ON August 23, we celebrated the birthdays of three special Sisters - S. Leona Spencer, S. Margaret Cushman and S. Edith Arsenault. S. Edith will be 100 years old on August 29, 2019. We have some photos to share

Four Sisters of St. Joseph minister in Kenya, from the Annecy and Springfield congregations. They serve in spirituality and retreat work, schools, health ministry with a dispensary, visiting villages, parish work and pastoral work. The Sisters of St. Joseph of Sault Ste Marie were a presence in Kenya from 1994 – 2008, providing small business support, working in education, addiction intervention and AIDs support. Sr. Carolyn Schan ministered in Kenya from 1994 – 2007, and Sr. Mae Kierans from 2004 – 2008.

A huge thank you to Fr. Daniele Muscolino and his group for the care they took to clean the stones and statues at the cemetery. Attached are some photos of the group hard at work.

The Sisters and staff enjoyed a lovely evening sitting by Lake Nipissing and relishing in the great tradition of bon fires on summer evenings. Thanks to Daniel Currie we also had great entertainment and a singalong and no bon fire is complete without s'mores. Take a look at the photos! FYI, we had a visiting groundhog who seemed to also enjoy the activities.

This week we pray for the people of Jamaica and for the Sister of St. Joseph from Springfield who ministers there in a doctor volunteer program. We are also mindful of the Sisters from the Hamilton Congregation (now part of the Congregation of Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada) in served there from 1993 – 2007; Sr. Ann Marshall, Sr. Nancy Sullivan and our deceased Sr. Katrina Rooney.