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The Joseph House is a non-profit charitable organization that helps the poor and homeless of southern Delaware and the Lower Shore counties of Maryland and Virginia.

Our services include financial assistance for housing, utilities, and other necessities, a food pantry, soup kitchen, day shelter for men and women experiencing homelessness, and a long-term residential program for homeless men.

The Joseph House is administered by the Little Sisters of Jesus and Mary, a community of Catholic women religious based in Salisbury, Maryland, USA.

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Guest in Soup Kitchen
Reaching out to those in need since 1965
Offering hope, upholding dignity, and stabilizing family life

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Our Founder

Sr. Mary Elizabeth Gintling is the founder of both the Joseph House and the Little Sisters of Jesus and Mary. She was born in Philadelphia in 1914 and died in Salisbury in 2004.

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Our Patron Saints

The Joseph House is named in honor of St. Joseph, the carpenter of Nazareth and head of the Holy Family. Our other patron saint is Charles de Foucauld, canonized in 2022.

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Bernardin
You, Sr. Mary Elizabeth Gintling, have indeed been the Light of Christ for so many people for such a long, long time.
— HIS EMINENCE, JOSEPH CARDINAL BERNARDIN
FORMER ARCHBISHOP OF CHICAGO
Mulvee
Sr. Mary Elizabeth is a living example of the Beatitudes. She sees Christ in all.
— MOST REV. ROBERT E. MULVEE, D.D., J.C.D.
FORMER BISHOP OF WILMINGTON
Koenig
To the Little Sisters: Your ministry to the marginalized, neglected and addicted have given those that you serve the hope and love of God made visible by your presence and compassionate care.
— MOST REV. WILLIAM E. KOENIG, D.D.
BISHOP OF WILMINGTON
Strohminger
We are so grateful to have the Sisters in the diocese. They give of themselves untiringly.
— SR. ANN DAVID STROHMINGER, OSFS
DELEGATE FOR RELIGIOUS FOR THE DIOCESE OF WILMINGTON
Donor 1 – alternate

I know you do a lot for God’s poor and less fortunate but never realized how much.

— ONE OF OUR DONORS

Donor 2 – alternate

We are deeply moved by your good stewardship abilities. Knowing that it flows from your deep prayer life and trusting in the Lord, it is a pleasure to put you on my giving ministry.

— ONE OF OUR DONORS

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I think that there is no passage of the Gospel that has made a deeper impression on me or changed my life more than this one: “Whatever you do to one of these little ones, you do it to me.”

ST. CHARLES DE FOUCAULD