Beyond The Beacon Episode 102: Two sisters and a lifetime of social justice advocacy #Catholic - <img width="150" height="150" src="https://beaconnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/IMG_5578-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" /><p><span data-mce-type="bookmark" style="width: 0px;overflow: hidden;line-height: 0" class="mce_SELRES_start"></span></p>
<p>“No Christian can regard the poor simply as a societal problem; they are part of our ‘family.’ They are ‘one of us.’ Nor can our relationship to the poor be reduced to merely another ecclesial activity or function.” – From Pope Leo XIV’s first apostolic exhortation “Dilexi Te.”</p>
<p>Social justice advocacy has long been a way of life for the two religious sisters who join the Diocese of Paterson’s Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney and Communications Director Jai Agnish for the latest episode of Beyond The Beacon.</p>
<p>Following the inspiration of their religious order’s charism and the example of Jesus and the Saints, Sister Patrice Owens, S.C.C., and Sister Janice Jolin, S.M.I.C., have advocated for the poor and marginalized in Brazil, The Bronx, and their own backyards in New Jersey.</p>
<p>They share insights about this work and describe their vocation stories.</p>
<p><a href="https://beyond.beaconnj.org/2149965/episodes/18379085-two-sisters-and-a-lifetime-of-social-justice-advocacy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Listen to the episode here</a>, or on any major podcast platform, or watch it on <a href="https://youtu.be/uwqhkV06wIw?si=RF0ume6asNVVcTai">Bishop Sweeney’s YouTube channel</a>.</p>
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<hr> - <img width="150" height="150" src="https://beaconnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/IMG_5578-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" /> “No Christian can regard the poor simply as a societal problem; they are part of our ‘family.’ They are ‘one of us.’ Nor can our relationship to the poor be reduced to merely another ecclesial activity or function.” – From Pope Leo XIV’s first apostolic exhortation “Dilexi Te.” Social justice advocacy has long been a way of life for the two religious sisters who join the Diocese of Paterson’s Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney and Communications Director Jai Agnish for the latest episode of Beyond The Beacon. Following the inspiration of their religious order’s charism and the example of Jesus
“No Christian can regard the poor simply as a societal problem; they are part of our ‘family.’ They are ‘one of us.’ Nor can our relationship to the poor be reduced to merely another ecclesial activity or function.” – From Pope Leo XIV’s first apostolic exhortation “Dilexi Te.”
Social justice advocacy has long been a way of life for the two religious sisters who join the Diocese of Paterson’s Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney and Communications Director Jai Agnish for the latest episode of Beyond The Beacon.
Following the inspiration of their religious order’s charism and the example of Jesus and the Saints, Sister Patrice Owens, S.C.C., and Sister Janice Jolin, S.M.I.C., have advocated for the poor and marginalized in Brazil, The Bronx, and their own backyards in New Jersey.
They share insights about this work and describe their vocation stories.
Listen to the episode here, or on any major podcast platform, or watch it on Bishop Sweeney’s YouTube channel.
Beyond The Beacon Episode 102: Two sisters and a lifetime of social justice advocacy #Catholic –
“No Christian can regard the poor simply as a societal problem; they are part of our ‘family.’ They are ‘one of us.’ Nor can our relationship to the poor be reduced to merely another ecclesial activity or function.” – From Pope Leo XIV’s first apostolic exhortation “Dilexi Te.”
Social justice advocacy has long been a way of life for the two religious sisters who join the Diocese of Paterson’s Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney and Communications Director Jai Agnish for the latest episode of Beyond The Beacon.
Following the inspiration of their religious order’s charism and the example of Jesus and the Saints, Sister Patrice Owens, S.C.C., and Sister Janice Jolin, S.M.I.C., have advocated for the poor and marginalized in Brazil, The Bronx, and their own backyards in New Jersey.
They share insights about this work and describe their vocation stories.
Listen to the episode here, or on any major podcast platform, or watch it on Bishop Sweeney’s YouTube channel.
