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CSSJ Calendar
SISTER BETTY BURKHART, SSJ
Introduction In December 2020, Pope Francis proclaimed a "Year of St. Joseph" We'd absolutely be remiss without thanking all of the people who from December 8, 2020 to December 8, 2021. In his Apostolic Letter submitted dates for this project. This calendar was a huge collaboration "Patris Corde," Pope Francis writes about the importance of "ordinary" between archivists, congregational leaders, and communicators. people. Though they don't all grab the headlines or adoration of the Without each of the groups, we would never have such a world, they resemble St. Joseph, "the man who goes unnoticed, a daily, comprehensive list of the dates that mean the most to our Federation discreet and hidden presence," who nonetheless played "an and our congregations. And thank you to the U.S. Federation's St. incomparable role in the history of salvation." Joseph Worker Julia Morris for working tirelessly to compile this project. In honor of this year which honors the heritage of the Sisters of St. This calendar starts with March, in honor of the month of St. Joseph's Joseph, we are releasing a calendar of the dates that have meant the feast day in this year of celebration and continues forward. In the back most to the U.S. Federation, its many congregations, and Sisters of St. you will also find a chronological timeline to see how these dates unfold Joseph throughout time. We are also delighted to include dates from over the years. Of note, this calendar is in no way an exhaustive list of the International Centre and the Canadian Federation, further all the wonderful work our sisters and partners have been apart of for illustrating our roots. the last 370+ years. Each of the dates were self-submitted by the congregation and though This calendar is a living document — we hope to continually update it some are fairly "ordinary" on their own, together they culminate in a rich as the years go on and more momentous movement continues to collective history. Once you start reading the entries, you can see that unfold. This calendar is not a relic of the past but rather a map of our all of our roots are fully and wholly intertwined. The true beauty of this past, present, and future... calendar comes from tracing our historical roots and seeing how they still inform who we are today. This calendar has been a huge labor of love. There are so many people to thank for making this calendar come to fruition. First, a huge thank you to all the Federation artists who contributed to this project. Your artwork has taken the text of this calendar and illustrated it into life.
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2002: (Philadelphia) SSJ Welcome Center Kensington section of Philadelphia opened. The March 10, 1651: (CSSJ Heritage) Bishop Henry de Maupas confers official recognition on the
Welcome Center offers opportunities that enable immigrants and other newcomers to the community of Sisters of St. Joseph in Le Puy by letters patent
neighborhood to improve the quality of their lives through access to education, support services,
and programs leading to self-sufficiency March 14, 1979: (Springfield) The first Covenant of Association with the Sisters of St. Joseph of
Springfield was celebrated
March 1. 1925: (Canada) Papal approbation of the Toronto Congregation was received
March 15, 1888: (Congregation of St. Joseph) Sisters of St Joseph of Tipton (IN) Congregation
March 5, 1836: (CSSJ Heritage) Six Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyon, France reach New Orleans established by Mother Gertrude Moffitt
after a journey of 49 days
March 19: (CSSJ Heritage) The Feast of St. Joseph
March 5, 1938: (Canada) Papal approbation of the Peterborough Congregation was received
March 19, 2007: (Congregation of St. Joseph) Congregation of St Joseph approved by Vatican,
March 7, 1965: (Brentwood) Two Brentwood Sisters joined the march for civil rights in Selma, bringing together 7 founding congregations (Wheeling, WV, Cleveland, OH, Tipton, IN, Wichita, KS,
AL Nazareth, MI, LaGrange, IL, and Médaille Congregation)
(Rochester) Sisters of St. Joseph of Rochester working in Selma, Alabama, March 25, 1836: (CSSJ Heritage) First six sisters arrive in St. Louis, MO from France: Sisters
provide care at Good Samaritan Hospital to civil rights demonstrators beaten by Febronie and Delphine Fontbonne (nieces of Mother St. John); Sisters Marguerite Felicité Bouté,
state troopers on the day that became known as Bloody Sunday. Among those Febronie Chapellon, St. Protais Déboille, and Philomene Vilaine. They are accompanied by Rev.
admitted to Good Samaritan was John Lewis (at that time chairman of the James Fontbonne, brother of Febronie and Delphine and nephew of Mother St. John
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee). He often acknowledged the
Sisters for saving his life that day and visited the Motherhouse in Rochester to March 25, 1888: (Congregation of St. Joseph) Sisters of St Joseph of Wichita (KS) Congregation
thank them in 2016. In addition, the Sisters provided food and lodging to clergy established
and women religious who came to Selma from many parts of the country after
Bloody Sunday to join Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in voting rights demonstrations March 31, 1759: (CSSJ Heritage) Birth of Mother St. John Fontbonne in Bas-en-Basset, Haute
Loire, France
March 9, 1887: (Watertown) Sisters signed an agreement to care for orphans in an orphanage
in downtown Watertown
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April 1, 1902: (Baden) Official dedication of the new motherhouse and school in Baden,
PA
April 7, 1836: (CSSJ Heritage) Three of the six sisters from France — Sisters Febronie
Fontbonne, Febronie Chapellon, and St. Protais Déboille — arrive in Cahokia, IL
April 11, 2002: (CSSJ International Centre) 17 Sisters of St. Joseph, representing
Congregations and Federations with more than 14,000 Sisters worldwide, gathered in Le
Puy-en-Velay to discuss and commit support for the beginnings of the International
Centre
April 13, 1853: (Congregation of St. Joseph) Sisters from Carondelet arrive in
Wheeling, WV to open a community
April 15, 1858: (Carondelet- Albany) Arrival of first sisters in Oswego, NY to form the
Albany Province
April 19, 1856: (Canada) Foundation of the Hamilton Congregation was established
from the Toronto Congregation
April 20, 1960: (Orange) Dedication of Motherhouse and College
April 24, 1916: (St. Augustine) Three Sisters of St. Joseph who taught at St. Benedict’s
School, a school for Black children in St. Augustine, were arrested and charged with
violating a State law forbidding white teachers to teach Black children. They were later
released since law did not apply to private schools
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May 1971: (Springfield) Sr. Mary Dooley became the first President of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield May 1: (CSSJ Heritage) Feast of St. Joseph the Worker May 2, 1860: (Carondelet) Sisters meet at Carondelet to form a Congregation; bishops prohibited superiors of some communities from participation May 4, 1847: (Philadelphia) Mother St. John Fournier (foundress) and three sisters from Carondelet arrive in Philadelphia, PA to open a community and serve at Saint John’s Orphans Asylum May 15, 1902: (Concordia) New Motherhouse cornerstone laid in Concordia May 16, 1877: (Carondelet) Approbation of the first Constitution of the American foundation May 21, 1989: (Orange) Revised Constitution Approved May 23, 1891: (Brentwood) First patient admitted to St. John’s Hospital, Long Island City, NY May 24, 1928: (Orange) Groundbreaking for Novitiate in Orange May 26, 1870: (Los Angeles) Sisters arrive in Tucson, AZ to form the Western Province May 28, 1870: (Philadelphia) Sisters of St. Joseph of Chestnut Hill, PA received a Charter of Incorporation from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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June 1863: (Philadelphia) Sisters aid wounded from the Battle of Gettysburg June 22, 1912: (Orange) Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange Arrive in Eureka, CA
June 1, 2009: (Carondelet- St. Paul) The College of St. Catherine is renamed St. Catherine June 23, 1922: (Orange) Blessing of Motherhouse in Orange
University
June 25, 1960: (Springfield) Ground was broken at Mont Marie to begin construction of
June 1, 2019: (Philadelphia) The Sisters of Saint Joseph Neighborhood Center opened. the new Motherhouse there
The Neighborhood Center fosters a sense of community, uniting neighbor to neighbor and
neighborhood to neighborhood, in the Cramer Hill section of Camden, NJ and beyond by June 27, 1895: (Baden) Pennsylvania Governor Hastings signed the Garb Act into law.
providing opportunities for connection, enrichment, and empowerment. This law prohibits teachers from wearing religious garb, ensigna, and emblems in
schools. The Garb Act was developed in reaction to the State Supreme Court upholding a
June 9, 2010: (Baden) A Sister of St. Joseph of Baden arrived in Nicaragua, where she lower court ruling on Hysong v. Gallitzin Borough School Board, which permitted the
ministered to the people in community health nursing and pastoral ministry until 2016. Her Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden to continue teaching in PA public schools while wearing
ministry in Nicaragua was just one of many ministries brought by Sisters of St. Joseph from religious garb. PA was the first of 22 states to prohibit and is currently the last to continue
the U.S., Canada, Japan, and Argentina over the decades, with a Sisters of St. Joseph of to have such a provision.
Carondelet paving the way in 1979
In 1894, the anti-Catholic Junior Order of United American Mechanics (JOUAM)
June 10, 1835: (CSSJ Heritage) Bishop Joseph Rosati of St. Louis applies to Father challenged the presence of Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden as teachers in the public
Cholleton in France to send Sisters of St. Joseph to St. Louis. On June 10, 1835, Félicité de school in Gallitzin, PA, where they had been teaching since 1881. Both the county court
Duras, the countess de La Rochejacquelin, writes to Bishop Rosati to promise her financial and the state supreme court ruled in favor of the sisters and the school district in the legal
aid in sending the sisters to America. case, Hysong v. Gallitzin Borough School District. After the JOUAM lost the case and
appeal in court, the Pennsylvania legislature passed the 1895 Garb Act, prohibiting the
June 16, 1912: (Orange) Mother Bernard Gosselin and Sisters depart for Eureka, CA wearing of religious garb in the classroom. Pennsylvania was the first of 22 states to
adopt this restriction and is the only remaining state with this regulation. (n.b., in March
June 17, 1794: (CSSJ Heritage) Sisters St. Julien (Marie-Anne Garnier) and St. Alexis 2020, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission approved a state historical
(Jeanne-Marie Aubert), of the community of Sisters of St. Joseph in Beaune, are guillotined marker for Hysong v. Gallitzin School District - it is to be installed and dedicated in the
in Le Puy for sheltering priests during the French Revolution near future)
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July 1940: (Concordia) Papal approbation received July 11, 1953: (Canada) Papal approbation of the London Congregation was received
July 1979: (Brentwood) First Providence House opened in July 1979, which was co- July 14, 1808: (Lyon) The founding of the Lyon congregation by Mother St. John
founded by Sr. Elaine Roulet to provide shelter, food, clothing, and counseling for women Fontbonne, following the French Revolution. Government approval was obtained five
ex-offenders, and their children until they could find employment and housing. It also years later in 1812
serves battered women and women in other crisis situations
July 21, 1956: (Orange) Dedication of Sacred Heart Chapel
July 2002: (Carondelet- St. Louis) Avila College is renamed Avila University
July 21, 1967: (Baden) Three Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden arrived in Borba, Brazil,
July 1, 2001: (Springfield) The reunification/merger of the Sisters of St. Joseph of and began missionary work among the people of the Amazon. Between 1967-1994, a
Springfield and the Sisters of St. Joseph of Rutland was celebrated at Mont Marie total of 12 sisters from the Baden congregation and 1 sister from the Erie/Northwestern
Pennsylvania congregation educated, provided health care, and counseled Brazilians.
July 1, 2004: (Philadelphia) Revised Constitutions approved by the General Chapter of The understanding was that they would stay until leadership in the local Church became
the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia strong enough to assume responsibility. By 1994, that leadership was in place and the
Baden sisters ended their 27 years of missionary work in Brazil
July 1, 2017: (Carondelet- Los Angeles) The Vice Province of Hawaii becomes one
with the Los Angeles Province
July 6, 1889: (Congregation of St. Joseph) Sisters of St Joseph of Nazareth (MI)
Congregation established
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August 1920: (Carondelet- Albany) The College of Saint Rose opens in Albany, NY August 12, 1680: (CSSJ Heritage) Death of Bishop Henri de Maupas of Le Puy-en-
Velay
August 1, 1903: (Brentwood) Flushing Motherhouse moved to Brentwood in 1903, with first
receptions and professions being held on August 1 August 13, 1964: (Rochester) Departure ceremony for five Sisters of St. Joseph of
Rochester missioned to Brazil. The Congregation organized a foreign mission in
August 2, 1812: (Chambéry) Sisters from Le Puy sent to Chambéry, France in 1812: Mother St. response to Pope John XXIII’s call for assistance to the Church in South America.
Josh Marcoux first Superior General (foundation forms present day international Chambéry Currently, nine Sisters of St. Joseph, including three Brazilian women who have joined
Congregation) the Congregation, provide pastoral care, health care, and spiritual direction in Brazil
August 3, 1962: (Carondelet) Sisters arrive in Peru to open a congregational mission August 14, 1956: (Carondelet) Sisters arrive in Japan open a congregational mission
August 4, 1930: (Brentwood) Foundation of mission in Puerto Rico in 1930 by four Brentwood August 15, 1890: (Canada) Foundation of the Peterborough Congregation was
Sisters. Over 260 Sisters have ministered there in education and healthcare. They have also established from the Toronto Congregation
staffed the Catholic University of Puerto Rico
August 16, 1858: (Philadelphia) Mother St. John Fournier (foundress) purchased the
August 5, 1794: (CSSJ Heritage) Sisters Sainte-Croix (Antoinette) Vincent, Madeleine (Marie- Middleton property in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia at the suggestion of Bishop John
Anne) Sénovert and Toussaint (Madeleine) Dumoulin, the entire community of Sisters of St. Neumann to move Motherhouse and Novitiate from McSherrystown, PA to Philadelphia
Joseph at Vanosc, were guillotined at Privas, France during the French Revolution
August 16, 1872: (Congregation of St. Joseph) Sisters of St Joseph of Cleveland (OH)
August 6, 1939: (Orange) Orange Constitutions First Approval Congregation established by Mother St. George Bradley
August 7, 2019: (CSSJ Heritage) The Diocese of Le Puy in France opened the canonical August 19, 1860: (Brentwood) Motherhouse moved from Brooklyn, NY to Flushing, NY
process for the cause of beatification for Sisters St. Julien and St. Alexis who were guillotined
during the French Revolution August 20, 1894: (Baden) Cambria County Court ruled in favor of the Sisters of St.
Joseph of Baden in the case of Hysong v. Gallitzin Borough School District, which
August 9, 2008: (Springfield) The Commitment Ceremony of the first Agrégées of the allowed them to continue to teach in public schools while wearing religious garb
Community of St. Joseph was celebrated
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August 21, 1966: (U.S. Federation) 23 Sisters of Saint Joseph, meeting at Alverno College,
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, established the U.S. Federation of the Sisters of Saint Joseph. The group
included 18 General Superiors and 5 provincial superiors. Only 2 congregations weren't present.
First President: Mother Mary Seraphine Meaney, Carondelet; Vice-President: Mother Mary Joachim
Wapelhorst, Wichita; Secretary: Mother Mary de Pazzi Murphy, West Hartford. The whole meeting
lasted less than an hour during the Conference of Major Women Superiors Conference
August 22, 1883: (Springfield) Sr. Mary Cecilia Bowen, as superior, took possession of the
Motherhouse on Elliot St. Springfield, which had authority over the two previously established
houses, and the new novitiate officially began
August 23, 1974: (Springfield) Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield and the Sisters of St. Joseph of
Le Puy at Fall River merged
August 24, 1938: (Carondelet) Sisters arrive in Hawaii to open a congregational mission
August 25. 1921: (Canada) Foundation of the Pembroke Congregation was established from the
Peterborough Congregation
August 25, 1960: (Watertown) Dedication of Mater Dei College in Ogdensburg, NY, a two-year
college and novitiate for the Watertown Sisters. Mater Dei closed after the spring 1999 semester
August 29, 1882: (Springfield) A second group of 5 Sisters from Brentwood, NY arrived in Webster,
MA, then as part of the Diocese of Springfield, to open a second house, St. Louis School. On
September 15, an additional 4 Sisters arrived in Webster accompanied by Sr. Mary Cecilia and Sr.
Mary Agnes
August 31, 1854: (Philadelphia) Charter for the McSherrystown, PA Novitiate and Academy of
Saint Joseph
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Fall 1884: (Concordia) Sisters first arrived in Concordia, Kansas September 1, 1871: (Rochester) The Sisters of St. Joseph take charge of the school at St.
Patrick’s Cathedral Parish in Rochester. This was their first parochial school ministry in the
September 1848: (Philadelphia) Saint Patrick School, Pottsville, PA opens. It is the first of Rochester Diocese, work that expanded to include 80 diocesan elementary schools over the
many schools along the East Coast next decades
September 1885: (Chambéry) First five sisters from Chambéry are sent to Lee, MA September 1, 1880: (Brentwood) Sent from Flushing, NY, Sister Cecilia Bowen founded the
Springfield, MA congregation in 1880
September 1889: (Chambéry) First ministry in Connecticut opened — St. James School in
Danielson, CT (Springfield ) Sr. Mary Cecilia Bowen, along with five other Sisters from
Brentwood, NY opened St. Patrick’s School in Chicopee Falls, MA, their
September 1896: (Chambéry) Chambéry foundation is established as a Province of the first house in the Diocese of Springfield
international Congregation
September 2, 1862: (Buffalo) Official opening of the building for St. Mary’s School for the Deaf
September 1897: (Chambéry) Opened St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, CT with a school of in Buffalo, NY
nursing shortly after
September 2, 1866: (St. Augustine) First colony of sisters arrive in St. Augustine from Le Puy
September 1898: (Chambéry) Provincial House established in West Hartford, CT
September 2, 1869 (Baden) The Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden were officially established in
September 1903: (Concordia) First hospital sponsored by the sisters opens in Concordia the town of Ebensburg, PA, in the Diocese of Pittsburgh. They were founded Mother Austin
Kean from the Brentwood Congregation
September 1922: (Chambéry) Established Sacred Heart Academy, a girls' high school, in
Stamford, CT September 3, 1891: (Concordia) First novices enter in Concordia
September 1928: (Springfield) College of Our Lady of the Elms opened on the site of the September 3, 1915: (Concordia) Sisters of St. Joseph Orphanage opens in Abilene, KS
Elms Academy in Chicopee, MA
September 4, 1837: (CSSJ Heritage/Carondelet) Sisters Celestine Pommerel and St. John
September 1, 1856: (Brentwood) Foundation established in Brooklyn, NY by Sisters of St. Fournier arrive in St. Louis
Joseph of Carondelet Mother Austin Kean from Philadelphia and Sisters Baptista Hanson and
Theodosia Hageman from Buffalo September 5, 1873: (Brentwood) Mother Austin Kean founded the Rutland, VT congregation
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September 7, 1924: (Philadelphia) Holy Family Academy for high school students was September 16, 1628: (CSSJ Heritage) Fr. Jean-Pierre Médaille's first profession
founded in Bayonne, NJ
September 20, 1904: (Baden) St. Joseph's Hospital in Pittsburgh's South Side
September 8, 1891: (Buffalo) Dedication and blessing of Mt. St. Joseph Academy, Buffalo neighborhood was opened, with it being placed under the care of the Sisters of St. Joseph
NY. Mt. St. Joseph Academy housed the Motherhouse for the Sisters of St. Joseph from of Baden, and named for their patron saint. Migration to Pittsburgh from southeastern
1889 until 1970 Europe in the early 1900s significantly expanded communities on the southern banks of
the Monongahela River. While work was plentiful in the nearby steel mills, municipal
September 9, 1863: (Carondelet) Papal decree of commendation for the congregation government provided few human services for the new residents. The few available health
and welfare activities were administered by local churches who recognized the chronic
September 12, 1836: (CSSJ Heritage/Carondelet) Two sisters from France, Sisters shortages of medical coverage. The Hospital was established to help care for the sick and
Delphine Fontbonne and Felicité Bouté move into their home in the log cabin in Carondelet, a the wounded during this period in Pittsburgh's history.
town south of St. Louis, to be joined later by Sister St. Protais Déboille
September 20, 1966: (Canada) Papal approbation of the Federation of Sisters of St.
September 13, 1869: (Baden) Opened Mount Gallitzin Seminary for Boys, later called Mount Joseph of Canada was received
Gallitzin Academy, in Ebensburg, PA
September 21, 1927: (Boston) Opening of Regis College in Weston, MA
September 14, 1906: (Lyon) Second Arrival of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyon in the U.S.
in Jackman, Maine September 22, 1924 (Philadelphia) Chestnut Hill College founded
September 15, 1626: (CSSJ Heritage) Jean-Pierre Médaille enters Jesuits in France September 24, 1908: (Rochester) The Sisters of St. Joseph open St. Joseph’s Hospital
in Elmira, NY, in the southern part of the Rochester Diocese. They were invited to
September 15, 1940: (Rochester) Departure Ceremony for five Sisters of St. Joseph of organize the facility by Catholic physicians in Elmira who recognized the need for an
Rochester missioned to Selma, Alabama. At a time of severe segregation when many Black additional hospital to serve the region. Although the Congregation was primarily involved
families lived in dire poverty, the Sisters collaborated with the Fathers of St. Edmund to open in education at the time, seven pioneers rose to the challenge and organized not only a
an elementary school, a nursing home, and a hospital that was the only health care facility in hospital but also a school of practical nursing
the region that would accept Black patients. The Sisters also organized a school of practical
nursing in 1950, the only vocational education opportunity for Black students in Alabama at
that time. More than 100 sisters have served in Alabama in the past 80 years.
16September 24, 1924: (Concordia) The Sisters of St. Joseph open Nazareth College, the first Catholic institution of higher education for women in Rochester. Given only a year to organize the new undertaking, the Sisters converted a residential mansion into an academic facility for the first class of 25 students. Committed to high standards of scholarship, each of the five founding Sisters earned a doctoral degree to prepare for teaching at the college. September 25, 1926: (Baden) Four Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden arrived in Shanghai, China. The Baden congregation was the first Sisters of St. Joseph congregation to begin missionary work outside of the continental U.S. During their years in China, a total of 16 sisters from the Baden congregation worked to educate children, care for orphans, and provide health care for all during years filled with war. The missionary work in China ended in 1948 September 26, 1955: (Brentwood) Brentwood College opened in 1955. It was founded for the purpose of educating young Sisters, in conjunction with their novitiate training, superseding normal school September 29, 1649: (CSSJ Heritage) Fr. Jean- Pierre Médaille establishes the house at Dunières in the diocese of Le Puy
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October 1837: (CSSJ Heritage) The Sisters of St. Joseph receive their first American October 4, 1858: (Philadelphia) Opening of Mount Saint Joseph Academy, a boarding
postulant, Anne Eliza Dillon school at Chestnut Hill
October 1885: (Chambéry) Arrival of the first Sisters in Lee, Massachusetts October 6, 1610: (CSSJ Heritage) Fr. Jean-Pierre Médaille's birthday, who was born in
Carcassonne, France
October 1907: (Chambéry) Opened St. Mary Hospital in Waterbury, CT with a school of
nursing shortly after October 6, 1991: (Baden) Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden dedicated the first Girls Hope
house in the U.S. Established by the congregation, Girls Hope was established to identify
October 1, 1919: (Buffalo) Opening of Our Lady of Victory Hospital in Lackawanna, NY. The girls with academic ability and provide an environment to nurture them. Girls Hope was the
hospital was founded by Sister Geraldine Jordan, Sister Josephine Houlihan, and Sister first of its kind in the U.S. and resulted in a name change of the national program from Boys
Concordia Friel Hope to Boys Hope-Girls Hope
October 1, 1993: (Baden) Two sisters established a mission in Porus, Jamaica. During the October 7, 1851: (Canada) Four Sisters from the Carondelet Congregation arrived in
Congregation’s nine-year apostolic efforts in Jamaica, a total of four sisters from the Baden Toronto (Ontario) to take charge of an orphan asylum: Mother Delphine Fontbonne (Lyon
congregation were instrumental in starting a teachers’ college, setting up and stocking a Novitiate), Sister Martha von Bunning (Carondelet Novitiate), Sister Alphonsus Margerum
children’s library, promoting literacy and self-help programs, and providing academic and and Sister Bernard Dinan (Philadelphia Novitiate). This was the first Canadian foundation of
religious instruction to all ages the Congregation of Sisters of St. Joseph
October 2, 1873: (Boston) Founding of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston by Sister Regis October 8, 2014: (Springfield) The transfer of the administrative offices at the Mont Marie
Casserly from Brentwood congregation Motherhouse in Holyoke to their current Carew Street, Springfield location began
October 2, 1899: (Congregation of St. Joseph) Sisters of St Joseph of LaGrange (IL) October 11, 1643: (CSSJ Heritage) Fr. Jean-Pierre Médaille's Solemn Profession
Congregation established
October 15, 1650: (CSSJ Heritage) Founders' Day — Bishop Henry de Maupas establishes
October 2, 1916: (Brentwood) St. Joseph’s College for Women in Brooklyn welcomed its the Sisters of St. Joseph at the Hôpital des Orphelines in Le Puy. Sisters of St. Joseph's
first students in 1916 Charism recognized by the Church in Le Puy, France
October 3, 1971: (Springfield) The first Springfield Sisters to serve on foreign soil left for
Kisii, Kenya in Africa
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October 15, 1875: (Philadelphia) Mother St. John Fournier (foundress) died
at Mount Saint Joseph Convent, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia
October 15, 2004: (CSSJ Heritage) 350th Anniversary Celebration of the
Founding of the Sisters of St. Joseph
October 15, 2004: (CSSJ International Centre) International Centre officially
opens at the house in Aiguilhe (Le Puy), France. The first staff included Sisters
Josette Gocella (Erie), Sheila Holly (Philadelphia), and Mary Diesbourg
(London)
October 23, 1855: (Canada) Sister Alphonsus Margerum died from typhus
fever while working to expand the Catholic schools in Hamilton. She was the
first Sister of St. Joseph to die in Canada
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November 1851: (Carondelet- St. Paul) First Catholic school opens in St. Paul under the November 21, 1896: (Watertown) St. James Parochial School in Carthage became first
name of St. Mary’s (later St. Joseph’s Academy). The school closed in June 1971 school in Ogdensburg Diocese to receive NY Board of Regents charter; name was changed
to Augustinian Academy
November 1942: (Chambéry) Established St. Joseph Hospital in Stamford, CT
November 22, 1843: (CSSJ Heritage) Mother St. John Fontbonne's Feast/ anniversary of
November 1, 1864: (Rochester) Three Sisters of St. Joseph, including Sister Stanislaus her death. She is buried in the cemetery of Loyasse in Lyon, France
Leary, open an orphan asylum for boys at St. Mary’s Parish in Rochester. It was the first
Sisters of St. Joseph ministry in that city. Two homeless boys seeking shelter knocked on November 22, 2012: (Canada) Papal approbation of The Congregation of the Sisters of St.
their door the evening they arrived Joseph in Canada was received. This is the foundation date for this new congregation
amalgamating the Hamilton, London, Peterborough, and Pembroke Congregations
November 1, 1970: (Buffalo) Dedication Ceremony of the Clarence Residence. It is the
Motherhouse for the Sisters of St. Joseph of Buffalo November 24, 1899: (St. Augustine) Florida Sisters of St. Joseph separated from Le Puy
Motherhouse by Bishop John Moore of St. Augustine and established as a diocesan
November 3, 1851: (Carondelet- St. Paul) Sisters arrive in St. Paul, MN congregation
November 5, 1927: (Concordia) Marymount College in Salina, KS officially accredited November 24, 1988: (Rochester) The Sisters of St. Joseph of Rochester take in their first
foster baby in the new Daystar program, established to provide care to medically fragile
November 6, 1936: (Canada) Foundation of the Sault Ste. Marie Congregation was infants. Since then, Daystar has grown to become New York State’s only Pediatric Day-
established from the Peterborough Congregation Respite Center, providing pediatric nursing, therapeutic services, educational enrichment,
and family support for infants and young children with special healthcare and developmental
November 16, 1979: (Baden) A sister arrived in Liberia and joined the missionary work needs
established there by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Chambéry. Over the next seven years, a
total of four sisters from the Baden congregation worked as missionaries in Liberia with the November 29, 1920: (Philadelphia) Norwood Academy for Boys established
Sisters of St. Joseph of Chambéry
November 30,1977: (Congregation of St. Joseph) Sisters of St Joseph of Médaille officially
November 20, 1693: (CSSJ Heritage) The first edition of Le Puy Constitutions was hand- declared a congregation, independent from Bourg Province, uniting communities in
printed by Sr. L. Cauzy Crookston, MN, Cincinnati, OH, Baton Rouge and New Orleans, LA
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December 1, 2014: (Springfield) The Mont Marie Motherhouse was sold December 10, 1870: (Canada) Foundation of the London Congregation was established
from the Toronto Congregation
December 2, 1980: (U.S. Federation) Anniversary of the martyrdom of Sr. Dorothy Kazel,
OSU, Sr. Maura Clarke, MM, Sr. Ita Ford, MM and Jean Donovan December 13, 1661: (CSSJ Heritage) Sisters of St. Joseph in Le Puy sign the Act of
Association, which was drawn up by a notary giving the necessary legal lay authorization of
December 7, 1924: (Philadelphia) Revised Constitutions were approved the religious institute, Daughters of St. Joseph. We recognize the following six women as our
early foundresses: Francoise Eyraud, Clauda Chastel, Marguerite Burdier, Anna Chaleyer,
December 7, 1993: (Rochester) The Sisters of St. Joseph of Rochester open St. Joseph’s Anna Vey, and Anna Brun
Neighborhood Center, a ministry offering outreach to residents of the city’s South Wedge
area. Today the Center provides comprehensive health services to uninsured and under- December 13, 1868: (Brentwood) With Mother Baptista Hanson appointed superintendent
insured people in and around Rochester, including primary medical care, dental care, mental of the Male Orphan Asylum (later St. John’s Home), the Sisters officially began caring for
health care, social services advocacy, legal and financial counseling, and healthcare access orphans in the Brooklyn Diocese
December 8, 1854: (Buffalo/Rochester) Mother Agnes Spencer as Superior, Sister December 26, 1901: (Baden) Motherhouse moved from original location in Ebensburg, PA,
Theodosia Hageman, Sister Francis Joseph Ivory, and Sister Petronilla Roscoe arrive from to Baden, PA.
Carondelet, Missouri at St. Mary’s Parish in Canandaigua NY. This was the first site for the
Sisters of St. Joseph in Western New York. Invited by Bishop John Timon, they were the first December 26, 1904: (Carondelet-St. Paul) The Sisters move into the first building, Derham
SSJs to serve in Western New York. Their mission in Canandaigua included an orphanage, Hall, on what would become the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, MN. Classes began in
two schools, and a health clinic January 1905
December 8, 1898: (Buffalo) Dedication ceremony for the newly constructed building for St. December 28, 1880: (Watertown) Mother Margaret Mary Lacy, Srs. Thomas Ryan and
Mary’s School for the Deaf at Main and Dewey Ave. in Buffalo. This is still in operation today Teresa Cusick arrive in Watertown from Buffalo
December 8, 1987: (Carondelet) Sisters arrive in Chile December 30, 1669: (CSSJ Heritage) Fr. Jean-Pierre Médaille's Death in Billom, France
December 8. 2004: (Buffalo) 150th Anniversary of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Western New December 30, 1960: (Orange) Death of Mother Bernard Gosselin
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January 1852: (Carondelet- St. Paul) Long Prairie Mission for the (Ho Chunk) Winnebago January 4, 1836: (U.S. Federation) Six Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyon set sail from LeHavre,
Indians. The mission closed in 1855 when the Winnebago Indians were moved to Blue Earth in France for America. Sisters Febronie and Delphone Fontbonne, Marguerite-Felicite Boute,
Southwestern Minnesota Febronie Chappelon, St. Protais Deboille, and Philomene Vilaine were the first missionaries to
North America
January 1855: (Congregation of St. Joseph) Bourg Sisters of St. Joseph establish Bay St.
Louis (MS) community January 6, 1906: (Rochester) The Sisters of St. Joseph open St. Ann’s Home for the Aged in
Rochester, the first Catholic residential care home for the elderly in the Diocese. The Sisters
January 1886: (Chambéry) First ministry opened: St. Mary School in Lee, Massachusetts had been caring for elderly women who lacked family support for several years and, at the
request of Bishop Bernard McQuaid, widened their focus to include men as well in a new facility
January 1896: (Watertown) Sisters start Academy of St. Joseph in Watertown; it becomes dedicated to elder care
Immaculate Heart Academy in 1896
January 13, 2002: (Orange) Sacred Heart Chapel Rededication
January 1926: (Concordia) Congregation of Silver City, New Mexico along with its ministry,
property, debts and obligations accepted into the Congregation of Sisters of St. Joseph of January 23, 1862: (Philadelphia) From January 23, 1862- June 1863, 14 sisters served as
Concordia nurses on Civil War field hospitals and hospital ships. In addition to nursing the wounded and
the sick, these sisters worked as cooks and ward managers at Church Hospital in Harrisburg,
January 1950: (Congregation of St. Joseph) Japan Mission founded by Wichita Congregation PA, at Camp Curtin outside Harrisburg, and on two floating hospitals, the Whilden, and the
Commodore. The Congressional Record of 1918 confirms “The Sisters of Saint Joseph,
January 1973: (Watertown) Mater Dei College began extension program at St. Regis Indian sacrificing all personal comfort, ministered faithfully and truly to the comfort and welfare of the
Reservation sick.” In 1924, the Ancient Order of Hibernians erected a monument in Washington to honor the
memory of the “Nuns of the Battlefield.” A Sister of Saint Joseph is depicted on the memorial
January 2015: (Carondelet- Los Angeles) Mount St. Mary’s College is renamed Mount St.
Mary’s University January 24: (CSSJ Heritage) Feast day of St. Francis de Sales
January 1, 1946: (Orange) Missionaries evacuate from N. Solomons January 29, 1958: (U.S. Federation) Mother Eucharista Galvin, General Superior of the
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and honored as the foundress of the U.S. Federation of the
January 3, 1838: (CSSJ Heritage) The first American postulant, Anne Eliza Dillon, is received Sisters of Saint Joseph, started the first "Intercongregational Bulletin;" providing a clearing
into the novitiate house and information center for exchange of experiences and ideas among the various
congregations of Sisters of St. Joseph
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February 2002: (Carondelet- St. Louis) Fontbonne College is renamed Fontbonne February 15, 1857: (Buffalo) First Sisters to receive the habit at Canandaigua, NY were
University Mother Anastasia Donovan and Mother Stanislaus Leary at St. Mary’s Church in
Canandaigua, NY. Mother Anastasia later became the Superior of the Sisters of St. Joseph
February 2, 1896: (Orange) Mother Bernard Gosselin enters Concordia of Buffalo from 1867-1869. Mother Stanislaus was eventually Superior for the Sisters of St.
Joseph in Concordia, KS
February 2, 1961: (Canada) Papal approbation of the Sault Ste. Marie Congregation was
received February 18, 1864: (Brentwood) Mother de Chantal Keating was sent from Flushing to help
the struggling Wheeling community in 1864, staying until July 5, 1876
February 2, 1963: (Concordia) Departure ceremony for new mission in Brazil
February 18, 1874: (Orange) Mother Bernard Gosselin's Birthday
February 3, 2007: (Buffalo) Opening of the Sister Karen Klimczak Center for Nonviolence,
which is a ministry sponsored by the Congregation February 18, 1989: (Canada) Papal approbation of the Hamilton Congregation was received
February 5, 1845: (Carondelet- St. Louis) St. Joseph School for Colored Girls opens in St. February 20, 1962: (Canada) Papal approbation of the Pembroke Congregation was
Louis, but is forced to close by civil authorities in 1846 received
February 5, 2021: (Phildaelphia) Closure of Saint Mary by-the-Sea Retreat House is February 22, 1858: (Buffalo) Bishop Timon sent four Sisters of St. Joseph to take change of
announced St. Mary’s Orphanage in Dunkirk, NY. Superior Mother Agnes Spencer, Sister Francis
Joseph Ivory, Sister Agnes Bernard Buckley, and Sister Augustine Humphrey
February 7, 1856: (Canada) Mother Delphine Fontbonne, founding superior of the Toronto
foundation, died on this day. Mother Delphine was part of the first group of Lyon Sisters to
arrive in St. Louis, MO in 1836
February 14, 1857: (Rochester) The first two postulants of the Western New York foundation
are received at St. Mary’s Church in Canandaigua: Margaret Leary (Sister Stanislaus) and
Margaret Donovan (Sister Anastasia). Sister Stanislaus later became the first superior of the
Sisters of St. Joseph of Rochester, and Sister Anastasia was one of the early superiors of the
Sisters of St. Joseph of Buffalo
28CHRONOLOGICAL DATES
October 6, 1610: (CSSJ Heritage) Fr. Jean-Pierre Médaille's birthday, who was December 30, 1669: (CSSJ Heritage) Fr. Jean-Pierre Médaille's Death in Billom, France
born in Carcassonne, France
August 12, 1680: (CSSJ Heritage) Death of Bishop Henri de Maupas of Le Puy-en-
September 15, 1626: (CSSJ Heritage) Fr. Jean-Pierre Médaille enters Jesuits Velay, France
1637: (CSSJ Heritage) Fr. Jean-Pierre Médaille is ordained a Jesuit priest. He November 20, 1693: (CSSJ Heritage) The first edition of Le Puy Constitutions was
would later guide and assist the first Sisters of St. Joseph in establishing an hand-printed by Sr. L. Cauzy
innovative form of religious life for women — without cloister, in combine holiness
of life combined with apostolic activity March 31, 1759: (CSSJ Heritage) Birth of Mother St. John Fontbonne in Bas-en-Basset,
Haute Loire, France
October 11, 1643: (CSSJ Heritage) Fr. Jean-Pierre Médaille's Solemn Profession
June 17, 1794: (CSSJ Heritage) Sisters St. Julien (Marie-Anne Garnier) and St. Alexis
September 29, 1649: (CSSJ Heritage) Fr. Jean- Pierre Médaille establishes the (Jeanne-Marie Aubert), of the community of Sisters of St. Joseph in Beaune, are
house at Dunières in the diocese of Le Puy guillotined in Le Puy for sheltering priests during the French Revolution
October 15, 1650: (CSSJ Heritage) Founders' Day — Bishop Henry de Maupas August 5, 1794: (CSSJ Heritage) Sisters Sainte-Croix (Antoinette) Vincent, Madeleine
establishes the Sisters of St. Joseph at the Hôpital des Orphelines in Le Puy. (Marie-Anne) Sénovert and Toussaint (Madeleine) Dumoulin, the entire community of
Sisters of St. Joseph Charism recognized by the Church in Le Puy, France Sisters of St. Joseph at Vanosc, guillotined at Privas, France during the French
Revolution
March 10, 1651: (CSSJ Heritage) Bishop Henry de Maupas confers official
recognition on the community of Sisters of St. Joseph in Le Puy by letters patent 1807: (CSSJ Heritage) Mother St. John Fontbonne arrives in Saint-Étienne to form a
group of women as Sisters of St. Joseph, laying the foundation for the Lyon
December 13, 1661: (CSSJ Heritage) Sisters of St. Joseph in Le Puy sign the Act congregation.
of Association, which was drawn up by a notary giving the necessary legal lay
authorization of the religious institute, Daughters of St. Joseph. We recognize the July 14, 1808: (Lyon) The founding of the Lyon congregation by Mother St. John
following six women as our early foundresses: Francoise Eyraud, Clauda Chastel, Fontbonne, following the French Revolution. Government approval was obtained five
Marguerite Burdier, Anna Chaleyer, Anna Vey, and Anna Brun years later in 1812.
29CHRONOLOGICAL DATES
August 2, 1812: (Chambéry) Mother Saint John Fontbonne sent Mother Saint September 12, 1836: (Carondelet) Two other of the sisters from France, Delphine
Jean Marcoux and two other sisters from Lyon diocese sent to Chambéry, France Fontbonne and Felicité Bouté move into their home in the log cabin in Carondelet,
in 1812 (foundation forms present day international congregation) a town South of St. Louis, to be joined later by Sister St. Protais Déboille
June 10, 1835: (CSSJ Heritage) Bishop Joseph Rosati of St. Louis applies to 1837: (Carondelet-St. Louis) St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf opens at Carondelet
Father Cholleton in France to send Sisters of St. Joseph to St. Louis. On June 10,
1835, Félicité de Duras, the countess de La Rochejacquelin, writes to Bishop September 4, 1837: (CSSJ Heritage) Sisters Celestine Pommerel and St. John
Rosati to promise her financial aid in sending the sisters to America Fournier arrive in St. Louis
January 4, 1836: (CSSJ Heritage) Six Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyon set sail from October 1837: (CSSJ Heritage) The sisters receive their first American postulant,
LeHavre, France for America. Sisters Febronie and Delphone Fontbonne, Anne Eliza Dillon
Marguerite-Felicite Boute, Febronie Chappelon, St. Protais Deboille, and
Philomene Vilaine were the first missionaries to North America January 3, 1838: (CSSJ Heritage) The first American postulant, Anne Eliza Dillon,
is received into the novitiate
March 5, 1836: (CSSJ Heritage) The six Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyon, France
reach New Orleans after a journey of 49 days 1840: (Carondelet- St. Louis) First permanent building is erected at Carondelet;
St. Joseph’s Academy opens
March 25, 1836: (CSSJ Heritage) First six sisters arrive in St. Louis, MO from
France: Sisters Febronie and Delphine Fontbonne (nieces of Mother St. John); November 22, 1843: (CSSJ Heritage) Mother St. John Fontbonne's Feast/
Sisters Marguerite Felicité Bouté, Febronie Chapellon, St. Protais Déboille, and anniversary of her death. She is buried in the cemetery of Loyasse in Lyon, France
Philomene Vilaine. They are accompanied by Rev. James Fontbonne, brother of
Febronie and Delphine and nephew of Mother St. John February 5, 1845: (Carondelet- St. Louis) St. Joseph School for Colored Girls
opens in St. Louis, but is forced to close by civil authorities in 1846.
April 7, 1836: (CSSJ Heritage) Three of the six sisters from France – Sisters
Febronie Fontbonne, Febronie Chapellon, and St. Protais Déboille – arrive in 1847: (CSSJ Heritage) First printing of the Constitutions in English is completed
Cahokia, IL
30CHRONOLOGICAL DATES
May 4, 1847: (Philadelphia) Mother St. John Fournier (foundress) and three 1853: (Carondelet- St. Paul) St. Joseph’s Hospital, the first hospital in Minnesota,
sisters from Carondelet arrive in Philadelphia, PA to open a community and serve opens to care for those afflicted with Cholera. First stone hospital built in 1854. The
at Saint John’s Orphans Asylum hospital is still open and, as of 2021, caring for patients with COVID-19. One wing
is helping care for people with Mental/Emotional Health issues
September 1848: (Philadelphia) Saint Patrick School, Pottsville, PA opens. It is
the first of many schools along the East Coast April 13, 1853: (Congregation of St. Joseph) Sisters from Carondelet arrive in
Wheeling, WV to open a community
1849-1859: (Philadelphia) Saint Joseph Hospital — The St. Joseph’s Hospital
board asked the Sisters of Saint Joseph to staff the hospital (they had no formal August 31, 1854: (Philadelphia) Charter for the McSherrystown, PA Novitiate and
training) Academy of Saint Joseph
1850: (Philadelphia) St. Ann Widows’ Home opens December 8, 1853: (Buffalo/Rochester) Mother Agnes Spencer as Superior,
Sister Theodosia Hageman, Sister Francis Joseph Ivory, and Sister Petronilla
October 7, 1851: (Canada) Four Sisters from the Carondelet Congregation arrived Roscoe arrive at St. Mary’s Parish in Canandaigua NY from Carondelet, MO. This
in Toronto (Ontario) to take charge of an orphan asylum: Mother Delphine was the first site for the Sisters of St. Joseph in Western New York. Their mission in
Fontbonne (Lyon Novitiate), Sister Martha von Bunning (Carondelet Novitiate), Canandaigua included an orphanage, two schools, and a health clinic
Sister Alphonsus Margerum, and Sister Bernard Dinan (Philadelphia Novitiate).
This was the first Canadian foundation of the Congregation of Sisters of St. Joseph January 1855: (Congregation of St. Joseph) Bourg Sisters of St. Joseph
establish Bay St. Louis, MS community
November 1851: (Carondelet- St. Paul) First Catholic school opens in St. Paul
under the name of St. Mary’s (later St. Joseph’s Academy). The school closed in October 23, 1855: (Canada) Sister Alphonsus Margerum died from typhus fever
June 1971 while working to expand the Catholic schools in Hamilton. She was the first Sister
of St. Joseph to die in Canada
November 3, 1851: (Carondelet- St. Paul) Sisters arrive in St. Paul, MN
1856: (Congregation of St. Joseph) Several Bay St. Louis Sisters of St. Joseph
January 1852: (Carondelet- St. Paul) Long Prairie Mission for the (Ho Chunk) establish New Orleans community
Winnebago Indians. The mission closed in 1855 when the Winnebago Indians were
moved to Blue Earth in Southwestern Minnesota 31CHRONOLOGICAL DATES
February 7, 1856: (Canada) Mother Delphine Fontbonne, founding superior of the August 16, 1858: (Philadelphia) Mother St. John Fournier (foundress) purchased
Toronto foundation, died on this day. Mother Delphine was part of the first group of the Middleton property in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia at the suggestion of Bishop
Lyon Sisters to arrive in St. Louis, MO in 1836 John Neumann to move Motherhouse and Novitiate from McSherrystown, PA to
Philadelphia
April 19, 1856: (Canada) Foundation of the Hamilton Congregation was
established from the Toronto Congregation October 4, 1858: (Philadelphia) Opening of Mount Saint Joseph Academy, a
boarding school at Chestnut Hill
September 1, 1856: (Brentwood) Foundation established in Brooklyn, NY by
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet Mother Austin Kean from Philadelphia and 1860: (Erie) Sisters arrive in Erie, PA to open a community from Carondelet
Sisters Baptista Hanson and Theodosia Hageman from Buffalo
May 2, 1860: (Carondelet) Sisters meet at Carondelet to form a Congregation;
February 14, 1857: (Buffalo/Rochester) The first two postulants of the Western bishops prohibited superiors of some communities from participation
New York foundation are received at St. Mary’s Church in Canandaigua: Margaret
Leary (Sister Stanislaus) and Margaret Donovan (Sister Anastasia). Sister August 19, 1860 (Brentwood) Motherhouse moved from Brooklyn, NY to Flushing,
Stanislaus later became the first superior of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Rochester NY
and later Concordia, KS. Sister Anastasia was one of the early superiors of the
Sisters of St. Joseph of Buffalo January 23, 1862-June 1863: (Philadelphia) Fourteen sisters served as nurses
on Civil War field hospitals and hospital ships. In addition to nursing the wounded
1858: (Carondelet- Albany) Sisters take direction of St. Mary’s School in Oswego and the sick, these sisters worked as cooks and ward managers at Church Hospital
in Harrisburg, PA, at Camp Curtin outside Harrisburg, and on two floating hospitals,
February 22, 1858: (Buffalo) Bishop Timon sent four Sisters of St. Joseph — the Whilden and the Commodore. The Congressional Record of 1918 confirms
Superior Mother Agnes Spencer and Sisters Francis Joseph Ivory, Agnes Bernard “The Sisters of Saint Joseph, sacrificing all personal comfort, ministered faithfully
Buckley, Augustine Humphrey — to take change of St. Mary’s Orphanage in and truly to the comfort and welfare of the sick.” In 1924, the Ancient Order of
Dunkirk, NY Hibernians erected a monument in Washington to honor the memory of the “Nuns
of the Battlefield.” A Sister of Saint Joseph is depicted on the memorial.
April 15, 1858: (Carondelet- Albany) Arrival of first sisters in Oswego, NY to form
the Albany Province
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December 13, 1868: (Brentwood) With Mother Baptista Hanson appointed
September 2, 1862: (Buffalo) Official opening of the building for St. Mary’s School
superintendent of the Male Orphan Asylum (later St. John’s Home), the Sisters
for the Deaf in Buffalo, NY
officially began caring for orphans in the Brooklyn Diocese
1863: (Philadelphia) Catholic Home for Destitute Children, an orphanage for girls,
1869: (Carondelet-St. Louis) Sisters purchase Nazareth property which is first
opens
used as the novitiate, then retirement home. Nazareth Convent evolved to become
Nazareth Living Center
June 1863: (Philadelphia) Sisters aid wounded from the Battle of Gettysburg
September 2, 1869: (Baden/Brentwood) The Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden were
September 9, 1863: (Carondelet) Papal decree of commendation for the
officially established in the town of Ebensburg, PA, in the Diocese of Pittsburgh.
congregation
They were founded Mother Austin Kean from the Brentwood Congregation
February 18, 1864: (Brentwood) Mother de Chantal Keating was sent from
September 13, 1869: (Baden) Opened Mount Gallitzin Seminary for Boys, later
Flushing, NY to help the struggling Wheeling, WV community in 1864, staying until
called Mount Gallitzin Academy, in Ebensburg, PA
July 5, 1876
1870: (Carondelet- Los Angeles) St. Joseph’s Academy opens in Tucson
November 1, 1864: (Rochester) Three Sisters of St. Joseph, including Sister
Stanislaus Leary, open an orphan asylum for boys at St. Mary’s Parish in
May 26, 1870: (Carondelet- Los Angeles) Sisters arrive in Tucson, AZ to form the
Rochester. It was the first Sisters of St. Joseph ministry in that city. Two homeless
Western Province
boys seeking shelter knocked on their door the evening they arrived
May 28, 1870: (Philadelphia) Sisters of St. Joseph of Chestnut Hill, PA received a
September 2, 1866: (St. Augustine) First colony of sisters arrive in St. Augustine
Charter of Incorporation from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
from Le Puy, France
December 10, 1870: (Canada) Foundation of the London Congregation was
1867: (Carondelet) Pope Pius IX approves the Carondelet Congregation as an
established from the Toronto Congregation
Institute
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September 1, 1871: (Rochester) The Sisters of St. Joseph take charge of the October 15, 1875: (Philadelphia) Mother St. John Fournier (foundress) died at
school at St. Patrick’s Cathedral Parish in Rochester. This was their first parochial Mount Saint Joseph Convent, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia
school ministry in the Rochester Diocese, work that expanded to include 80
diocesan elementary schools over the next decades 1876: (Carondelet-Los Angeles) Western province formally established in
Tucson, AZ
August 16, 1872: (Congregation of St. Joseph) Sisters of St. Joseph of
Cleveland (OH) Congregation established by Mother St. George Bradley May 16, 1877: (Carondelet) Approbation of the first Constitution of the American
foundation
September 5, 1873: (Brentwood) Mother Austin Kean founded the Rutland, VT
congregation 1878: (Carondelet- Albany) St. Mary’s Home opens in Binghamton, NY
October 2, 1873: (Boston) Founding of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston by 1878: (Carondelet- Los Angeles) St. Joseph’s Hospital opens in Prescott, AZ
Sister Regis Casserly from the Brentwood congregation
September 1, 1880: (Brentwood/Springfield) Sent from Flushing, NY, Sister Mary
1874: (St. Augustine) Florida sisters in Georgia separate from Le Puy Cecilia Bowen — along with five other Sisters from Brentwood, NY — founded the
Motherhouse by Bishop of Savannah — become diocesan under Bishop Gross of Springfield, MA congregation in 1880. They opened St. Patrick’s School in
Savannah Chicopee Falls, MA, their first house in the Diocese of Springfield
1874: (St. Augustine) St. Augustine Motherhouse cornerstone blessed; house December 28, 1880: (Watertown) Mother Margaret Mary Lacy and Sisters
occupied; visitation from Le Puy; Florida becomes a province of Le Puy with a Thomas Ryan and Teresa Cusick arrive in Watertown from Buffalo, NY
central novitiate in St. Augustine
August 29, 1882: (Springfield) A second group of five Sisters from Brentwood, NY
1874: (Carondelet- St. Louis) St. Joseph’s Hospital opens in Kansas City, MO arrived in Webster, MA, then a part of the Diocese of Springfield, to open a second
house, St. Louis School. On September 15 an additional 4 Sisters arrived in
February 18, 1874: (Orange) Mother Bernard Gosselin's Birthday Webster accompanied by Sr. Mary Cecilia and Sr. Mary Agnes
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August 22, 1883: (Springfield) Sr. Mary Cecilia Bowen, as Superior, took March 15, 1888: (Congregation of St. Joseph) Sisters of St Joseph of Tipton (IN)
possession of the Motherhouse on Elliot Street, Springfield, which had authority Congregation established by Mother Gertrude Moffitt
over the two previously established houses and the new novitiate officially began
March 25, 1888: (Congregation of St. Joseph) Sisters of St Joseph of Wichita
1884: (Carondelet- St. Paul) St. Agatha’s Conservatory opens as the first Catholic (KS) Congregation established
Conservatory for the arts in Minnesota. The conservatory taught music, painting,
drawing, and theater arts. The tuition money was used to off-set costs at other July 6, 1889: (Congregation of St. Joseph) Sisters of St Joseph of Nazareth (MI)
Province ministries. St. Agatha’s was also used to house Sisters teaching and Congregation established
working in nearby schools. St. Agatha’s closed in 1962
September 1889: (Chambéry) First ministry in Connecticut opened: St. James
Fall 1884: (Concordia) Sisters first arrived in Concordia, Kansas School in Danielson, CT
September 1885: (Chambéry) First five sisters from Chambéry are sent to Lee, August 15, 1890: (Canada) Foundation of the Peterborough Congregation was
Massachusetts established from the Toronto Congregation
October 1885: (Chambéry) Arrival of the first Sisters in Lee, Massachusetts May 23, 1891: (Brentwood) First patient admitted to St. John’s Hospital, Long
Island City, NY in 1891
January 1886: (Chambéry) First ministry opened: St. Mary School in Lee,
Massachusetts September 3, 1891: (Concordia) First novices in Concordia, Kansas
1887: (Carondelet- St. Paul) The Sisters take over administration of St. Mary’s September 8, 1891: (Buffalo) Dedication and blessing of Mt. St. Joseph Academy,
Hospital in Minneapolis. They now have a hospital on both sides of the Mississippi Buffalo NY. Mt. St. Joseph Academy housed the Motherhouse for the Sisters of St.
River in Minnesota. Joseph from 1889 until 1970
March 9, 1887: (Watertown) Sisters signed agreement to care for orphans and 1893: (Carondelet- Albany) The Sisters take over St. Joseph’s Infant Home in
orphanage in downtown Watertown Troy, NY from the Daughters of Charity
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