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Justice Office Staff 2010-2011
~Meet the Justice Office Staff ~
Joanne Tromiczak-Neid
holds a BA in elementary education from the College of St. Catherine (now St. Catherine University);
MA in religious education from the University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX.
Her more than 35 year career includes: 2nd grade teacher; parish director of religious education, parish social justice coordinator.
Since 1992 she has served as justice coordinator for the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and Consociates where her work of advocating
for the common good is recognized on local, state and national levels. A life-long organizer, she coordinates the Justice Commission of the Sisters of St. Joseph and Consociates which includes 8 working groups and 3 task groups that comprise more than 120 sisters, consociates, partners in ministry and interested others working to meet the unmet needs of the time through education, advocacy and action.
Joänne Tromiczak-Neid, Justice Coordinator 651.690.7079
Email: jtromicza@aol.com
Ginger K. Hedstrom
holds a BA in communication studies and theology from the College of St. Catherine (now St. Catherine University). Her career includes: working for country government where she worked with families in need of child care assitance, coordinated the volunteer senior driving program, and annually re-licensued child care homes. Since 1997, she has served the Sisters of St. Joseph as household coordinator at Sarah's...an Oasis for Women and business and program coordinator for Wisdom Ways Center for Spirituality. Justice Associate since the fall of 2006, She brings experience in direct service ministry that raises up issues of systemic injustice that call for advocacy and action leading to systemic change rooted in basic human rights and the common good.
Ginger K. Hedstrom, Justice Associate 651.690.7054
Justice Fax: 651.690.7089
Email: ghedstrom@csjstpaul.org
Interns
2009-2010 Interns
Anna Olson, Social Work Major
St. Catherine University
Interviewed sisters and consociates, attended Justice Commission meetings, Legislative Advocacy Partners Working Group of the Justice Commission, attended Social Work Day on the Hill. Anna stated that observing, participating and learning about the value of advocacy was a highlight of her internship which she foresees as an important element if her future work.
Laney Ohmans,
St. Joseph Worker,
BA Religious Studies, University of Wisconsin at Madison.
She co-chaired the Criminal Justice Working Group and represented the Justice Office on the planning team for MLK Day of Service (January 2010) as well as
taking a leadership role in planning 11th Day Prayer for Peace, she participated in Justice Commission meetings and in several Working Groups of the Justice Commission.
2008-2009 Internships and Volunteers
Asha Belk
Criminal Justice Intern: Clark Atlata University, Georgia. The Justice Office has designed her summer
Criminal Justice Internship to provide research in preparation for Criminal Justice Month in October. In addition, she is conducting interviews of the Criminal Justice Working Group members of the Justice Commission of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Caorndelet and Consociates.
2008-2009 Interns
Bridget Murphy, Women's Studies Intern: College of St. Catherine, now St. Catherine University focused
her internship on the United Nations Treaty, the and justice for Native Americans living on Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
3 month Internshp
Lisa Zummach, Social Work intern, St. Catherine University and University of St. Thomas interviewed Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, leaders in education, health care, social justice whose lives rooted in justice have guided us to today and will lead us into our future.
Academic year internship.
Faith Fischer, St. Joseph Worker (SJW) and graduate of the College of St. Benedict co-chaired the Criminal Justice Working Group of the Justice Commission of the Sisters of St. Joseph; was also a member of
Earth Partners, and Human Trafficking Groups and assisted with 11th Day Prayer for Peace.
10 month volunteer position.
Lylee Rauch Kacinski, SJW 2007-2008
Non-Violent Peace-Force
Sustainability
Communicating justice and the common good through art.
10 month volunteer position
2010 Internship: Yestermorrow.org
Emily Maher, SJW 2003-2004
Sisters of St. Joseph NGO to the United Nations
Global Concerns
10 month volunteer position
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