Sisters of St. Joseph Newest FMC Member
The Fair Media Council is pleased to announce The Sisters of St. Joseph, located in Brentwood, N.Y., is the latest organization to join the Fair Media Council.
“We welcome The Sisters of St. Joseph, and look forward to working with them throughout the year. Organizations that join FMC do so because they have a strong commitment to the community and understand that quality news coverage is vital to the health and well being of the community,” said Jaci Clement, FMC CEO. “Our benefits, while including access to FMC and discounts on our products and services, exclusive networking and educational opportunities for professional development, also support our work to keep the media responsible in its coverage and responsive to the community.”
The Sisters of St. Joseph are the largest order of Catholic women religious on Long Island with more than 500 members, and have a 160-year tradition of ministering wherever they are needed including the Dioceses of Brooklyn and Rockville Centre, the New York Archdioceses, and in communities located in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Florida, Indiana, New Jersey, Washington, D.C., Appalachia, California, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Brazil.
The Sisters of St. Joseph operate five schools for girls in New York -Fontbonne Hall Academy, The Mary Louis Academy, Sacred Heart Academy, St. Joseph H.S, Bishop Kearney H.S., as well as Academia Maria Reina in San Juan Puerto Rico. At their Brentwood campus, the Sisters operate The CSJ Learning Connection for Adult Education, Maria Regina skilled nursing facility, their Organic Garden to promote ecological conservation, and the St. Joseph’s Renewal Center for spiritual renewal. Providence House and Hour Children, founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph, are programs to help incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women and their children in Brooklyn, Queens and Westchester.
To find out more about The Sisters of St. Joseph, visit www.brentwoodcsj.org.
To become a member of the Fair Media Council, please visit www.fairmediacouncil.org/membership.