Sisters of Saint Joseph in the heart of the world

The Sisters of St. Joseph are present on five continents in various missionary activities.

Founded in the heart of France in 1650, in Le Puy, to respond to the growing needs caused by war and misery, the Sisters of St. Joseph do everything to live the Little Project.

Today, as yesterday, they are called to collaborate in God's great Project: to recreate life and people in the joy of communion.

Followers of Christ, the Missionary of the Father, the Sisters try to respond to the calls and challenges of the world, following in the footsteps of Jesus of Nazareth. Identifying with Him, the Sisters of St. Joseph want to look at the world with God's eyes, love the people as God loves them, and hear their cries as God Himself heard the cry of His people (Exodus 3:7-8).

Following Christ the missionary, the Sisters of St. Joseph are missionaries wherever they are. Their heart is as big as the planet. Thus, the mission born in the heart of the Trinity becomes a constant movement of leaving home, of wandering for God's dream, where it is most threatened or already destroyed.

Announcing the Good News of Jesus, following His path, listening to His voice, and living in fraternal communities, the mission of the Sister of St. Joseph has a contemporary objective in light of degrading situations:
- abandonment and loneliness,
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- illness and lack of healthcare,
- exclusion of the elderly and minorities,
- marginalization of women,
- destruction of the earth and the environment,
- lack of vision among the youth,
- destruction of the Christian faith and its absence.


In these, and many other crying situations, the Sisters of St. Joseph want to sow hope, care for life, and be builders of peace. They want to contribute, with their charism of unity and community, to the construction of a fairer and more supportive world. The Sisters of St. Joseph strive to make more visible the face of tenderness and mercy of God the Father and Mother and their compassion for the suffering and excluded in a world that idolizes money and power.

With open eyes and the clarity that comes from the Gospel, the Sisters want to use all the means at their disposal to "take advantage of all the loopholes in the neoliberal capitalist system in order to plant the seeds of the Kingdom of God there" (D. Erwin Krauter, Bishop of Xingu, Amazon, Brazil).

Certain that they are part of a whole and always keeping in mind the global vision of reality, the Sisters of St. Joseph work concretely in places where cries are most urgent: Bolivia, Mozambique, Tanzania, Czech Republic, Sweden, Andaman Nicobar Islands, and Papua New Guinea.