Sister Susan Francois, CSJP
@susanfrancois.bsky.social
Blessed to be a Sister of St Joseph of Peace. Posts are mine and do not represent any group
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Living Advent means we must realize part of how justice and peace shall flourish is through our actions, our prayer, our advocacy, and our presence. May we live in active Advent hope and work for the day when the words of Isaiah and the psalmist are fulfilled.
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“Justice shall flourish” – Living Advent
This morning I attended (virtually) an immigration court hearing for a gentleman detained at Delaney Hall awaiting an opportunity for due process regarding his irregular status. The judge and gover…
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December 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Living Advent means we must realize part of how justice and peace shall flourish is through our actions, our prayer, our advocacy, and our presence. May we live in active Advent hope and work for the day when the words of Isaiah and the psalmist are fulfilled.
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Sisters Chero Chuma and @susanfrancois.bsky.social will be hosting an #Advent #Retreat for Young Adults (18-40) on December 13th in New Jersey. For more information and to register: tinyurl.com/SMVAdventRet...
Registration deadline is December 5th.
Registration deadline is December 5th.
December 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Sisters Chero Chuma and @susanfrancois.bsky.social will be hosting an #Advent #Retreat for Young Adults (18-40) on December 13th in New Jersey. For more information and to register: tinyurl.com/SMVAdventRet...
Registration deadline is December 5th.
Registration deadline is December 5th.
May we find our way to stillness this Advent. May we see these times with the eyes of God, as they really are. May our hearts grow restless and move us to courage, compassion, and responsible action in love.
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Advent in a time of chaos
Last Advent I was introduced to Alfred Delp, a German Jesuit and member of the resistance to the Nazi Regime. He was imprisoned and executed in 1945. The following is from a Homily he gave on the 1…
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December 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
May we find our way to stillness this Advent. May we see these times with the eyes of God, as they really are. May our hearts grow restless and move us to courage, compassion, and responsible action in love.
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A reflection from my CSJP Sister Katrina Alton for this first Sunday of Advent:
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Radical Reflections for Advent 2025
Our National Chaplain, Sr Katrina Alton has written some Radical Reflections for us for Advent 2025Radical Reflections for Advent - Sunday 30th November 2025Christ: Swords into Ploughsharesb
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November 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A reflection from my CSJP Sister Katrina Alton for this first Sunday of Advent:
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"Before the first world war, there was no such thing as passports and visas and all these barriers to immigration that the Pope has so spoken against when he cries out for a living space for the poor. ...
- Dorothy Day, Catholic Worker, April 1, 1955
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- Dorothy Day, Catholic Worker, April 1, 1955
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November 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"Before the first world war, there was no such thing as passports and visas and all these barriers to immigration that the Pope has so spoken against when he cries out for a living space for the poor. ...
- Dorothy Day, Catholic Worker, April 1, 1955
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- Dorothy Day, Catholic Worker, April 1, 1955
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The unprecedented post from a US president – spiteful even by Trump’s standards contradicted extensive research showing irrefutably that immigrants to the US commit fewer crimes than people born there, and have done so for more than a century.
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Trump’s hate-filled rant ignores facts on immigrant crime and economic benefits
In the wake of the deadly Washington DC shooting, Trump claimed immigrants are ‘destroying everything America stands for’. Here’s what the data shows
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November 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The unprecedented post from a US president – spiteful even by Trump’s standards contradicted extensive research showing irrefutably that immigrants to the US commit fewer crimes than people born there, and have done so for more than a century.
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Sisters Chero Chuma and @susanfrancois.bsky.social will be hosting an #Advent #Retreat for Young Adults (18-40) on December 13th in New Jersey. For more information and to register: tinyurl.com/SMVAdventRet...
Registration deadline is December 5th.
Registration deadline is December 5th.
November 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Sisters Chero Chuma and @susanfrancois.bsky.social will be hosting an #Advent #Retreat for Young Adults (18-40) on December 13th in New Jersey. For more information and to register: tinyurl.com/SMVAdventRet...
Registration deadline is December 5th.
Registration deadline is December 5th.
It felt wrong somehow to wish them Happy Thanksgiving. But they wished us Happy Thanksgiving as we passed out slices of pizza and plastic red cups filled with pasta, warm food to feed their bodies and help them stay warm.
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Thanks and giving at Delaney Hall
Yesterday evening I joined a group of volunteers outside Delaney Hall, the for profit immigrant detention center located in an industrial area in Newark, New Jersey. We provided support to families…
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November 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It felt wrong somehow to wish them Happy Thanksgiving. But they wished us Happy Thanksgiving as we passed out slices of pizza and plastic red cups filled with pasta, warm food to feed their bodies and help them stay warm.
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Sharing this reflection that I gave at the formation weekend for the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe.
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Choosing Active Love over Indifference
True confession… Sunday’s Feast in the Catholoc tradition (Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe) is not my favorite. My relationship with Jesus is more as teacher, b…
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November 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Sharing this reflection that I gave at the formation weekend for the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe.
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We join Pope Leo XIV and our brother Bishops in denouncing the inhumane and unjust treatment of our immigrant brothers and sisters. We call for an end to harmful rhetoric meant to instill fear and create division.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:33 AM
We join Pope Leo XIV and our brother Bishops in denouncing the inhumane and unjust treatment of our immigrant brothers and sisters. We call for an end to harmful rhetoric meant to instill fear and create division.
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We approved this statement at our Leadership Team meeting this week
We join Pope Leo XIV and our brother Bishops in denouncing the inhumane and unjust treatment of our immigrant brothers and sisters. We call for an end to harmful rhetoric meant to instill fear and create division.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:37 AM
We approved this statement at our Leadership Team meeting this week
Climate justice is a life issue. As Pope Leo says:
"We must continue, then, to denounce the dictatorship of an economy that kills
.... the deterioration of the environment and of society affects the most vulnerable people on the planet)."
(Dilexi Te 92 & 96)
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"We must continue, then, to denounce the dictatorship of an economy that kills
.... the deterioration of the environment and of society affects the most vulnerable people on the planet)."
(Dilexi Te 92 & 96)
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Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally, analysis finds
Fallout from increased emissions linked to president’s ‘America First’ policies expected to most affect those in poor, hot countries
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November 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Climate justice is a life issue. As Pope Leo says:
"We must continue, then, to denounce the dictatorship of an economy that kills
.... the deterioration of the environment and of society affects the most vulnerable people on the planet)."
(Dilexi Te 92 & 96)
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"We must continue, then, to denounce the dictatorship of an economy that kills
.... the deterioration of the environment and of society affects the most vulnerable people on the planet)."
(Dilexi Te 92 & 96)
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Spend 10 min to watch this opinion video from three brave people who experienced detention and are telling their story. Systemic cruelty is the point. We cannot be silent.
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Opinion | We Came Here Legally. ICE Locked Us Up Anyway.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Spend 10 min to watch this opinion video from three brave people who experienced detention and are telling their story. Systemic cruelty is the point. We cannot be silent.
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So many stories. We cannot be silent. The detained loved ones of many of the visiting families I have met at Delaney Hall were following the immigration process, contributing the economy and living peaceful lives when they were essentially kidnapped by ICE agents.
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Church and College Leaders Work to Free a Detained Afghan Student
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November 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
So many stories. We cannot be silent. The detained loved ones of many of the visiting families I have met at Delaney Hall were following the immigration process, contributing the economy and living peaceful lives when they were essentially kidnapped by ICE agents.
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From a non-Catholic writer: "a pope’s moral witness can — and should — still matter to Christians of every tradition....
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Opinion | Pope Leo Doesn’t Want to Be the Anti-Trump. But He Is.
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November 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
From a non-Catholic writer: "a pope’s moral witness can — and should — still matter to Christians of every tradition....
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I have said it before and I will say it again: the world needs more dance parties. 💃 🕺 💃 🕺 💃 🕺
Joy is resistance.
(This post brought to you by an evening dancing with my CSJP sisters and associates at our community assembly)
Joy is resistance.
(This post brought to you by an evening dancing with my CSJP sisters and associates at our community assembly)
November 16, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I have said it before and I will say it again: the world needs more dance parties. 💃 🕺 💃 🕺 💃 🕺
Joy is resistance.
(This post brought to you by an evening dancing with my CSJP sisters and associates at our community assembly)
Joy is resistance.
(This post brought to you by an evening dancing with my CSJP sisters and associates at our community assembly)
Speaking from Cop30, Jamaican economist Mariama Williams said historical injustices must be confronted and addressed.
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Hurricane Melissa a ‘real-time case study’ of colonialism’s legacies
Destruction in Jamaica shows why climate justice cannot be separated from reparatory justice, campaigners say
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November 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Speaking from Cop30, Jamaican economist Mariama Williams said historical injustices must be confronted and addressed.
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We cannot be silent. Grateful to our brothers Bishops for this strong statement in support of human dignity and against the indiscriminate mass deportation of our immigrant kin.
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Catholic Bishops Rebuke U.S. ‘Mass Deportation’ of Immigrants
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November 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
We cannot be silent. Grateful to our brothers Bishops for this strong statement in support of human dignity and against the indiscriminate mass deportation of our immigrant kin.
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Fourteen years ago today on 11.11.11, I professed my perpetual vows as a Sister of St. Joseph of Peace.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Fourteen years ago today on 11.11.11, I professed my perpetual vows as a Sister of St. Joseph of Peace.
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Praying and standing in solidarity with the families and our migrant kin detained in Delaney Hall this Sunday morning.
We began at 7 am in prayer on the theme Holy Resistance, led by Rev. Shannon Smythe.
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We began at 7 am in prayer on the theme Holy Resistance, led by Rev. Shannon Smythe.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Praying and standing in solidarity with the families and our migrant kin detained in Delaney Hall this Sunday morning.
We began at 7 am in prayer on the theme Holy Resistance, led by Rev. Shannon Smythe.
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We began at 7 am in prayer on the theme Holy Resistance, led by Rev. Shannon Smythe.
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IASJ’s next 50 years depend on our collective action. This December, join us at the Gala or give today to fuel campaigns that hold corporations accountable: givebutter.com/iasjlegacy
IASJ's 50th Anniversary Celebration!
We cannot challenge corporate power by ourselves! IASJ does not receive support from corporations, which means we rely on generous contributions from individuals like you. Thank you for joining the pu...
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This Vocation Awareness Week, we honor the women and men religious whose faith and conviction have guided IASJ’s mission. Their prophetic witness continues to inspire our work for justice, equity, and the common good.
November 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This Vocation Awareness Week, we honor the women and men religious whose faith and conviction have guided IASJ’s mission. Their prophetic witness continues to inspire our work for justice, equity, and the common good.
May we who are made in the image and likeness of God, imperfect as we are, strive to mirror God's excessive seeking for goodness, light, love, and peace. May we never give up on ourselves or one another. May we be steadfast like God is steadfast. Amen.
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Steadfast & Extravagant God
“In the absence of holiness, You are still God. You are steadfast.” This morning, I prayed with these words from the song Steadfast by singer songwriter Leslie Jordan. A good reminder w…
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November 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
May we who are made in the image and likeness of God, imperfect as we are, strive to mirror God's excessive seeking for goodness, light, love, and peace. May we never give up on ourselves or one another. May we be steadfast like God is steadfast. Amen.
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Finding some time this morning to pray with Dielxi Te, Pope Leo's Apostolic Exhortation
October 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Finding some time this morning to pray with Dielxi Te, Pope Leo's Apostolic Exhortation