R-031 conventionDeclaration detailLevel http://ica-atom.org/doc/RS-2#5.4 Partial corporateBody Sisters of St. Joseph of Sault Ste. Marie conventionDeclaration 1881 - present The function of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Sault Ste. Marie is to spread Catholicism through educating children. The function of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Sault Ste. Marie is to spread Catholicism through educating children.

The Sisters of St. Joseph of Sault Ste. Marie are a Catholic religious congregation forming part of the International Sisters of St. Joseph. Originally founded in 1650 by Jesuit Jean Pierre Medaille in Le Puy-en-Velay, France, the Sisters primary mission was the Catholic education of children. Their numbers grew until the French Revolution, where the Sisters were prosecuted by the state. In 1807, the congregation was reformed by Mother St. Jeanne Fontbonne and due to the unrest in France, many Sisters moved to missions around the globe. Arriving in Sault Ste. Marie in 1881, the Sisters began orphanages and schools. One such school was Fort William Residential School, which was managed by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peterborough until the Sisters of St. Joseph of Sault Ste. Marie became their own independent congregation in 1936.

Sisters of St. Joseph of Sault Ste. Marie 1947-01-01 2015-12-31

1947-2015