It was a rainy day, just like today. I remember that my sister and I were walking in the pouring rain to Our Lady’s Christian School. All of a sudden, a green Gran Torino pulled up, the passenger door swung opened and a voice called out: “jump-in!”. It was Sr. Karen Talorico, SSJ, our principal. In the back seat, three other sisters, Sr. Ann Louis, Sr. Rose Irma and Sr. Mary Sarah. We had just gotten picked up by the NUN CAR! Awesome. No stranger danger here.
Yes, on this Feast of St. Joseph, I remember what the Sisters of St. Joseph have taught me and how they have formed me as a person. They have tilled the ground of my Catholic faith. They have nurtured my mind to be curious and open. They have educated me in mind, body and soul. They have invited me into their mission of extending myself to the “good of the neighbor”.
They have built schools, hospitals, orphanages, clinics, and communities. It is our time now to take the mantle of Sisters of St. Joseph and keep that mission and ministry to generations of good neighbors to come.
Please click on this link to join today in Prayer with Pope Francis at 4pm (EST).