Sister Joanne Safian, RSHM, spent 36 years as a high school educator, teaching English at Marymount School, Richmond, Virginia, and then teaching English and classical Greek at The Ursuline School in New Rochelle, New York, where she was also Assistant Principal for Academics. Sr. Joanne then served as Provincial Councilor and Treasurer for the Eastern American Province, and subsequently, as General Secretary on the RSHM Institute Leadership Team in Rome, Italy, She is currently a member of the Eastern American Area Advisory Council, Executive Secretary of the Archdiocesan Council of Women Religious, and a volunteer at the RSHM LIFE Center Legal Services where she tutors clients for their citizenship exams.
On August 4, 2024, the Eastern American Area celebrated Sister Fernanda Moreira’s 100th birthday, the actual anniversary of her birth.Eucharist was followed by festivities and… Read More »A Century of Blessings: Sister Fernanda’s Inspiring Life
“Finances as Ministry” might, at first glance, seem like a bit of an oxymoron. However, as we have fewer sisters engaged in full-time ministry, we… Read More »Signs of the Times: Finances as Ministry
Each year in September, the Sisters of the Eastern American Area gather for Missioning Day, a time to recommit ourselves as disciples of Jesus Christ.… Read More »Commitment to Our Common Home
Over the last several years, the Black Lives Matter movement, anti-Asian sentiment arising during the pandemic, and the rejection of immigrants and refugees at our… Read More »Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in faith communities
Since the RSHM LIFE Center’s Immigration Legal Services Program began in 2013, immigration attorney Kelly Carpenter, RSHM, and her staff have provided legal services for… Read More »Volunteering at the RSHM LIFE Center Immigration Legal Services
