News - Congregation of the Sisters of St.John of God

31 May, 2022

UISG have a voice in Davos, Switzerland

The Global Solidarity Fund (GSF) convened leaders from the Catholic community at the World Economic Forum in Davos, for dialogue with leaders from the private, non-profit and public sectors.

25 May, 2022

TSS Summer School – on-line June 2022

The Tarsus Scripture School offer their Summer School: Walking the Synodal Path Together. Dr Jessie Rogers, Sean Goan and Kieran O’Mahony OSA will take us through various parts of Scripture. See further details.

24 May, 2022

Covid 19 Vaccine Inequality

The People’s Vaccine Alliance has organised an on-line conference on June 2nd 10.00-12.00 (Irish Time). As we all know, the pandemic is not over. See further details of the work of the Alliance and how to register for the conference.

23 May, 2022

Sister Bridget Clancy Scholarship

The establishment of the Sister Bridget Clancy Scholarship for the Empowerment of Women in your 150th year is another example of your service, vision and commitment to support our community.

20 May, 2022

Laudato Si’ Week 2022, begins on Sunday May 22nd

This week – May 22nd – 29th will mark the seventh anniversary of Pope Francis’ encyclical on care of all creation. This global celebration can unite us across the globe and enable us to continue in our efforts to bring Laudato Si’ to life.

16 May, 2022

Women religious blaze new trails in roles of authority at the Vatican

From the appointment of Sharon Holland to the staff at the Vatican in 1998, to the appointment by Pope Francis of women like Becquart, Petrini, Smerillr and others in 2021, things are changing.

12 May, 2022

Places Still Available – Ballyvaloo Retreat & Conference Centre

Preached Retreat Saturday May 14th to Friday May 20th – Fr. Gerard McCarthy SVD

12 May, 2022

Ossory gives thanks for the Sisters of St. John of God

In the April issue of the Ossory Times, Martin Delaney – PP Rathdowney – has an article about the valuable role Religious have played in society down through the years. He also mentions the celebration in Kilkenny on March 10th when the Diocese of Ossory gathered to give thanks for the contribution of the Sisters of St John of God in the diocese.

11 April, 2022

International Union Superiors General (UISG) Resources

UISG ask you to support us as we gather in Plenary Assembly (May 2 – 6). Here we also post a power-point presentation on: The Spirituality of Synodality.

1 April, 2022

The Synodal Journey and Religious Life

A panel of four theologians have been selected to synthesise, for the Synod, the responses from Religious Congregations. One of these theologians is Sr. Maria Cimpermann. We post a written version of an interview with her here.

1 April, 2022

A Festival of Theology

This Conference (May 19th- 21st) marks 10 years of the Loyola Institute at Trinity College Dublin.

23 March, 2022

Spring Conference – A Spirituality for our Times

Speaker - Jane Mellett

23 March, 2022

Help on our Synodal Pathway

We are happy to bring to your attention a series of evenings being offered by the Team in Manresa to help tease out some of the deeper questions involved in being a Synodal Church.

10 March, 2022

Our Voices – a Webinar on Synodality held Feb. 16th 2022

This webinar was organised by the Australian Catholic Coalition for Church Reform (ACCCR)

7 March, 2022

International Women’s Day, March 8th

For nearly half a century, the United Nations has observed March 8th as International Women’s Day. The theme this year is “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow" ...