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A province is a unit of the congregation consisting of members in local communities under the leadership and authority of a province leadership team. Province members focus on the needs of the "dear neighbor" in a particular area. The congregation consists of four provinces:
Sisters of St. Joseph from St. Louis opened a mission in Oswego, New York, in 1858. When the American foundation of Sisters of St. Joseph became separated from France in 1860, the headquarters for this province were in Troy, New York. Eventually the province became know as the Albany Province with headquarters now located near Albany, in Latham, New York.
Sisters of St. Joseph traveled from St. Louis, Missouri, to Tucson, Arizona, in 1876 where a western province was established. The headquarters for this province were eventually moved to Los Angeles.
The St. Louis Province is the original founding site of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in the United States. Those first sisters came from Lyon, France, in 1836 after a three-month journey. These sisters included Sisters Delphine Fontbonne, Febronie Fontbonne, Febronie Chapellon, Felicité Marguerite Bouté, St. Protais DeBoille and Philomène Villaine
In 1852, sisters from St. Louis arrived in St. Paul. When the American foundation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet was established separately from France in 1860, the St. Paul Province was one of the newly formed provinces.
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