Spend 10 min to watch this opinion video from three brave people who experienced detention and are telling their story. Systemic cruelty is the point. We cannot be silent. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...

So many stories. We cannot be silent. The detained loved ones of many of the visiting families I have met at Delaney Hall were following the immigration process, contributing the economy and living peaceful lives when they were essentially kidnapped by ICE agents. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/n...

From a non-Catholic writer: "a pope’s moral witness can — and should — still matter to Christians of every tradition.... 1/2 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/o...

I have said it before and I will say it again: the world needs more dance parties. 💃 🕺 💃 🕺 💃 🕺 Joy is resistance. (This post brought to you by an evening dancing with my CSJP sisters and associates at our community assembly)

Speaking from Cop30, Jamaican economist Mariama Williams said historical injustices must be confronted and addressed. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no... 1/3

We cannot be silent. Grateful to our brothers Bishops for this strong statement in support of human dignity and against the indiscriminate mass deportation of our immigrant kin. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...

Fourteen years ago today on 11.11.11, I professed my perpetual vows as a Sister of St. Joseph of Peace. 1/2

Praying and standing in solidarity with the families and our migrant kin detained in Delaney Hall this Sunday morning. We began at 7 am in prayer on the theme Holy Resistance, led by Rev. Shannon Smythe. 1/4

IASJ’s next 50 years depend on our collective action. This December, join us at the Gala or give today to fuel campaigns that hold corporations accountable: givebutter.com/iasjlegacy

This Vocation Awareness Week, we honor the women and men religious whose faith and conviction have guided IASJ’s mission. Their prophetic witness continues to inspire our work for justice, equity, and the common good.

May we who are made in the image and likeness of God, imperfect as we are, strive to mirror God's excessive seeking for goodness, light, love, and peace. May we never give up on ourselves or one another. May we be steadfast like God is steadfast. Amen. susanandstjoseph.com/2025/11/06/s...

Finding some time this morning to pray with Dielxi Te, Pope Leo's Apostolic Exhortation

More than 150 Catholics, including religious sisters, brothers, clergy, lay people and students gathered outside the Delaney Hall inmigrant detention center in Newark this morning for a powerful prayer and blessing. 1/4

More than 150 Catholics and friends joined in prayer at Delaney Hall today as part of the national #OneChurchOneFamily movement. Newark Bishop Manny Cruz offered the closing blessing

Plans are coming together for our October 22 Prayer and Blessing at Delaney Hall in Newark as part of the One Church, One Family national Catholic day of public witness. We will be joined by Catholic Sisters, parishes, students, ministry leaders, and local organizations. forms.gle/aRgdkGK2b94p...

Every Sunday morning at 7 am we gather for an ecumenical prayer service outside Delaney Hall the private for profit migrant prison in Newark.

Saturday update from Delaney Hall detention center in Newark. Dropped off donations collected by the Sisters to support families. You can donate to orgs providing assistance: First Friends NJ/NY, Cosecha NJ & Action 21

My double sided sign is ready for tomorrow

So many stories. We cannot be silent. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...

Shameful and un-American www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Sisters Chero Chuma and @susanfrancois.bsky.social will be hosting an #Advent #Retreat for Young Adults (18-40) on December 13th in New Jersey. For more information and to register: tinyurl.com/SMVAdventRet... Registration deadline is December 5th.

When this many events are scheduled across the country for peaceful witness and support of the separation of powers into three branches of government, I think it is safe to say they are "I ❤️ America gatherings." 1/2

I love reading the (Old) Catholic Encyclopedia from 1917 and to see how Catholic theology put things then. “Care of the Poor by the Church,” unsurprisingly, coheres with a lot of what the new papal exhortation says. In case we’re worried about tradition. www.newadvent.org/cathen/12236...

Mic Drop from Pope Leo in his new teaching document just out today, Dilexi Te (I have loved you) “The same questions keep coming back to us. Does this mean that the less gifted are not human beings? Or that the weak do not have the same dignity as ourselves? ... -Pope Leo 1/3

Reflection on this Sunday's scripture readings. And a prayer: 1/3 susanandstjoseph.com/2025/10/05/c...

Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” Sharing photos taken by other volunteers this weekend at Delaney Hall. Please pray for all the children whose parents are in detention.

Cardinal McElroy:

Dispatch documenting the cruelty visitors face at Delaney Hall exercising their right to visit loved ones We cannot be silent. Please like, comment and share so more know what is being done in our name at taxpayer expense Ways to help the families in thread youtube.com/shorts/08nfn... 1/3

Saturday update on #DelaneyHall for profit immigrant prison in Newark. Moms bringing babies to meet their Dad's. Volunteers supporting families while they wait on an active driveway youtube.com/shorts/lFLGl...

On this Feast of St. Francis of Assisi and the final day of the Season of Creation I share this view from his hermitage. May we be instruments of peace and care for one another and all of creation.

Day 33 of the Season of Creation. Posting a daily picture or video I have taken of the beauty of creation. Always choose love.

My COVID update on Delaney Hall. I haven't been there while I have been recovering, but I have news to share about a letter 6 members Congress from NJ have sent to Kristi Noem and the CEO of GEO corp on the cruel and unsafe conditions for visitors. youtu.be/Rrx4d1LGgxY?...

Reflection from my morning prayer susanandstjoseph.com/2025/10/02/y...

Let us follow Jesus’ untraditional and countercultural footsteps to uplift the inherent dignity and worth of every human person. Joanna Arellano-Gonzalez, Give Us This Day @litpress.bsky.social

Day 32 of the Season of Creation. Posting a daily picture or video I have taken of the beauty of creation. Sunrise in England's Peak District.

Day 31 of the Season of Creation. Posting a daily picture or video I have taken of the beauty of creation. Love.

Day 30 of the Season of Creation. Posting a daily picture or video I have taken of the beauty of creation. Cloud reflection at sunset.

Day 29 of the Season of Creation. Posting a daily picture or video I have taken of the beauty of creation. Assateague wild horse and wild sky.

Day 28 of the Season of Creation. Posting a daily picture or video I have taken of the beauty of creation. Cherry blossoms in beautiful (and peaceful) Portland.

Day 27 of the Season of Creation. Posting a daily picture or video I have taken of the beauty of creation. View from the cave in La Verna where St. Francis of Assisi prayed.

Day 26 of the Season of Creation. Posting a daily picture or video I have taken of the beauty of creation. Prickly and feathered friends in the Sonoran Desert.

This gathering of interfaith leaders made it clear that we all have a critical role to play in advancing justice, dignity, and protection for the most vulnerable in these unprecedented times. 2/2

Assistant Congregation Leader Sister Susan Francois represented the Congregation at a Faith Leadership Circle event in NYC hosted by UNICEF as part of UN General Assembly week on the theme, Moral Courage in a Time of Crisis for Children. #everychild #unicef #foreverychild #interfaith 1/2

Day 25 of the Season of Creation. Posting a daily picture or video I have taken of the beauty of creation. Lancaster County cow basking in the sun.

Day 24 of the Season of Creation. Posting a daily picture or video I have taken of the beauty of creation. Glacier National Park.

Sisters Chero Chuma and @susanfrancois.bsky.social will be hosting an #Advent #Retreat for Young Adults (18-40) on December 20th in Bellevue, Washington. For more information and to register: tinyurl.com/SMoLAdventRe... Registration deadline is December 12th