Stories from the Congregation Archives
From the very beginning the sisters involved themselves in ministries of social service, education, and health care. They worked directly with the poor and sick in their own homes, provided housing and care for women, orphans, and blind children and adults, and, as need arose, established schools and hospitals.
Read these stories from our Congregation Archives:
A History of Building Community through Publications
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. 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.
History and Roots: Inserted Communities and Religious Commitment in Post-Conciliar Britain, 1970s-2000s
Hyson Green, a desperately impoverished area of Nottingham in the East Midlands of England, was, according to Andy Smart, a reporter for the Nottingham Evening Post, notorious for “crime, social unrest, poor housing and deprivation”. This unlikely location became the site of an experimental new ministry when two Catholic religious sisters from the Congregation of St Joseph of Peace moved into a fifth-floor maisonette in January 1983.