Thank you so much, sister, for this thread. It is not only informational, it's also a bit heart-warming.

I don't have any first-hand experience with Sisters of St. Joseph that I know of, but the Sisters of Mercy at St. Jospeh Hospital in Atlanta, where I got my transplanted heart, were the most blessed women I've ever known.

Like Alan H., I am glad to see a young woman enter the religious life. The Monastery of The Holy Spirit here in Conyers, GA, is a favorite place for me, and I'm not even Roman Catholic. I'm an ordained Methodist!

Please keep those cards and letters coming.