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Students at St. Joseph Joshi Gakuen in Tsu, Japan, celebrate the cherry blossom festival --March 2011 |
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Japan Vice Province becomes a Region of the Los Angeles Province
“The time has come when we are strongly advised to enter the foreign mission field. The Church realizes it is asking us to give out of our necessity and not out of surplus—but the appeal is for planting the Church, which we cannot deny.”
With these words, written in 1955 by Mother Eucharista Galvin, superior general at that time, she indicated her willingness to commit the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet to cooperate with the Church’s directive. The Congregation chose Japan as the “mission field,” and on August 14, 1956, the first four sisters arrived at Yokohama Harbor. They eventually settled in Kyoto. In 1959, St. Joseph Joshi Gakuen, a school for girls, opened in Tsu.
Since that time, many Sisters of St. Joseph have served in Japan. A number of Japanese women have also entered the community. Today Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet serve in Tsu and Tokyo. In April 2011, the Japan Vice Province became a region of the Los Angeles Province.
Read about this historic transition and view pictures from Japan.
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