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Let me introduce you to Sister Justina Mahoney, a Sister of St. Joseph of the Diocese of London. She presently lives at Mount St. Joseph in London, actively engaged in the prayer and daily activity of this community. Sundays provide an extra opportunity for Sister to express hospitality to the wide range of parishioners who celebrate Eucharist in our Immaculate Conception Chapel. Sister takes a keen interest in the goings and comings of the young families and university students. She is often found after Liturgy, meeting and greeting, wishing them well for the upcoming week, noting their request for prayer, and simply being a presence in the Sunday crowd. She delights in the new babies and keeps in touch with the stresses of university life. Sister Justina has a gentle way of expressing true interest in everyone she meets. Born in Mount Carmel, Ontario, Sister grew up with three brothers and a sister. A recent trip to Houston, Texas to visit her only living brother brought her into the environment of Hurricane Katrina. Just being in the city where thousands were housed in the stadium made her all the more aware of the plight of so many homeless. Trained in nursing, Sister Justina served in each of our three Ontario Hospitals in London, Chatham, Sarnia, as well as spending seventeen years in Alberta at our hospitals in Killam and Galahad. Her memories of the Alberta Hospitals convey the wonderful challenge of rising to whatever occasion presented itself. Typically, bad weather often left the hospital short staffed but the Sisters managed to fill in extended shifts. The joy of such smaller settings was the opportunity to come to know the people. Sister Justina was drawn to community life by the example of the Sisters who taught her. Indeed it was their faithfulness to prayer and their way of life that caught her attention. Now having lived fifty-six years among us CSJ’s, Sr. Justina finds the writings of Father Ron Rolheiser to be helpful encouragement for her continued faith journey. When asked what is the glue that holds us together as community, her response is: the support we give one another, the regular pattern of daily prayer, the inner call that beckons us forward together. We think of our Motherhouse Sisters as women contemplatives doing justice by being totally attentive to God’s love and compassion. Sister Justina carries on our CSJ mission by giving herself to this call every day and always.
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