Today we continue our mission within six of the seven dioceses located in the state of Florida. Our motherhouse is in St. Augustine, Florida, where it has been since 1866 when our first eight Sisters arrived from Le Puy, France in answer to a call for help from Bishop Augustin Verot.

We are guided ably by our council, under the direction of our General Superior, Sister Jane Stoecker, SSJ.

Council Members
Sister Florence Bryan, Assistant General Superior
Sister Elizabeth Worley, General Secretary
Sister Kathleen Carr, Ongoing Formation
Sister Carolyn Tucker, General Treasurer

We share our Charism with the other congregations of the Sisters of St. Joseph throughout the United States and follow the Constitution of the Sisters of St. Joseph.

Soon you'll be able to read about the Work We Do across the state and also learn about the Sisters' vocation stories.

Mission Statement

Seized by God's love, we work in collaboration with others to bring union and reconciliation to our world, "that all may be one." Jn. 17:21

Vision Statement

Centered in conteplation, we work toward changing patterns of relationship which contrbute to alienation, poverty and oppression.

Consensus Statement from the Constitution of the Sisters of Saint Joseph

From the central ideas of Jean Pierre Medaille, SJ, as drawn from the Primitive Constitutions

Stimulated by the Holy Spirit of love and receptive to God's inspirations, the Sister of St. Joseph moves always toward profound love of God and love of neighbor without disctinction, from whom she does not separate herself, and for whom, in the following of Christ, she works in order to achieve unity both of neighbor with neighbor and neighbor with God directly in this apostolate and indirectly through works of charity in humility, the spirit of the Incarnate Word, in sincere charity, the manner of St. Joseph whose name she bears, in an Ignatian-Salesian climate, that is, with an orientation toward excellence tempered by gentleness, peace, joy.