Continuing legacy … Building the future
St. Joseph Educational Ministries (SJEM) is a Catholic educational sponsoring entity of the Roman Catholic Church.
Founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet (CSJ), SJEM empowers lay leaders to provide responsibility for the Catholic identity and the mission of their sponsored institutions.
Together we are more
SJEM provides ongoing formation for its Members and constituents, inspiring the future of Catholic education and forging its future with the bold and loving legacy of the CSJ tradition. Sharing in the CSJ motto of “Together we are more …” SJEM believes that we are strengthened by relationships and seeks to maintain strong ties with the educational communities with whom we have the privilege of serving.
Sponsored institutions and SJEM join together working toward the same vision of Catholic faith-based education that promotes social justice bringing about unifying love to the world. We seek to form leaders who join the CSJ vision and reflect God’s love to the dear neighbor everywhere.
SJEM assistant director, Cathy Schroy, had a wonderful several days of diving deeper into the spirituality of the Sisters of St. Joseph At Spirits on Fire. It was wonderful to meet new friends and colleagues in the family of Joseph from around the country. Many folks from SJEM institutions attend Spirits on Fire. As well, SJEM offers a scholarship each year for this amazing formation program. Thank you to the Spirits on Fire team who have designed and facilitate this gift!
God’s holy Love is always at work in us. We never arrive but are always a work in progress. – Maxim 92 SJEM was delighted to join President Ann McElaney Johnson, the CSJ’s, and the entire campus community of Mount Saint Mary’s University for their 100th Anniversary Campus Celebration. The day was marked by the ceremonial burial of a time capsule, leaning into the future, and the viewing of their new film celebrating the 100 year history of the institution. Thank you to MSMU and @msmu.csjinstitute for all you do to live unifying love into the future! Indeed, you are UNSTOPPABLE
Our good works have their roots in Divine inspiration. ~ Maxim 57 Thanks to the wonderful community of board members, leadership, faculty, staff, alumni, and students of St. Teresa’s Academy @sta_stars for having SJEM on campus today! We loved being inspired by your works that keep the legacy of unifying love light and bright in our world! Thank you for being a wonderful partner in mission!
Have only one desire: to be what God longs for you to be. ~Maxim 73 … Great days spent with Avila University’s faculty, staff, and administration exploring mission and charism in the university tradition that educates learners who make meaningful contributions to our global community! Thank you @avilauniversity @avilastudentlife for welcoming SJEM to dream with you!
Happy Feast Day to our Sisters of St. Joseph, SJEM community, and all the family of Joseph! We Look to Joseph
God of Great Love,
Your son, Jesus, was nurtured by St. Joseph.
May we look to Joseph as our model of justice,
gentleness and humility.
May we, with Joseph, nurture the life of Christ
in our lives and in the lives of others
Uniting all people and all creation
with God and with one another.
May Joseph’s life inspire us
to be a hopeful, healing presence
within our world.
Amen.
-Joanne Gallagher, CSJ © 1999. Image: Kelly Latimore
With all the wonderful things shared about what we love about our Catholic Sisters, may we seek to be more like them! To our Sisters of St. Joseph, your charism of unifying love moves so many out into the world to love the dear neighbor because like you, the charism lives in all who are touched by it. Thank you for our schools and the legacy our learners live into the future!
Rosati-Kain Academy knows how meaningful Catholic Sisters Week is, as they celebrate the contributions of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and School Sisters of Notre Dame who have been "essential" in the life of their school`s history! Thank you for celebrating the friendship, goodness, and wisdom of Sisters in your Shout Outs
St. Teresa`s Academy in Kansas City celebrate Catholic Sisters Week with so many reasons why the Sisters are so important to our communities and in our lives. From brave to caring, amazing justice seekers … Catholic sisters are indeed the result of God`s friendship! Way to give Sister Shout Outs, STA!
Catholic Sisters are celebrated in the richness of the Sisters of St. Joseph who are strong and loving! What a great legacy for Carondelet High School students to celebrate in their Sister Shout Outs during this National Catholic Sisters Week!
The history and hospitality of sisters is alive and well at St. Joseph`s Academy in St. Louis. Thank you @stjoeangels for celebrating Catholic Sisters Week with your Sister Shout Out!
Celebrating Catholic Sisters Week with Sister Shout Outs from the St. Louis Motherhouse! CSJ Sisters, associates, and friends highlight so many wonderful gifts of sisters that bring joy to our world and inspire each of us to care for one another as dear neighbors! What would we do or be without the sisters? So grateful for all the ways we are transformed by a rich history of Catholic Sisters!
Today`s Sister Shout Outs celebrating Catholic Sisters Week are from St. Mary`s Academy in Inglewood, California. @smabelles celebrate that the Sisters are gifts from God who are joyous, kind, respectful, AND models of unifying love! Thank you for celebrating with us, SMA!
“The legacy of the Sisters of St. Joseph, lived out through the innovative founding of SJEM, provides an opportunity for the vision of the Second Vatican Council to come alive through and with our committed and creative lay partners.”
Rita Schmitz, CSJ, Founding Member of SJEM, Professor Emerita Fontbonne University