cavalier, the construction supervisor, told the group that they had had many groups
come to help and that no group had worked harder than we had. He told us that he was a little
skeptical of sixteen and seventeen-year-old “kids” coming, but he told us that he was nothing
but impressed! It was a great moment!
Saturday night we hosted a party at our home with the Meigs family who operate Camp
Glenwood, Unc, Pearl, Jamalcolm and Joshua and Toni. Karen Meigs, Toni and Pearl brought
some southern food for our enjoyment. It was such a wonderful closing for a fabulous week!
It was the best Habitat build I have ever been on (and I have been on many!) and except
for the snake bite by the non-venomous snake and the water moccasin that showed up on the
site on Saturday, the experience was perfect!
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Giffy’s Chicken Barbecue
— Rain or Shine —
To Benefit the Sisters of St. Joseph
Where: Sisters of St. Joseph Provincial House
385 Watervliet-Shaker Road, Latham, N.Y. 12110
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due to rising costs,
beginning July 1, 2008
only donations of $5.00 or
more will receive an
acknowledgement letter.
We will still be crediting all
gifts in the donor base but
it has become cost prohibitive to send acknowledgement letters for gifts of
less than $5.00.
Thank you for your
understanding.
When: Friday – September 12, 2008
Cost:
Time: 4:00-6:00
$9.50 per dinner which includes: 1/2 Barbecued Chicken
• Baked Potato - Coleslaw - Roll & Butter
• Dessert and Beverage
Take-Out Dinners Only for this Event
Advance ticket purchases are appreciated.
Sisters of St. Joseph, Albany Province
385 Watervliet-Shaker Road
Latham, New York 12110-4799
Address Service Requested
Non-Profit Org.
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