Phone: 973-543-4641
Email for general inquiries: 
​[email protected]
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Guest Ministry Email: 
​[email protected]
Phone: 973-543-4582
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The Nun Better Gift Shop on Etsy:
Handmade items from our Sisters

​By centering our lives in prayer and worship, we seek to:

  • Build community among ourselves
  • Live by the Vows of Poverty, Chastity and Obedience
  • Prepare a place where hearts may be open to receive God's love.
CSJB BOOKS
The Second Spring is available at the Convent. Just email 
[email protected]
$25 + $5 shipping and handling
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​Email [email protected] to order.
Not Just an Ordinary Pony
by Sister Margo Elizabeth
​is available at most online booksellers
Check out the Not Just an Ordinary Pony website at www.mecolman.com
From Generation to Generation: Essays by Children of Holocaust Survivors
contains an essay by Sister Eleanor Francis
CLICK HERE and scroll down on the page to see all five books about CSJB by Valerie Bonham

Prayer Requests

Pray for justice and peace, and for the well-being of all people.
We are offering prayers for anyone
who might need them
during these anxious and uncertain times.  
​Please click the button below
to fill in our prayer request form.
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Would you like to help preserve our sacred space?

The cost of replacement for our septic system was $481,598 and our friends and benefactors provided the entire amount! Thank you!
THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR CSJB CAPITAL CAMPAIGN WISH LIST:
St. Marguerite's Roof:
We are hoping to raise $500,000 to replace the 114-year-old roof at St. Marguerite's. Thanks to generous donors, we have already raised over $70,889.00.​
CLICK HERE to learn more about how to donate to more Wish List items through the CSJB Capital Campaign..

events and programS

CENTERING PRAYER
Every Thursday from 7:00 to 7:45
On Zoom
Our Centering Prayer group has been meeting for many years and it is one of our most popular ministries. Guests can gather on Zoom. Please email Sister Monica Clare at [email protected] if you are interested in joining.

A description of this silent contemplative practice can be found HERE.
CLASS: THE MISUNDERSTOOD JEW
​Every Friday morning  - On Zoom
The Friday morning “Jewish Jesus” class is now reading  The Misunderstood Jew by Amy Jill Levine. The class continues to include 50% Christian and 50% Jewish participants. 50% are men and 50% are women. We have an interesting mix! 

If anyone is interested in learning more about the class, please contact Sr. Eleanor Francis at [email protected].

To learn more about Celtic Journeys, Sister Margo Elizabeth's pilgrimages to holy places in Ireland and the UK, 
click on the image above or go to ​www.celticjourneys.org

To purchase a copy of Living Stones, the history of our Community in the U.S.
​Please email Sister Pamela at
[email protected].
​or click on the image above to purchase on Amazon.
The Good Shepherd Home in Cameroon, West Africa, provides a loving home, family, and education to babies and children who would have otherwise been abandoned. Click on the image above of go to www.goodshepherdhome.org to learn more.