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



Laney Ohmans,
St. Joseph Worker, 
                   Laney is a recent graduate of the University of Wisconsin at Madison.  She holds a B.A. in Religious Studies with a focus on Islam, and is spending the next few years exploring the possibility of a career in chaplaincy.  She is particularly interested in issues of criminal justice, and is thrilled to spend this year as the co-chair of the Criminal Justice Working Group.  
telephone: 651-690-7079
email: dolores.ohmans@gmail.com   . 

 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.