Helen Skormisle Sr. Helen Skormisley is a member of the leadership team of the Congregation of St. Joseph with a motherhouse in Wheeling, West Virginia. By this Author Sep 18, 2025 Fracking will invade, violate, pollute our land, says West Virginia Catholic sisterFor decades, the Sisters of St. Joseph refused to lease land to gas companies. Now they have no choice. A new West Virginia law allows fracking against a landowner's wishes if enough neighbors agree to fracking on their land.