Sister James Therese Joseph, CSJ celebrates 60 years as a vowed religious in the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet.

Sister has been a member of St. Theresa Parish for 61 years.  Sister attended St. Theresa School for the 7^th, 8^th  & 9^th grades, graduated, and then went to Maryknoll High School.  In her senior year the CYO voted her the most valuable girls’ basketball player.

She attended Mount St. Mary’s College in Los Angeles and after her Freshman year entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in the Los Angeles Province.  Sister was the first vocation to enter the Sisters of St. Joseph from the Islands.

She taught various grade levels in Los Angeles and Hawaii.  She served as principal of Holy Trinity School and St. Theresa School.  Sister has served at St. Theresa School for 43 years as teacher, Principal, Vice Principal and continues today at St.Theresa as student Advisor.

When asked about her vocation Sister said, “As a seventh grade student at St. Theresa I was impressed with the visible joy, dedication and spirituality of the Sisters at St. Theresa.  I was thus inspired to live out my love for God in His service as a member of this special group of women.  It has been a fulfilling sixty years.”

We wish Sister James Therese, “Ad multos Annos”.

On August 23rd the Sisters of St. Joseph will be celebrating 70 years in the Islands and at St. Theresa School, their first mission.  They will celebrate with a Luau on the 23^rd and Mass on the 24^th, their Founders’ Day.