A World in Need

Passionate for the mission of Jesus, we reaffirm our choice to be in right relationship with people who are economically exploited and impoverished, especially women and children. We reaffirm our need to be in right relationship with Earth.

We commit ourselves to: 

• Deepen our understanding of global systems of domination that continue cycles of hunger, violence, poverty, militarism, racism, deterioration of values, maldistribution and overuse of resources and other threats to life;
   
• Transform these systems by taking action in collaboration with other persons and groups;
   
• Promote the fullness of life, including sustainable food production, a healthy environment, and access to education, health care, housing and employment.”

Sisters of St. Joseph

Acts of Chapter 1997

 

A World in Need (Links)

As Sisters of St. Joseph, we are called by our founders "to respond to the needs of the times" and to work toward "right relationships" with God, the neighbor, one another, the Church and the Earth. We recognize God's creation as a gift to ALL living beings, and we work in collaboration with other religious congregations and national and international organizations to be responsible and loving caretakers of the Earth. The following links are helpful in our collaborative efforts:

Co-Op America
Co-Op America empowers individuals to make purchasing and investing choices that promote social justice and environmental sustainability; demands an end to corporate irresponsibility through collective economic action; promotes green and fair-trade business principles while building the market for businesses adhering to these principles; and builds sustainable communities in the US and abroad.

Co-Op America's Green Pages
The Green Pages of Co-Op America are described as "the only directory of screened and approved green businesses."
 

Sierra Club
Sierra Club explores, enjoys and protects the wild places of the Earth; practices and promotes the responsible use of the Earth’s ecosystems and resources; and educates and enlists humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment. Blogs are available in several areas.
 

The Wilderness Society
Since 1935, the Wilderness Society has described as its calling and passion: “to protect America’s wilderness, not as a relic of our nation’s past, but as a thriving ecological community that is central to life itself.”
 

Orion Magazine
Orion Magazine provides "serious thinking on the deeper connection between the environment and social and political issues."

National Resources Defense Council
The Natural Resources Defense Council works to protect wildlife and wild places and to ensure a healthy environment for all life on earth.
 

Friends of Earth
For the past 39 years, Friends of the Earth have fought daily for a healthy and just world. Its members have raised the alarm and drawn attention to new environmental problems; stopped over 150 destructive dams and water projects worldwide; banned international whaling; pressed and won landmark regulations of strip mines and oil tankers; reformed the World Bank to address environmental and human rights concerns; and eliminated billions in taxpayer subsidies to corporate polluters.
 

Earth Light
View the seedbed and greenhouse of eco-spiritual writing and artwork.
 

Center for Ecozoic Studies
The work of Thomas Berry is central to this organization that is dedicated to the prinicpal that we live in a meaningful, continuously evolving Universe.
 

Brian Swimme
Brian Swimme is a mathematical cosmologist on the graduate faculty of the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. His primary field of research is the nature of the evolutionary dynamics of the Universe. In 1989, he founded the Center for the Story of the Universe.
 

Spiritearth
Spiritearth is a center and a network of people whose focus is contemplation, reflection and justice making in the ecozoic era.
 

Union of Concerned Scientists
The Union of Concerned Scientists is the leading science-based, nonprofit organization, working for a healthy environment and a safer world. UCS combines independent scientific research and citizen action to develop innovative, practical solutions and to secure responsible changes in government policy, corporate practices and consumer choices.
 

Tui Motu/InterIslands
InterIslands is an independent Catholic monthly magazine what invites readers to question, debate and reflect on spiritual and social issues in the light of Gospel values with the aim of creating a more just and peaceful society.
 

White Violet Center
The White Violet Center is sponsored by the Sisters of Providence and has as its director Sister of St. Joseph Maureen Freeman. Check the White Violet Center for programs on the environment and ecology and wonderful alternative gifts.
 

Wiser Earth
Wiser Earth is a community directory and networking forum that maps and connects non-governmental organizations (NGOs), businesses, governments and individuals who are addressing the central issues of our day: climate change, poverty, the environment, peace, water, hunger, social justice, conservation, human rights and more.