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The History of the Congregation of St. Joseph

The History of the Congregation of St. Joseph. T he story of a unioning of SEVEN into ONE. From the Kitchen…. … to America. The CSSJ Global Family Tree. Founding Congregations Timeline…. Wheeling 1853 (Carondelet) Cleveland 1872 (Carondelet) Tipton 1880 (Cleveland)

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The History of the Congregation of St. Joseph

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  1. The History of the Congregation of St. Joseph The story of a unioning of SEVEN into ONE

  2. From the Kitchen…

  3. …to America

  4. The CSSJ Global Family Tree

  5. Founding Congregations Timeline… • Wheeling 1853 (Carondelet) • Cleveland 1872 (Carondelet) • Tipton 1880 (Cleveland) • Wichita 1888 (Concordia) • Nazareth 1889 (Watertown) • LaGrange 1899 (Concordia) • Medaille 1977 (Bourg/Natchez)

  6. Our Geography

  7. Tipton Center

  8. Wheeling Center

  9. LaGrange Center

  10. Medaille Center

  11. Cleveland Center

  12. Nazareth Center

  13. Wichita Center

  14. Chronology of Relationship • Late 1990s: Heartland Region Forms • Same Time: Group of 4 (meeting to support Tipton) • Same Time: Visiting Your Relatives

  15. Chronology, cont’d • Tipton asks the Question that belongs to us all… • “How do we best move forward into the future for the sake of the mission? “ • 2000-01: FuturingCommittees begin • to study hopes, needs and desires in each independent congregation. • 2002: Group of 8 meets for first time (7 + Concordia). A leadership and membership person from each congregation called the IntercongregationalFuturing Committee began the long journey toward…?????.

  16. 2002-2007… RECONFIGURATION“For the Sake of the Mission” • The Process was: • Organic and inclusive: the primary voice from start to finish was that of the sisters! • All about relationship; sisters and associates in the 7 groups said “They’re just like us!” • Feedback, feedback, feedback was collected from everyone along they way! • We prayed…dreamed…interacted…opened • A NEW “Little Design” was created and revised and embraced by the body!!

  17. A New Congregation is Born! • Between December, 2006 and January, 2007. every sister in 7 Congregations voted on whether or not to create this union. • The response was… YES! • On March 19, 2007, Rome officially approved us.

  18. April, 2007 • 1st Chapter of the New Congregation: • Affirmed the New Design • Elected FIRST leadership team • Created and promulgated the Generous Promises • August 6, 2007: First Leadership Team took office

  19. An Alternative Founding Story • Instead of a few individuals founding a group… • A group of women, facilitated by a few committees, founded a new way of being together “for the sake of the mission”. And it’s working!

  20. 850 + Foundresses

  21. Myriads of “Midwives” Among others, these groups facilitated the process of Reconfiguration • IntercongregationalFuturing Committee • Local Futuring Committees • Extended Leadership Teams • Design Team • Design Implementation Team • Prayer and Transformation Committee • Chapter Planning Team

  22. Interim Leadership Team

  23. First Leadership Team

  24. Guess Who Showed Up at our First Chapter?

  25. Mother Prayed with Us…

  26. And received our vows…

  27. And loved us into being!

  28. We Became ONE!

  29. We ARE One!

  30. The Beginning…..

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