Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition

is a religious institute of pontifical right whose members profess public vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience and follow the evangelical way of life in common.

A few young girls of Gaillac rallied round her, and on Christmas night 1832 she founded a Congregation, soon known as Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition.

[1] The name of the congregation reflects the apparition recounted in Matt.1:21 in which an angel advises Joseph not to be afraid to take Mary as his wife.

[5] In 1855 four sisters from France arrived, after a four month voyage, in Fremantle, Australia and set up schools there and in Albany and Northam.

The Congregation is open to every form of apostolate which charity inspires: missionary work, pastoral ministry, education of youth, care of the sick and aged.