About

- The Sisters of St. Joseph of Tarbes. Mysore

The Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph was founded in the year 1843 in France by six young girls who had a special experience of God, urging them to live a life of contemplation. Living together in communion, they became sensitive to the needs of the people around them and responded enthusiastically to their call to educate children, care for the sick, social service and other front line ministries.

Our Mother House at Cantaous, France

Superior General and her Council

Our Vision

Rooted in our Charism of Trinitarian Communion, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Tarbes radically share in the vision and mission of Jesus: “Father, may they all be one” (Jn. 17:21).

Our Motto

May we all be one.

HISTORY OF OUR PRESENCE IN INDIA

In 1881, at the request of Fr. Maury, the director of the Society of the Foreign Missions in Paris, five sisters were sent to India. They are Sr. Ansleme, Sr. Marie de l’Assomption, Sr. Aurelien, Sr. Gervasie, and Sr. Marie Flavie.

On April 13th, 1882, the pioneers to India left the Mother House. They arrived in Pondicherry on May 11th, 1882, and in Bangalore on May 13th. On May 31st, 1882, the five Sisters cheerfully set to work at the Bowring Hospital. Though the Sisters could alleviate the physical pain of the patients, they were powerless to comfort the patients in their spiritual distress due to their language handicap. None of them knew English, let alone any local languages. The language they all knew was the language of love, which they communicated through example and devotedness.

The Charism of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Tarbes is, “Rooted in the love of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, we are called together, to be for God and to be for others, to live and build Communion in our communities and in the world.”

We have two Provinces and a Region in India. We are around 490 Sisters.

The Province of Mysore, the Province of Bangalore and the Region of Jeevan Mythri. In the Province of Mysore we are 211 Sisters spread out in 5 states namely Andra Pradesh, Telengana, Karnataka, Tamilnadu and Uttar Pradesh in India. Mysore Province is also extended to the countries namely: Austria ( Europe), Uganda ( Africa) and Wisconsin ( USA).

We are engaged in education, medical, social and pastoral work.