U.S. Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph
Digital Archives Collection
Item set
Title
U.S. Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph
Digital Archives Collection
Description
Materials digitized from the United States Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph's archival collection. Includes many important foundational documents of the organization as well as the order.
Subject
Sisters of St. Joseph
Women Religious--United States
Creator
United States Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph
Source
Barbara Baer, CSJ
Patricia Johnson, CSJ
Publisher
Avila University
Date
1966-
Format
pdf
Language
English
Type
Unpublished archival materials
Rights
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Correspondence from Sister M. Goretti to Federation President, Sister Anne Regina O' Leary. In this letter Goretti explains that though her congregation isn't able to have a sister participate on the Core Constitution Team, they will contribute monetarily.
Correspondence: from Sister Anne Regina O'Leary to Sister Ann Weller regarding the Executive Committee's final selection of members to serve on the Core Constitution Team.
A year-end letter from Sister Anne Regina O'Leary, Federation President, to Executive Committee members. In the letter she talks about her trip to Le Puy, France to celebrate the 325th anniversary of the Sisters of St. Joseph founding and also reports the activities of the Core Constitution Team, the 1976 National Event, the Exhibit at the Eucharistic Congress, Federation elections, and the Summer Institute in 1976.
Correspondence: from Sister Anne Regina O'Leary, Federation President, to potential Core Constitution Team members encouraging them to complete a questionnaire.
Correspondence from Sister Bette Moslander to Federation President, Sister Ann Regina. Included is a letter giving feedback to the Executive Committee about decisions made for the development of the Core Constitution Team, as well as a letter that Moslander sent to congregational representatives updating them on the work of the Design Committe and their progress with developing the Core Constitution Team.
Correspondence from Sister Bette Moslander to Sister Ann Regina outlining her ideas for forming the Core Constitution Team to develop an inter-congregational constitution.
Planning document for writing of a core constitution for the Sisters of St. Joseph of America, a proposed Federation project. This document includes the following sections: Mission, Creed, Obstacles, Resources, Assumptions, Key Result Areas, Basic Policies, Human Resources, Continuing Objectives, Specific Objectives, Proposals, Sample letter, and Application form.
The Summer Institute Meeting Minutes from July 1-3, 1975, outline the following key discussion points from the meeting: revision of the constitution, the creation of a set of fundamental common assumptions, fundamental proposals inherent in the task, the formation of a Design Committee who were tasked with mapping out the process for creating a new intercongregational constitution,
Saint Joseph Institute's Chronology of the Sisters of St. Joseph. This draft of the English translation of the 1980 Lyon Chronologie was created by the Sisters at Baden, PA.