OCTOBER 24th, 2017
Hoffman’s Pat Del Ponte (vice president of planning) has been invited to speak at the 2017 Resource Center for Religious Institutes (RCRI) National Conference October 31 – November 3 in St. Louis.
Del Ponte will present with Sisters Marguerite O’Brien and Nancy Conway (Congregation of St. Joseph) and Jerry Carley (CSJ Initiatives, Inc.) the session “Neighboring a New — The Congregation of St. Joseph’s Story of Prayer, Planning, and Action”. The session will take place on Thursday, November 2nd, from 3:45 – 5:15pm.
The foursome will recount the Congregation of St. Joseph’s journey to a unified path for their 500+ sisters nationwide. They will explore how CSJ created and utilized a Directional Statement that played a critical role in the near-unanimous alignment of seven formerly independent communities, and discuss the challenges they faced and creative solution they developed.