The Sisters’ Kitchen in Le Puy, France

They began by helping the poor and sick in their homes, providing refuge for widows and orphans, teaching religious education and a trade to girls and young women, and shouldering the burden of social work in villages where there was often no one else to do it.  As the Congregation spread throughout central France, the Sisters served in hospitals, schools, and prisons and even maintained a pharmacy. Responding to needs characterized the service of these first Sisters of St. Joseph.

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