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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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Reaching out to those in need since 1965

Offering hope, upholding dignity, and stabilizing family life

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Newsletter: June 2026

June 9, 2026

Dear Friends of Joseph House: Our founder had a great devotion to St. Joseph, and that’s why she named our ministry to the poor after him. He’s the model for ... Read More

An Icon of Faith and Hope

May 29, 2026

Religious icons are works of sacred art. They are often painted on wooden panels and depict Christ, the saints, and biblical figures. Prevalent in Orthodox Christianity, icons are more than ... Read More

60 Years of St. Joseph

May 27, 2026

On May 1, 2026, the Feast Day of St. Joseph the Worker, we had a little ceremony to bless a new statue in honor of our patron saint. The statue ... Read More

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

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