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The Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph was founded by Jean-Pierre Médaille (although older accounts attribute this to his brother, Jean Paul). Medaille sought to establish an ecclesiastically approved congregation of women who would profess simple vows, live in a small group, with no specific apostolates and would dress in a common garb of the women of their day.
A sister in Jerusalem in 1956 The St. Joseph Hospital in East Jerusalem, which was founded by the order. The Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Apparition (French: Sœurs de Saint-Joseph-de-l'Apparition; Latin: Institutum Sororum a S. Joseph ab Apparitione; abbreviation: S.J.A.) is a religious institute of pontifical right whose members profess public vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience and ...
The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet (CSJ) are a Roman Catholic congregation of women religious which traces its origins to a group founded in Le Puy-en-Velay, France, around 1650 by Jean Pierre Medaille, S.J. The design of the congregation was based on the spirituality of the Society of Jesus.
The Wisconsin Historical Society announced the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis Convent Complex as a historic place.
Today the Sisters of St. Joseph run homes at Patricraft, Mill Hill, Blackburn, Freshfield, Waterford, Cork, Rozendaal and various stations in Borneo. [2] The first community was sent to Holland in 1891 and in 1906 the Sisters began work in Ireland. In 1925 their name was changed to Franciscan Missionaries of St. Joseph.
Anne-Marie Javouhey, SJC (November 10, 1779 – July 15, 1851) was a French nun who founded the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Cluny. She is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church. She is known as the Liberator of the Slaves in the New World, and as the mother of the town of Mana, French Guiana.
The saint is dead," said the poor people who knew her kindness. [citation needed] She was declared on 24 June 1951; her feast day is 24 August in the General Roman Calendar, and celebrated on 17 June by the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition. [7]
Mother house of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny in Paris, France. The Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny is a Catholic religious institute for women founded in 1807. Stationed around the world, its members perform a variety of charitable works but they devote themselves especially to missionary work and providing education for the poor.