Cresson, Pennsylvania
Mother Mary Joseph and Her Sisters Need Your Help
Mother
Mary Joseph Needs Your Help
Mother
Mary Joseph Calore, S.S.C.J., Provincial Superior of the Sister Servants of the
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, commonly known as the Sacred Heart Sisters, is
seeking to enlist financial support as they have been hit with a series of
multiple unexpected events and expenses that have completely depleted their
savings.
On
November 18, 2023, Sr. Augustine Marie Molnar, 43, was killed in an automobile
accident while traveling to an event promoting vocations. Sr. Augustine Marie was a critical member of
staff at the Sisters’ John Paul II Manor, caring for elderly in Cresson,
Pennsylvania and her absence has been deeply felt.
In the
Spring of 2024, the Sisters’ insurer cancelled their property owner’s insurance
on the Provincial House without warning following an unannounced drone over
their roof despite the Sisters’ assurances that the roof would be replaced if
needed. The cost of the project has
amounted to over $60,000.00.
It has
recently come to light that the Sisters’ novitiate property in Loretto,
Pennsylvania is also in need of two major repairs: a new roof on a caretaker’s
home located on the property and a new well that needs to be dug as the well
has literally run dry! There are also needed repairs at their novitiate and affiliate houses.
The
Sister Servants of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, founded in Krakow, Poland in
1894 by St. Joseph Sebastian Pelczar and Blessed Klara Szczesna, have
faithfully ministered to the people of God in the United States since 1959,
with their province now based in Cresson, Pennsylvania. Their Sisters ministered to the late St. Pope
John Paul II as his office aides and household staff and were present at his
deathbed.
The
Sisters of the U.S. Province, 25 in Total, 22 perpetually professed Sisters, 2
Novices, and two anticipating entrance, are devoted to extending the Kingdom of
Love of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus through prayer, community life and
apostolic work in the areas of: Teaching, Catechesis, Music
Ministry, Nursing, Personal Care, Parish Work, Retreats, Youth
Ministry, Prison Ministry, and Missionary Work. The Sisters of the province minister in the
Dioceses of: Altoona-Johnstown, Buffalo, Columbus, Grand Rapids, and
Mandeville, Jamaica, West Indies.