In 2007, seven congregations of the Sisters of Saint Joseph in the central United States merged to form an entirely the new Congregation, which is now called the Congregation of Saint Joseph. Catholic sisters dedicated to love of God and love of neighbor without distinction. [40], In 1883 four Sisters of St. Joseph arrived at Newton, Kansas, from Rochester, New York, and opened their first mission. After remaining there a year they located at Concordia, Kansas, in the fall of 1884, and established the first motherhouse in the West, in what was then the Diocese of Leavenworth. [82] On 15 February 1871, the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario, were legally incorporated. Marie. The commitment to extend their healing mission is expressed through acute care hospitals, rehabilitation programs, home health care, community education, primary care clinics, and wellness programs. L. M. Pink, Bishop of Leavenworth, decided that these Sisters should belong to his diocese exclusively, and in so doing they became the nucleus of a new diocesan congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, having their motherhouse established at Abilene, under the title of Mount St. Joseph's Academy. The Sisters of St. Joseph of Wheeling sponsor the SSJ Health and Wellness Foundation,[65] the SSJ Charitable Fund[66] and a variety of programs under Holy Family Child Care & Development. The community developed rapidly and soon spread through different parts of the diocese. In 1885, five sisters of Saint Joseph of Chambéry arrived in Lee to open the school. The novitiate was removed from Canandaigua to Buffalo in 1861. Five days after their arrival in Ebensburg, the three St. Joseph Sisters opened a day-school and a boarding-school, Mount Gallitzin Seminary for Boys. [11], During the Civil War, detachments of sisters nursed the sick soldiers in Camp Curtin and the Church Hospital, Harrisburg. By 1922, the Sisters were teaching in several Southern California areas and recognized that the community could better develop its ministries by moving the Motherhouse to Orange. The trademark white triangle that was worn as part of the sisters' veil was present until 1974. The sisters are expected to maintain a small amount of office space. FAQ’s; Facts and Figures; Contact Us; US and Canada; Sister Rosalie – Year of St. Joseph . During the coronavirus pandemic of 2020, the Albany Province lost nine nuns and saw nearly half of the nuns infected with the virus.[15]. "The Sisters of St. Joseph in Peterborough, London, Hamilton, and Pembroke Announce Merger", Mills, Stu. Birth name: Beverly Birthplace: San Francisco Entrance: 1968 First profession: 1971 Final profession: 1975 Education: Bachelor’s in nursing, Mt. Sister Eileen Lomasney, "Mary Ada" – Poet and author of children's books. Founding: 650 in LePuy, France. The congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet (CJS) is a Roman Catholic congregation of women religious which traces its origin to the original foundation made in LePuy-Velay, France about 1650 by Jean Pierre Medaille, S.J. - Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet - Los Angeles Province CSJ Ministries in Arizona Eleven days after they arrived into Tucson, the sisters began teaching in the simple adobe school the Bishop Salpointe had prepared for them. In 1853 Bishop John McCloskey of Albany, NY requested sisters for Cohoes, New York. Their mission in Hunan Province included an orphanage and hospital. To achieve this we work together with others dedicated to prayer, service, social justice, consciousness raising and systemic change. Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet Type: Still Image Format: Albumen prints. The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet work to bring loving unity to a divided world. [2], In 1902 many French houses of the congregation were closed by the Government, in consequence of which a large number of Sisters left for Denmark, Russia and the United States. ALBANY, N.Y. (CNS) -- As COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to rise in the United States, the pandemic has taken a terrible toll on the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in Latham.In December, nine sisters there died of COVID-19 as nearly half of the residents became infected during an outbreak at the provincial house that has affected 47 sisters and 26 employees since October. Connect With Us. OUR FIRM. On 18 December 1870, the congregation became independent, with a novitiate of its own. A log cabin became the first site of Saint Joseph's Academy in early November 1851, a day and boarding school for girls. Shortly afterward, she traveled to Rome to present a copy of the Constitution for Vatican approval. The sisters staffed the newly opened St. Joseph’s Hospital in Peterborough. These institutions served as centers of catechetical work until they were relinquished and replaced by parochial and diocesan schools. 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 provincial house and novitiate are located in Visakhapatnam (once known as Waltair), Andhra Pradesh. [11] In 1853, in response to the cholera epidemic, the sisters turned the school into the first site of St. Joseph's Hospital, which was also the state of Minnesota's first hospital. In 1906 St. Theresa's Convent was formally opened as the provincial house of the community, which was legally incorporated in the same year, and a novitiate was established. The novices, after two years probation, make annual vows for two years, after which they bind themselves by perpetual vows. Catholic sisters dedicated to love of God and love of neighbor without distinction. Discover Our Mission. This approval established the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet as a congregation of pontifical right, and unified their communities in various dioceses with the mother-house at Carondelet (now part of St. Louis, Missouri).[4]. Several sisters served as CEO of the hospitals and many others ministered in various departments. Today, the Congregation’s commitment to education is expressed in a variety of forms including elementary, secondary, university and other adult education. This special society is for those who have shown an extraordinary commitment to the mission of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. [74], In 1873 the Rev. In 1996 the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Bourg re-joined the Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyon as part of the latter's European Province.[2]. Name of congregation: Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. First U.S. foundation: St. Louis, 1836. COVID-19 RESOURCES. Nine deaths were linked to the virus. Community: How We Live; Spirituality: Who We Are; Justice: What We Do; Learn More About the CSJs; Meet the Team; Hear our Vocation Stories; Start Your Journey. Sisters Rosemary Casaleno and Kay Ryan will serve on the team as well as in another ministry. In Toronto, some of their schools included: St. Joseph's Morrow Park Catholic Secondary School, St. Joseph's College School, St. Joseph's Islington, and St. Joseph's Commercial as well as St. John. Children came from miles around, even from Canada, to be educated by the Sisters. This page was last edited on 20 February 2021, at 00:38. On April 15, 1858, one German, one Irish, and two native-born sisters arrived by train in Oswego, New York in the midst of a snowstorm, to establish a school for Catholic immigrants. The Sisters of Saint Joseph founded Mount Saint Joseph Academy. In 1812 a colony of Sisters of St. Joseph was sent from Lyon to Chambéry, in Savoy, France[5] under Mother St. John Marcoux. Sister Theresa Joseph Lung, a native of Hunan who entered the congregation in 1933, remained in China after the sisters left and died there in 1994. On November 30, 1977, Rome officially declared the three American provinces to be a new Congregation in the Church: the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Medaille. A vision of unity", "Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto Residence - Eastern Construction", "The Sisters of St. Joseph (CSJ)", Roman Catholic Diocese of Peterborough, Cragggs, Samantha. In 1903 the mother-house and novitiate were again transferred to Brentwood, New York, where an academy was opened the same year. When the sisters relocated to a new motherhouse in 2018, the previous one was taken over by Saint Francis Ministries, an Episcopal child and family services ministry, to house teenage girls aging out of foster care, and also a Head Start Program.[67]. Since that time sisters have ministered in Santa Rosa, Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Clovis, and Springer, New Mexico. In 1868, the Diocese of Rochester was created, and the community divided creating 2 communities, one in Buffalo and the other in Rochester, now with its own mother-house and novitiate at St. Mary's Boys' Orphan Asylum, later transferred to the Nazareth Academy, Rochester. The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet is a congregation of women religious which traces its origin to and follows the spirit of the foundation made in LePuy-Velay, France about 1650 by Jean Pierre Medaille, S.J. But after the division was made the following year, Parsons was in the Wichita diocese, and the mother-house of the Sisters of St. Joseph being in Parsons, the congregation belonged to the Wichita Diocese, having mission-houses in both the Diocese of Concordia and the Diocese of Kansas City. At the direction of Bishop Fink, who did not wish to lose the sisters from his diocese, the Abilene sisters constituted themselves a separate congregation with an act of incorporation of March 25, 1888. Sister Germaine was born in Albany, NY, on February 27, 1934, daughter of the late Albert and Grace White Hilston. Their first school, the future St. Joseph’s Academy, opened on June 6, 1870, eleven days after their arrival in Tucson. Their current mother house is on O'Connor Drive in Toronto,[78] and their works continue under the mantle of Fontbonne Ministries. More. A House of Providence was established in 1900 to accommodate not only the elderly poor but orphans of the diocese. The Sisters are known for their work in education and health care, and their opposition to the death penalty. She in turn sent sisters to Turin and to Pignerole in the Piedmont, thus giving rise to new branches of Saint Joseph sisters. [1], In 1847 the first foundation outside St. Louis was made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, followed shortly by foundations in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (1851); Hamilton, Ontario (1852); Wheeling, West Virginia (1853); and Canandaigua (1854); Flushing (Brentwood)(1856); Rochester; and Buffalo, all in New York state, which had received many Irish Catholic immigrants. By 1868 the sisters were sufficiently strong to direct their own affairs, and elected their own superior, thus forming a new diocesan congregation. With friends and partners, we serve God and neighbors without distinction. Among the ministries sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield are Mont Marie Child Care Center,[70] Mont Marie Health Care Center, Inc,[71] Mont Marie Senior Residence,[72] and Mont Marie Labyrinth. In the 1940s the Sisters extended their work in health, education and religious instruction to the people of Papua New Guinea and Australia. Several sisters were sent, and a novitiate was opened at Rutland on October 15, 1876.