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Blessed to be a Sister of St Joseph of Peace. Posts are mine and do not represent any group https://linktr.ee/susanfrancois
Finding some time this morning to pray with Dielxi Te, Pope Leo's Apostolic Exhortation
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More than 150 Catholics, including religious sisters, brothers, clergy, lay people and students gathered outside the Delaney Hall inmigrant detention center in Newark this morning for a powerful prayer and blessing.
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More than 150 Catholics and friends joined in prayer at Delaney Hall today as part of the national #OneChurchOneFamily movement. Newark Bishop Manny Cruz offered the closing blessing
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Plans are coming together for our October 22 Prayer and Blessing at Delaney Hall in Newark as part of the One Church, One Family national Catholic day of public witness. We will be joined by Catholic Sisters, parishes, students, ministry leaders, and local organizations. forms.gle/aRgdkGK2b94p...
21.10.2025 01:43 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Every Sunday morning at 7 am we gather for an ecumenical prayer service outside Delaney Hall the private for profit migrant prison in Newark.
19.10.2025 15:52 โ ๐ 50 ๐ 15 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1Saturday update from Delaney Hall detention center in Newark. Dropped off donations collected by the Sisters to support families. You can donate to orgs providing assistance: First Friends NJ/NY, Cosecha NJ & Action 21
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My double sided sign is ready for tomorrow
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So many stories. We cannot be silent.
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Shameful and un-American
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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.
For the record I โค๏ธ my country and all its residents and each of us has a right to free speech, freedom of religion, the right to assembly, and due process.
If you agree visit nokings.org to find an event near you. I am grateful there is one within walking distance of my house
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When this many events are scheduled across the country for peaceful witness and support of the separation of powers into three branches of government, I think it is safe to say they are "I โค๏ธ America gatherings."
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I love reading the (Old) Catholic Encyclopedia from 1917 and to see how Catholic theology put things then. โCare of the Poor by the Church,โ unsurprisingly, coheres with a lot of what the new papal exhortation says.
In case weโre worried about tradition.
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Either we regain our moral and spiritual dignity or we fall into a cesspool.
-Pope Leo, Dilexi Te (95
Are those born with fewer opportunities of lesser value as human beings? Should they limit themselves merely to surviving? The worth of our societies, and our own future, depends on the answers we give to these questions. ...
-Pope Leo, Dilexi Te (95)
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Mic Drop from Pope Leo in his new teaching document just out today, Dilexi Te (I have loved you)
โThe same questions keep coming back to us. Does this mean that the less gifted are not human beings? Or that the weak do not have the same dignity as ourselves? ...
-Pope Leo
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Help us to participate in your creating power of love in ways big and small. Most of all, increase our faith that we may truly believe in You who are bigger than it all. AMEN
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God of justice, love, and mercy, help us to remember and always to be animated by your love. Give us courage to act in the face of oppression and violations of human dignity.
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Reflection on this Sunday's scripture readings. And a prayer:
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Jesus said, โLet the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.โ
Sharing photos taken by other volunteers this weekend at Delaney Hall. Please pray for all the children whose parents are in detention.
Cardinal McElroy:
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Join the Sisters in prayer and public witness on Oct 22
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If you are local, join us at Delaney Hall during visiting hours
Saturday & Sunday from 6:30 am until 7:00 pm
Tuesday & Thursday from 4-9 pm.
You can also join us outside Delaney Hall for public witness.
Wednesdays from 10-12 pm
Fridays from 10 am to 12 pm
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Dispatch documenting the cruelty visitors face at Delaney Hall exercising their right to visit loved ones
We cannot be silent. Please like, comment and share so more know what is being done in our name at taxpayer expense
Ways to help the families in thread
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Saturday update on #DelaneyHall for profit immigrant prison in Newark. Moms bringing babies to meet their Dad's. Volunteers supporting families while they wait on an active driveway
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On this Feast of St. Francis of Assisi and the final day of the Season of Creation I share this view from his hermitage. May we be instruments of peace and care for one another and all of creation.
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Day 33 of the Season of Creation. Posting a daily picture or video I have taken of the beauty of creation. Always choose love.
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My COVID update on Delaney Hall. I haven't been there while I have been recovering, but I have news to share about a letter 6 members Congress from NJ have sent to Kristi Noem and the CEO of GEO corp on the cruel and unsafe conditions for visitors.
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