Date of Birth: 
Monday, May 24, 1926
Date of Death: 
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Relationship to the Society: 
RSCJ

In 2019 Joan received the Interfaith Visionary Lifetime Achievement Award  from the Temple of Understanding “for promoting interreligious
values at the United Nations,” her lifelong commitment to addressing “human rights and ecological issues,” and her work to develop “young leaders.” In her earlier ministry she was involved in housing concerns in New York City. From 1981 to 1984, she was a housing counselor and director of home ownership for Housing Conservation Coordinators, a community based, nonprofit in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen.  She was also executive director and president of Homes for the Homeless in New York, 1986-1988. (From an article in Catholic New York 10/1/2015)

Organization or Ministry: 

Homes for the Homeless

Ministry still exists

Duration of ministry: 
1986-1988
City: 
New York
State/Province: 
NY
Country: 
USA

Housing Conservation Coordinators.

Ministry still exists

Duration of ministry: 
1981-1984
Type of Ministry: 
Collaborative effort (with other religious or secular groups)
Categories of Ministry: 
Direct service to those in need
City: 
New York
State/Province: 
NY
Country: 
USA

Temple of Understanding

Ministry still exists

Duration of ministry: 
1994-her death in 2015
Type of Ministry: 
Collaborative effort (with other religious or secular groups)
Categories of Ministry: 
Interfaith and Ecumenical work
City: 
New York
State/Province: 
NY
Country: 
USA