International Centre of the Sisters of St. Joseph

The International Center is a collaborative project of all the Congregations of Sisters of St. Joseph in the world, having their origins in the Congregation founded in 1650 by Jean Pierre Medaille, SJ, and six women, in Le Puy-en-Velay, France. The mission of the Centre is to promote interaction, collaboration and communion among Sisters, Associates and lay partners in creating an earth community based on the values of right relationship with God, with others, and with the planet.

Sunday, May 13, 2018

Cultural Diversity Program -- Fourth Day

The sisters woke up this morning to SNOW--in mid-May!!

However, their spirits were not downcast. In fact, they were quite uplifted with squeals of delight and wonder at the white, fluffy stuff.

"Yesterday, everything was green," said one sister. "Today, everything is white."

A 6:30 a.m. look at the mount of Notre Dame from the second floor window of the Centre

The sisters posed for and with each other in the snow. Some of them had never seen snow. Many regarded it as a gift from God and they gave words of thanks and praise for it.

Sister Mary McGlone engaged the sisters in a snowball fight, which they quickly found fun.

At the beginning of morning prayers, Sister Gloria (standing) asked the sisters to give the word for snow in their language. Some were stumped by this because although they knew what snow was, their native language did not have a word for it since their land did not have snow.