prayer & discernment
“IF EVERYONE in
the U.S. took one
week out of the
year to volunteer and serve
others in some
way, so many
of the problems
that burden
America would
be solved,” says
Chris, a volunteer
from Carroll College in Helena,
Montana, seen
helping a student
with math at
Hope Hall.
My week with the Sisters
of St. Joseph of Rochester
The SSJ Volunteer Corps offers young women and men the opportunity to
work alongside the Sisters of St. Joseph of Rochester in their vital urban
ministries.
His PAs T sPRinG, i saw first-
hand how hard sisters work and
how important their ministries
are to the life of their religious commu-
nity and to the people they serve.
i spent a week with the ssJ Volunteer
Program, which was
founded in 1996 by
sisters donna del santo,
TBYCAROLINE HOPKINSON
Caroline Hopkinson is multi-
media editor for the VISION
Vocation Network.
s.s.J. and Marilyn Pray, s.s.J. as a way to
provide opportunities for young people
to be part of the ministries of the sisters
of st. Joseph of Rochester, new york
and experience first-hand the joys and
challenges involved in Christian service.
The ssJ Volunteers live in community and share their meals and work.
This extensive time together allows
them to reflect on how they serve the
people at their ministry sites and how
their own lives are affected by the experience. More than 400 young people
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