~by Susi Pittman

I am filled with joy as I begin this week as an Associate of the Sisters of St. Joseph. Mother General, Sister Jane Stoecker welcomed me as Sister Marie Rene pinned my Associates pin on to my lapel. I love these dear Sisters with all my heart. They have been such a huge part of my family’s life through the years and I cannot express in words the joy that I have to be actually an Associate of what has always been for me an extended family. Their prayers and practices inspired me to be better than I could be.

Thank you dear Jesus, for these beautiful brides of Christ and their commitment to the “dear neighbor.” I love you more Jesus because of them!

The Sisters of St. Joseph of St. Augustine are located throughout Florida and are part of the bigger population of the national population of the Sisters of St. Joseph. If you are in Florida, woman or man, married or widowed, you might consider looking into the Associates Program that the Sisters offer.

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Susi Pittman is founder of CatholicStewardsofCreation.com and Owner-President of Twin Oaks Publishing; she is author of Animals in Heaven? Catholics Want to Know!; an advocate for the Florida Catholic Conference; a member of the St. Joseph’s Catholic Council of Women in Jacksonville, Florida; an Associate of the Sisters of St. Joseph, St. Augustine;a member of the Florida Publishers Association, Independent Book Publishers Association, the National Association of Professional Women, the ASPCA, the Humane Society of the United States and the National Audubon society.