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Women Religious History Sources (5th edition)
Text/images courtesy of the Archives of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, NY
From congregation founded by Jean Pierre Médaille, SJ, in Le Puy, France, in 1650; first Americancongregation established at Carondelet (Saint Louis) Missouri, in 1836 from Lyons, France. In 1856,three Sisters established a congregation in Brooklyn, New York; one came from the Philadelphiacongregation; another from Philadelphia via Canandaigua, New York; and the third from Saint Louis viaCanandaigua. In 1903, the motherhouse was moved to its present location, and the sisters are nowidentified as the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Brentwood. Focus is education on all levels; the sisters alsoran hospitals, cared for children in five orphanages, administered schools for the deaf. Newer forms ofministry include religious and adult education, prison ministry (including Providence Houses), child care,pastoral ministry and a wide variety of social services. Individual sisters have worked with migrants, thepeople of Appalachia, and Latin America. Since 1930, the sisters have conducted schools in Puerto Rico.Total membership since 1856: 3,375; present: 465.