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Sr. Francis Joseph, RA honored by St. Joseph's University, March 20, 2011

Sr. Francis Joseph Scarpello, RA will be recognized by the Faith-Justice Institute of St. Joseph’s University (Philadelphia) on April 14th with the renaming of the annual Faith-Justice Outreach Lecture in her honor. We reprint below the article from the Faith-Justice Institute newsletter explaining this event.

Congratulations, Sr. Francis Joseph!

Sr. Francis Joseph, RA Outreach Lecture

The Faith-Justice Outreach Lecture is going to be very special this spring. Not only will it be the 30th anniversary of the lecture series started by Sister Francis Joseph R.A., but it is also going to be renamed in her honor to celebrate her commitment and contribution to our Saint Joseph’s University community and the greater Philadelphia area.

Sister Francis Joseph started the Outreach Lectures as a way to bring students and the public to campus for a free lecture that addressed issues of faith and justice. Sister Francis then challenged her audience to take this knowledge and bring it back to their communities and act on it. She would encourage her listeners saying, “Now that you know about this problem, what are you going to do about it?”

When told about the renaming of the series she was very surprised and honored. In typical Francis fashion she insisted that the topic of this lecture not highlight her own accomplishments but that it address the current needs of and support for the children of Philadelphia.

The lecture will be at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 14th in the Mandeville Teletorium. The speaker will be Dr. Joan Goodman,Professor in UPENN’s Graduate School of Education. Dr. Goodman combines psychology with teaching and has written the book “Moral Education.” Her lecture is titled “I Know It’s Wrong But So What”: Examining Society’s Responsibility In Shaping Youth’s Moral Values.

It is our hope that as we examine and discuss issues facing today’s children, we will follow Francis’s example and answer the call to act within our own society to guide and support the children of Philadelphia. Sister Francis is the ultimate example of someone working with and for others.

-Elizabeth Norberg,
Special Projects Assistant

Would you like to send a note to Sr. Francis Joseph? Please write: info@assumptionsisters.org

Thank you.

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Sr. Francis Joseph on her

90th birthday

In front of the Faith-Justice Institute

With Fr. Timothy Lannon, SJ

President

St. Joseph's University