Sister Ruth Bearer recently walked into a surprise event where she was the guest of honor. More than 30 current and former staff members of the Sto-Rox Family and Hilltop Community health centers greeted and celebrated with Sister Ruth at the Hilltop facility where the Education Room was dedicated … [Read more...]

Sister Mary Parks of the Leadership Team shares her reflections on Sister Nancy Hupert, who has been a member of the Jefferson Hospital community since 1992. I visited Sister Nancy Hupert at Jefferson Hospital several years ago and she took me on a tour of the institution that we, Sisters of St. … [Read more...]

The Sisters of St. Joseph received the 2019 Partner in Caring award from Concordia at Villa St. Joseph during the Young at Heart event on February 22 at the Motherhouse. About a dozen Sisters, including Sisters Sharon Costello, Mary Parks and Jean Uzupis of the Leadership Team attended the event. … [Read more...]

For the past few years, a group of Sisters has lovingly prepared Christmas ‘goodie bags’ for our neighbors across the river at the Beaver County Jail. There are specific guidelines for the contents of the bag, but the Sisters pack as much love and care into each one as possible. The cookies, … [Read more...]

In 1926, we sent our first missionary sisters to Hunan, China. In 1933, Sister Mary Mark Mullen joined that mission and later wrote a memoir of her experiences there. Gathered Fragments, the professional journal of The Catholic Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, published the first … [Read more...]