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Belonging

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Am I? Are we?

Community Assembly

12 March 2022

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The Community Assembly promotes new ways of engaging with each other, partners, experts, and those directly impacted by social justice issues in order to:

  • develop and strengthen relationships among persons who intentionally live the CSJ mission;
  • understand and support the unique ways individuals and groups are living the mission;
  • engage in significant dialogue around the Acts of Chapter;
  • educate ourselves about emerging needs and resources and
  • take action for justice and ministry within our local communities and the larger world.

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Our agenda today:

  • 9:00 — Welcome and Prayer
  • 9:20 — Introduction and Video
  • 9:30 — Community members sharing their stories
  • 9:50 — Reflection time
  • 9:55 — Breakout groups
  • 10:25 — 10 minute break
  • 10:35 — Visio Divina
  • 10:55 — Breakout groups
  • 11:15 — How do we cultivate a community of belonging?
  • 11:20 — Community ask for the people of Ukraine
  • 11:25 — Closing prayer

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We are recording this meeting.

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Belonging

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Am I? Are we?

Community Assembly

12 March 2022

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Am I choosing to belong?

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Am I choosing to belong?

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Are we welcoming and accompanying those who want to belong?

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Am I choosing to belong?

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Are we welcoming and accompanying those who want to belong?

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A sense of belonging is what keeps people in community.

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Creating a sense of belonging is one way communities heal,

build resilience, and make a difference for each other

and for the world.

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Community helps us to transform ourselves and the world.

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How do we create

a sense of belonging?

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How do we belong ourselves?

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What does belonging to the

CSJ Community feel like to you?

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How do you experience

that belonging?

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We are now on a break, but please stay in Zoom.

We will gather here again at 10:30am.

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How would you describe a

unified CSJ Community of love?

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What changes do we as a CSJ Community

Need so that we continue to evolve?

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Evaluation form at https://csjforum.org/community-assembly

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Evaluation form at https://csjforum.org/

community-assembly

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Or email the committee

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We read all your wisdom

and will be sharing what we can on our web page

and in Together

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Evaluation form at https://csjforum.org/community-assembly

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Also important updates from

the Ministries Commission,

the Justice Commission,

the Relationship & Association Commission,

and the Acts of Chapter

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The Community Ask

For the People of Ukraine via the Sisters of St. Basil the Great

Receiving people into their monasteries, offering psychological help to traumatized people, accompanying refugees to the border, helping to feed the hungry, and even weaving camouflage nets for their military.

Sister Marcela’s latest note: Please continue to pray for Ukraine and for our dear courageous sisters who live there. The refugees from Ukraine are arriving in Poland, Romania, even Croatia. Let us open our hearts and help those who are in need.

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The Community Ask

Send a check made out to the Sisters of St. Joseph, indicating on the envelope that it is for the Ukraine Solidarity Fund. Send checks to Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, 10777 Sunset Office Dr, Suite 10, St. Louis, MO 63127.

Leave cash or a check made out to the Sisters of St Joseph with Kathy Ryan, CSJ at Carondelet Village, Apartment 109

Make an online donation at https://csjcarondelet.org/donate/, Choose for your gift to support the Ukraine Solidarity Fund.

Please make your donation by Monday at Noon. Thank you!

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Mimi Pizzi, atmpizzi@csjministriesfoundation.org, 651-690-7058

https://csjministriesfoundation.org

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Table Prayer, Friday 6:30pm

Feast Day Morning Mass Celebration, Saturday 9:30am

Feast Day Evening Celebration, Saturday 6:30pm

https://csjforum.org/feast

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Community Assembly Planning Committee

Cheryl Behrent, Eric Celeste,

Rosemary Curran, Anita S. Duckor,

Meg Gillespie, Rita Quigley,

Kathy Ryan, Cathy Steffens, Lori True

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https://csjforum.org/community-assembly

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You can reach the whole committee at

csjassembly@googlegroups.com