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.
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!
We begin Catholic Sisters Week with Sister Shout Outs from St. Joseph Hearing + Speech. Today the Sisters are celebrated as inspiring, fabulously funny, and super awesome! We agree! Thank you @stjosephhearing
Open my heart Lord, help me to love like you 💜 SJEM prays that your Lenten journey will strengthen your heart to serve in all the ways God has planned for you #ashwednesday✝️
2026 United in Faith and Community: may our Catholic education form witnesses to God’s peace and justice on earth. Happy Catholic Schools Week!
Grateful to @collegesofsistersofstjoseph for hosting the excellent presentation of Rooted in Mission! Awesome presenters, Shannon Green and Dr. Krishauna Hines-Gaither from SJEM sponsored institution, Mount Saint Mary’s University @msmu_la @msmu.csjinstitute
“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