Edition No. 126 — May 22, 2020
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Saint Joseph Villa
ZOOM BOOM
May 2020
Julie Gabell, Associate
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The “Zoom boom” at the Villa has caused quite a stir. Initially, met with blank stares and indifference, this recent hot spot in the technology world has lately met with enthusiasm on the home front.
Soo…just what is this ZOOM they talk about? The definition could take hours, but for all intents and purposes, Zoom is a video-based technology that enables persons to meet online with or without video. Specifically for us, this means that any resident can potentially remain in their room and with the click of a mouse log in to a meeting where they see and hear other ”Zoomers” with similar interests. This was exciting—particularly at this time of COVID-19 when sisters have been confined to their rooms for several long weeks.
The Zoom project at the Villa stemmed from a South Jersey Circle initiative earmarked to determine if sisters at the Villa would be interested in this capability. Tech savvy
Sister
Sharon White SSJ
, who moderates the group was joined by six other Circle Sisters who volunteered individual coaching during the initial setup.
Training that started with two unwitting neophytes,
Sister Catherine McConnell SSJ
, and Associate Julie Gabell, soon morphed into an enthusiastic online cluster of eighteen persons--and the numbers keep mounting. Agendas were discussed, introductions were made, problems were solved and we were on our way! By the end of the second Zoom session we had learned:
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- To recognize such terms and directives as personal meeting ID, break lout room, chat room, drop down box, “raise your hand,” “click on the hyperlink,” “mute the audio.”
- That Zoom participants were primarily from Philadelphia, Jersey, and surrounding areas.
- That several sisters have Irish backgrounds and come from very large families; one from a family of ten.
- That two sisters who “met” on Zoom had family roots in Donegal and think they might be related.
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At a time when social distancing and voluntary stay-in-place are the norm, Zoom has lots to offer anyone who seeks to maintain contacts and look to the more creative possibilities of the Internet. Opportunities for sharing prayer, discussing ideas, and learning new concepts are only as limited as we allow them to be. The virtual world awaits us!
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Sister Jean Faustman SSJ
Outreach to Yauri
May 2020
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From 2006 to 2009
Sister Jean Faustman SSJ
called Yauri, in the department of Cusco, Peru home. Since then Jean has returned to Yauri each summer for several weeks to minister and be with the people she loves. This year because of the pandemic, Jean cannot go to Yauri, but she is committed to providing the materials and food donations they desperately need.
Jean’s twin, John, and Father Arthur Purcaro, OSA at Villanova devised a system for getting money to Yauri via MoneyGram. John has a charity for Peru within an Augustinian fund,
Caritas Populorum
, and all of Jean’s donations are going to the same fund. Donations go a long way in providing coats, shoes, sneakers, socks, underwear, sweaters—and of course, food.
Jean, John and Father Art are grateful to the many who have donated to provide the people of Yuri with basic necessities.
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Saint Joseph Villa
A Message of Thanks
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Assumption Hall
In an effort to follow pandemic guidelines the sisters at Assumption Hall in Chestnut Hall are
'wearing their masks!'
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Gone but not forgotten: Many former sisters stay connected to communities
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"Reprinted with permission from Global Sisters Report and send you the link once published.
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Picture from left: Rose Reda SSJ, Mary Jo Dagney, Cathy O'Brien and Marjorie Lawless SSJ
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Click here
to read
how some of our former members stay connected to the Congregation in this article in Global Sisters Report.
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Looking for Inspiration?
You can find it by clicking on images below!
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"With the help of God's grace and in fidelity to our founder's expressed wish, we live and work lovingly among all persons with a special preference for those who are poor, which calls us wherever we are to be in union with them."
— SSJ Constitutions #21
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