By Mary Kuiken, CSJP with Addendum by Jan Linley

The history of St. Joseph Messenger is a long and memorable one that had its roots in 1886 with the Congregation’s very first publication, The Dove of Ireland. It was a little paper issued every year in connection with the Union of Peace and Prayer, a network of prayer for peace in homes and families. The prayer network became the Pious Union of Prayer, uniting its members with the ministry and prayer of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace. Margaret Anna Cusack, founder of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, was dedicated to the ministry of the written word and used her gift of writing to communicate the message of peace