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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.
Saint Joseph's College of Quezon City was founded in 1932 as Saint Joseph's Academy by Dutch Franciscan Sisters under the leadership of its school directress, Mother Magdala Verhuizen. Today, the school is managed by the Sororum Franscicalium Immaculada Conceptione De Mater Dei (SFIC) sisters.
The Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph developed from the Sisters of Charity of St. Charles Borromeo, when in 1889 sisters from the latter congregation were sent from Poland to teach at St. Stanislaus parish in Pittsburgh. Eight years later, while working in Trenton, Agnes Victoria Hilbert, known as Sister Mary Colette was asked by the Bishop of ...
The Oblates of Saint Joseph (Latin: Congregatio Oblatorum S. Ioseph; abbreviated OSJ) is a Catholic religious institute founded on 14 March 1878 by St. Joseph Marello and dedicated to Saint Joseph. The institute has provinces or delegations in Italy, the Philippines, the United States, Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, India, Poland, and Nigeria.
The Diocese of Balanga is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines, established on March 17, 1975, by Pope Paul VI.The diocese has jurisdiction over the whole province of Bataan, with 38 parishes, 5 diocesan shrines, one minor basilica, chaplaincy, quasi-parish, national shrine and chapel, and 4 vicariates.
The Servants of St. Joseph (Spanish: Siervas de San José, who use the postnominal initials SSJ) form an international congregation of religious sisters in the Roman Catholic Church. It was founded by Saint Bonifacia Rodríguez-Castro on January 7, 1874, with the support and guidance of a Catalan Jesuit , Fr. Francesc Xavier Butinyà i Hospital ...
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.
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.