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we are invited to pray for the 5 Sisters and 5 Associates from the Chambéry Congregation ministering in Sweden in pastoral care and refugee work. An interesting historical perspective of the sisters presence in Sweden may be read at: https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/lup/publication/53313ac7-4e7d-45ff-bb80-401efdb52fdb Please click on the link to “summary”. And a good news story: Video is 2 minutes long: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/steel-making-city-swedens-greenest-community-191205122043843.html

We will pray for the people of Sri Lanka and the three Sisters from the Lyon Congregation who minister there in pastoral and social work. Check out the Lyon congregation tree on: http://www.sjlindia.org/presenceothers.php News about Monday’s extreme rain fall in Sri Lanka: https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/502051

This week we pray for the people of Senegal and the Sisters who minister there from the Institut des Souers de Saint Joseph, the Annecy and the Lyon congregations. Their work includes nursery schools, parish work, pastoral work with youth, homecare for the ill, an orphanage, and a house for single mothers. And so we continue to listen to the heart of the world! Here is someone else who is attentive to making the world (and particularly Senegal) a better place: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/15/sport/gorgui-dieng-charity-award-nba-sportspeople-spt-intl/index.html

This week we pray for the people of Romania and the 8 Sisters of St. Joseph serving there, from the Aosta and Cuneo Italian communities. Their ministry includes: a nursing school, parish and pastoral work, youth ministry, homecare for the Ill, orphanage and house for single mothers. At the very end of this link there is a 1972 photo of Sisters of St. Joseph meeting in the village of Zboyiska in Lviv, Ukraine. https://www.csjkansas.org/interrupted-lives/faces-of-faith/

We listen to the heart of the world and hold in our prayer the Sisters of St. Joseph and the people of PUERTO RICO.

Today, November 8, is National Aboriginal Vetrans Day. We express gratitude to Indigenous Vetrans who volunteered to fight for this country. Thank you for your service!

This week we pray for the Sisters of St. Joseph and Associates ministering in Peru. Presently there are 37 Sisters from the congregations of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart, the Carondelet Congregation and the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada (Pembroke). Their ministries include: parish ministry and education, pastoral care, community development, health, governance, advocacy, empowerment of women, spiritual formation and prison ministry We hold in our hearts in a particular way Sister María Choquez and Sister Gloria Muchypiña serving in their home area Chincha Valley. There are also 16 Associates connected with this mission. We are also mindful of the many Canadian sisters who began our missions in Peru, and were graced by Christ’s love radiating in the people.

November 20, 2019 7 pm - 9 pm Pro Cathedral, North Bay

Attached is a news report on the dire situation in Haiti. As a Federation we have sponsored 10 girls in collaboration with Mission Haiti at one of the schools in Leogane. The following information is from Anita Witta, our contact with Mission Haiti. "I wanted to share this article with all of you; perhaps you may have seen this. I keep in contact with Fr. Tom and he is requesting prayers. Sr. Edna has been keeping in contact by texting. Schools have been closed as you all know and will not open till the streets are calm. The country is paralyzed and has been in lock down for many weeks. Sr Edna states that food is difficult to get and everything is very expensive. When you are able to get to the market, there is little food there due to no deliveries, roads are blocked. Electricity is scarce and so is gas. If the Sisters run the generator, they need diesel and that is difficult to find and extremely expensive. Downtown Leogane has experienced much violence on the streets with protestors. It is quite sad to read about the hospitals. Dieunis is happy to be at the farm. The conditions in Ley Cayes were and remain very bad. He was very lucky to get out of Les Cayes when he did. There was a one day break in protesting and he was able to get on a bus to Leogane. He stated that no one could leave their home, it was not safe on the street." Many prayers are needed for those in Haiti.

The NET team is in Terrace Bay and areas sharing their faith with the students and staff of the Superior North Catholic District School Board. This evening they took a break and decorated their reusable water bottles (in keeping with The Sisters of St. Joseph being a Blue Community). Sister Stephanie provided the craft materials and the team went to work sharing and creating.

This lovely Thanksgiving video re St. Joseph's Motherhouse was prepared by Sister Pauline Guindon and Miroslava Triapoluk. Enjoy the beautiful autumn scenery. Music played by Sister Shirley McNamara Prayer is Psalm 121

We listen to the heart of the world and hold in our prayer the Sisters of St. Joseph and the people of PAPUA NEW GUINEA

As the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon heard pleas to defend the rights of the region's indigenous people and of the land they hold sacred, indigenous leaders from Canada and the United States came to Rome to support them. Sister Priscilla Solomon is among the delegation. Click on link for story for National Catholic Reporter.

We pray for the Sisters of St. Joseph ministering in Pakistan and for the people of that country. The Chambéry congregation has 13 sisters whose works include: education, family visits, pastoral care, and promotion of women. From: Gulf News Asia - Saylani Welfare International Trust is a Pakistani charity focusing primarily on feeding the homeless. It was established in May 1999 and is based in Karachi, Pakistan. It was founded and headed by famous spiritual and religious scholar Maulana Bashir Farooq Qadri. The charity provides free food to needy thrice a day. For full article see: https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/pakistan/pakistan-prime-minister-imran-khan-pledges-to-provide-free-food-and-shelter-to-the-poor-and-homeless-1.66968932

Today we celebrate the Sisters of St. Joseph and the people of Norway.

Greg Humbert has been working on The Great Canadian Catholic Hospital History. This edition he explored the history of Elliot Lake Hospital which was started by The Sisters of St. Joseph of Sault Ste. Marie.

This week we pray for the two Sisters of St. Joseph ministering in Nicaragua and for the people of that country. The Sisters are from the Congregation of St. Joseph, and the Carondelet Congregation. They minister in the neighbourhoods, in natural medicine and missionary work. In July, 2018 the US Federation of Sisters of St. Joseph issued a statement condemning the violence occurring in Nicaragua. In a lengthy statement released September 19, 2019, “Crimes that demand justice: an urgent call to the international community,” the Conference of Jesuit Provincials of Latin America and the Caribbean called for justice and an end to the violence in Nicaragua. https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-americas/2019/09/20/jesuit-provincials-call-for-international-action-on-nicaragua/

S. Mae Kierans and other Sisters of St. Joseph around the world know the importance of preserving our history. Read the story of the Archive Gathering in LePuy, France (our roots!)

Sisters of St. Joseph in Mozambique Presently 5 Sisters of St. Joseph of Chambéry are in Mozambique. Their works include: pastoral work with children, social work, schools, visiting families, Basic Christian Communities. From AFRICANEWS: “Mozambique has set an ambitious target with their ProEnergia initiative to reach 100% of the population with electricity by 2030. The country represents an optimal market for off-grid solar products, with only 27% of households currently connected to electricity and a highly distributed population. Fenix’s operations here will focus on reaching those most in need of energy access, particularly districts in the North and people who are using expensive, polluting, and dangerous methods such as kerosene and candles to light their homes.” By replacing fossil fuel-powered lanterns, solar home systems allow off-grid customers to illuminate their homes with clean LED lights, as well as charge phones and run radios, TVs, hair clippers and speakers. Fenix is the first PAYGO solar company in Mozambique to use these Internet of Things (IoT) technologies to reduce costs and bring high-quality, affordable technology to rural, last-mile customers. https://www.africanews.com/2019/09/16/fenix-international-to-launch-off-grid-solar-in-mozambique-in-partnership-with-leading-operator-vodacom/ From UNICEF MAPUTO, Mozambique/NEW YORK, 14 September 2019 – Nearly 1 million people, including 160,000 children under five, in northern Mozambique are facing food shortages and a nutrition crisis, with conditions expected to worsen over the coming months – UNICEF said today. The dire situation is a direct result of the devastation wrought by Cyclones Idai and Kenneth, which struck central and northern Mozambique in March and April this year. The two storms brought widespread flooding, the destruction of almost 780,000 hectares (7,800 sq kms) of agriculture crops and the displacement of tens of thousands of families. The number of children under five facing ‘crisis’ levels of food insecurity is expected to rise to 200,000 in storm-affected areas by February 2020. Around 38,000 children could become severely malnourished and at risk of death over the same period. https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/mozambique-children-living-storm-affected-areas-face-worsening-food-insecurity-and