In 1996 a rash of arson attacks against black churches and other houses of worship prompted President Bill Clinton to send out a call to take action to counteract this violence. The Executive Committee of the Federation of Sisters of St. Joseph sent this memo inviting their members to pray these prayers in solidarity with each other and to offer a day of fasting.
Memo from Phyllis Manda reminding all major superiors that they are allowed to authorize additional people to receive mailings directed to them from the Federation.
Stand for Children is an American education advocacy group. Founded in 1996 following a Children's Defense Fund rally, the non-profit helps to organize around changes in public education. These documents all relate to the Federation's involvement with Stand for Children and include correspondence, statement of purpose, Stand for Children Day information, participants, organizational endorsement, and sample proclamation.
These memos from Phyllis Manda to Congregational Leadership discuss the activation of the Organizational Review Task Force. This task force was set up to review and assess the structure of the Federation as an organization in 1996. At this point the Federation was thirty years old, had grown in strength and size and needed to update their documentation and to redefine their focus as a unified group. The task force identified several aspects of the Federation's structure which needed revision or feedback from Federation leadership and sent out a questionnaire to facilitate conversation and aid in their future decision-making process.
Official public statement of the U.S. Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, which calls for prayer, unity and reconciliation among its members and neighbors throughout the world in the face of the horribly tragic events that unfolded in our nation on September 11, 2001.
This official document of the Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the United States of America contains the bylaws of the governing board, the organization's statement of identity and purpose and the Federation Handbook. This document was reviewed in November, 1997.
Bylaws of the Governing Board of the Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the United States of America, adopted in September, 1985 and reviewed in September, 1992.
Letters confirming the appointments of Sisters Margaret Berry, Baden; Jamesine Riley, Rochester; and Sister Catherine Mulkerrin, Boston to the committee for bylaws of the United States Federation of Sisters of St. Joseph.
Sister Margaret Quinn compiled her findings from previous Federation Executive Committee meeting minutes to create this consolidated history of the formation of the Federation's bylaws, statutes and constitution. This document also includes Federation Executive Committee meeting minutes from January 11-13, 1981, which discuss finalizing the organization's official documents and putting them to a membership vote.
The following manuscript provides a tentative listing of statutes to be discussed, revised, and voted upon for inclusion in the constitutions, by-laws, or statutes for the governance of the federation described herein.
This document contains meeting minutes from the Federation's Committee on Formation, written by Sister Mary Isabel Concannon, Vice President of the Federation and submitted to the Federation's Executive Committee.
Written at the time of her death, this circular details the life, career and accomplishments of Sister Eucharista Galvin, who was instrumental in the foundation of the Federation.
This letter from Sister Mary Seraphine discusses the upcoming first meeting of the Federation and includes a proposed list of eligible candidates to serve in board positions. Also discussed is the formation of a nominating committee to select a slate of officers from this list to be voted on at the first Federation meeting.
This letter to Provincial Superior, Mother Mary de Pazzi from Mother Eucharista Galvin, gives an update of communities who are interested in forming a Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in the United States, bringing the number of communities at this date to 22.
This letter of response from Mother Mary de Pazzi to Mother Euchasrista Galvin expresses her support of forming the Federation, her disappointment that only fifteen communities had sent their approval up to this point and the hope that more communities will soon send their approval.
