The Federation issued this official statement urging the President of the United States, George W. Bush, to close the Western Hemispheric Institute for Security Cooperation (WHISC), formerly known as the School of the Americas.
This email contains a forwarded account by Father Donald Bahlinger, a brother of one of the Medaille sisters who is in El Salvador. Father Donald received relief funds that were sent by the Federation's congregations and he coordinated their distribution.
A memo sending out the pre-registration form for the Canonical Novitiate and the cover letter and registration form for the Formation/Vocation Workshop.
This memo contains new committee appointments for Selection, Finance and Public Image Committees and also includes a blank statistical update form used to collect congregational census data.
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.
