The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet is a congregation of women religious which traces its origin to and follows the spirit of the foundation made in LePuy en Velay, France about 1650 by Jean Pierre Medaille, S.J., with Francoise Eyraud and her five women companions, under the pastoral care of Bishop Henri de Maupas.

But there is so much more to the story than the events of a chronological narrative. A starting point to understand the Sisters of St. Joseph? Perhaps it is best to refer to words from the time of our founding. There is a...

Consensus Statement
of the Central Ideas of
Jean Pierre Medaille, S.J.

... in the Primitive Constitutions, Cf. 1969 Translation "Textual Study" pages 78-101:

Consensus Statement