Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart

The Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart are women who continue Gods mission by immersing themselves in the midst of life to empower others for life and bring hope. I have come that you may have life... Jn 10:10 The Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart (also known as Josephites) is a religious Congregation which was founded in Penola, South Australia in 1866, by an Australian woman, Mary MacKillop, and an English priest, Reverend Julian E Tenison Woods. The Sisters were a uniquely Australian group of women, who had been drawn from all levels of colonial society to meet a wide variety of needs. These included the education of children in outback areas, and the provision of homes for orphaned children, care for unmarried mothers and shelter for aged and homeless people. The Sisters of Saint Joseph were significantly different from other groups of nuns living in Australia during the late nineteenth century. They went out in small groups of two or thr...