As the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace draft their Chapter Act in Nottingham, Pope Leo XIV’s message at today’s General Audience (Sept. 16) echoes deeply: as a "community of persons," we are called to build a more just and humane world together. #GeneralChapter #GeneralAudience

Praying with Mary on this Feast of her Nativity. (Video prayer I made set to the oh so beautiful Ave Maria by Kathleen Deignan, CND) youtu.be/tcl-uBmnvvA?...

Ave Maria (Kathleen Deignan) Lyrics Video

YouTube video by Sister Susan Francois, CSJP

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Margaret Anna Cusack founded the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace and came to America to offer vulnerable immigrant women secure housing and vocational training. On this #LaborDay in the United States, we celebrate all workers fighting for dignity and safe labor.

Today, we are witnessing many crises and much human suffering. At the same time, it seems that the disruption to the harmonious balance of creation is accelerating. These phenomena are not unrelated; they are a single plea for healing and peace arising from a wounded world. -Pope Leo 1/10

Our Congregation practices a spirituality of #peace that actively works for #justice. That’s why we are proud to join Network's #SeeLoveVote campaign! Our faith calls us to act, & one of the most powerful ways to do that is by voting. Let's register & make our voices heard together! buff.ly/ilXlpJB

"The federal government has banned commercial flights to Port-au-Prince because of the risk of violence; gangs control most of capital. Nearly every deportation flight has instead been routed to Cap-Haitien, a city with a smaller airport that has less capacity" 1/5 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/u...

Trump Officials Under Pressure to Deport Haitians After Supreme Court Win on T.P.S. Program (Gift Article)

The lack of visible raids aggressively targeting Haitians who lost temporary status has frustrated some of President Trump’s most fervent supporters.

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Last month a reporter from the French Catholic publication La Croix visited our Radical Hospitality Tent at Delaney Hall Sœur Susan, religieuse aux États-Unis : « On a monté une “zone d’hospitalité radicale” pour les migrants » www.la-croix.com/religion/sou...

Sœur Susan, religieuse aux États-Unis : « On a monté une “zone d’hospitalité radicale” pour les migrants »

Tout au long de l’été, La Croix présente des portraits de religieuses engagées sur des zones de fractures. Aujourd’hui, sœur Susan Francois, une religieuse américaine œuvrant auprès des familles de mi...

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Two thoughts this Saturday morning: 1. If the administration lied so blatantly about something like the reflecting pool, and were willing to destroy lives to continue the lie, what else are they lying about? Just saying. 1?/2 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u...

Charges Dropped Against Ex-Olympian David Hearn Accused of Damaging Reflecting Pool (Gift Article)

A former Olympian will not face trial after federal prosecutors acknowledged that the Trump administration’s claims of vandalism were false.

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As Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace and Associates, we believe that people of faith have a vital role to play at the ballot box. Guided by the common good, we can make life better in our communities. Check your voter registration: networkadvocates.org/vote #SeeLoveVote #PeaceThroughJustice

These are just a few stories that I have been personally connected to via my volunteer ministry at Delaney Hall in the last three days. So many lives and families are being torn apart. We need to tell the stories. We need to act. We cannot stand idly susanandstjoseph.com/2026/07/10/g...

Glimpses of humanity amid inhumanity

This past week I have personally witnessed … 💔Two adolescent young women desperately trying to find their sister who had been taken by ICE during a routine traffic stop. They had not heard fr…

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In every generation, those who have arrived seeking freedom, opportunity and a place to belong have helped to shape the nation’s character. ... - Pope Leo's letter to the Ameican people on occasion of our 250th anniversary 1/2

I never imagined when I answered God's call to become a Sister of St. Joseph of Peace that I would be engaged in dialogue and advocacy with corporations in service of the common good, human rights, and the integrity of creation. 1/2

Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace@sistersofpeace.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Catholic sisters use shareholder activism to press Palantir, GM on human rights www.globalsistersreport.org/social-justi...

However you choose to spend the 4th of July, let’s make sure the vibes are good and remember that immigrants have always been part of America’s story. We made a Somos America playlist so you don’t have to. ☀️ Text PLAYLIST to 787-57 to listen! 🎶

#HumanDignity has no passport and does not lose its value when crossing a border. - Pope Leo XIV #immigrants #refugees

With 100 degree temps during family visiting hours today at Delaney Hall, volunteers arranged for an ice cream truck with free ice cream to help families stay cool while wailing. Plus we all need a little joy even, or perhaps especially, in dark times. Especially the kids! #freethemall

Was thinking the same thing as Folarin Balogun scored that goal!!

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Big win for birthright citizenship today Not in the courts 🇺🇸

I shared this story about a woman I met at Delaney Hall last August which is included in this important book by @juliaangwin.com and Ami Fields-Meyer .. On Courage: How to Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear. Let's read it and start a book club! #resistance #ethicofresistance #courage

I shared this story about a woman I met at Delaney Hall last August which is included in this important book by @juliaangwin.com and Ami Fields-Meyer .. On Courage: How to Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear. Let's read it and start a book club! #resistance #ethicofresistance #courage

I was interviewed by @russellpayne.bsky.social from Salon about GEO's business model, relying on $1 a day "voluntary" labor at #delaneyhall and other detention centers (also those run by Core Civic) www.salon.com/2026/06/29/d...

Sister @susanfrancois.bsky.social regularly films video updates on TikTok and Insta from the Delaney Hall ICE detention center. The work of fighting authoritarianism starts with documenting its cruelty and lawlessness. Thank you for bearing witness, Sister Susan!

Sister Susan Francois, CSJP@susanfrancois.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Today is the launch day for On Courage: How to Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear. I was at Delaney Hall last year when one of the authors Julia Angwin was visiting to learn about our resistance to cruelty in our name through hospitality to our immigrant brothers and sisters. @juliaangwin.com

Today is the launch day for On Courage: How to Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear. I was at Delaney Hall last year when one of the authors Julia Angwin was visiting to learn about our resistance to cruelty in our name through hospitality to our immigrant brothers and sisters. @juliaangwin.com

Join us tonight (June 25) at 7:30 PM ET to hear our own Susan Francois, CSJP, featured alongside Kathy O'Leary (@PaxChristiNJ) & Maria Stephan. Learn how faithful resistance outside #DelaneyHall witnesses for justice. tinyurl.com/3ha2xw5d

Webinar: Solidarity at Delaney Hall

For more than a year, Pax Christi New Jersey and others have provided physical, spiritual, and emotional support to families and loved ones of those held in detention at Delaney Hall in Newark. Inside...

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Our Leadership has signed the #LCWR Declaration of Commitment, reinforcing our values ahead of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. On June 25, as these documents are delivered to Capitol Hill, we will stand in prayerful solidarity with LCWR. vimeo.com/1203549727?s...

LCWR Declaration of Commitment for June 25

This is "LCWR Declaration of Commitment for June 25" by Annmarie Sanders on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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Great article from Sojourners about our Rosary outside Delaney Hall last Saturday on the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. sojo.net/articles/new... 1/2

Outside Delaney Hall, Catholics Pray Rosary With Detainee Letters

“The power of Mary called us here,” Sister Susan Francois said of the activists gathered to pray in solidarity with those detained in the New Jersey ICE facility.

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VOTE 4 VERO!!! ❤️ toddleroftheyear.org/2026/vero-919b This is Vero. Her Dad Martin Soto has been in ICE detention for months. Her Mom Gabriela Soto has been bravely advocating for all detainees. I have gotten to know this family through my volunteer ministry at Delaney Hall. #Vote4Vero 🫶🏼 1/4

Deeply grateful to Deacon Mike Hayes for the invitation to share the story of what's been happening over the past year at Delaney Hall. And also for the chance to express my gratitude to the @paulistfathers.bsky.social for their role in reengaging my Catholic faith and finding my vocation

Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace@sistersofpeace.bsky.social · 4mo ago

In the latest episode of the Deacons Pod, produced by the @paulistfathers.bsky.social, Sister Susan Francois, CSJP shares stories and reflections from her ministry of solidarity and witness outside Delaney Hall detention center. paulist.org/deaconspod/

Such a beautiful reflection of all the goodness that has taken root on the sidewalk outside Delaney Hall over the past year. Do yourself a favor and read this! (Written by another Eyes on ICE NJ volunteer) 1/4 www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...

At Delaney Hall, a V-Neck Sweater Can Change a Life

Helping detainees' families means showing up every day through wild weather, protests, and a changing visitors' dress code

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Dear brothers and sisters, we cannot believe in Jesus and promote war. We cannot believe in Jesus and kill the innocent. We cannot believe in Jesus and abandon those who suffer, those who weep, those who flee from misery. Pope Leo, June 10, 2026, Barcelona (homily)

"The search for truth is an essential element of democracy, which is itself a means of contributing to the common good. 1/3 Pope Leo XIV, Magnifica Humanitas

My column on the Pope's encyclical and Delaney Hall was published today in @ncronline.bsky.social www.ncronline.org/columns/migr... 1/2

Magnificent humanity and shared responsibility at Delaney Hall

For more than a year, a network of community leaders has provided public witness, solidarity and mutual aid in support of detained immigrant neighbors and their families at the ICE facility in Newark,...

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