From the time she was a child, Sr. Mary Elizabeth Gintling knew she wanted to spend her life in service to others. She is the founder of the Joseph House and the Little Sisters of Jesus and Mary.
The Joseph House puts love of neighbor into action. We work to instill hope, strengthen families, and affirm the dignity of all people.
The Joseph House can assist with rent, utility bills, food, and other necessities.
The Joseph House depends on free-will offerings to help the poor. We share with the needy what we receive. Would you like to help us?
St. Joseph is the patron of our ministry. Our founder knew that if God trusted St. Joseph to provide and care for Mary and Jesus, then she could trust him as well.
Charles de Foucauld, who embraced the life of Nazareth and loved the poor as a “universal brother,” is our role model. He said, “We must dare to be love in a world that does not know how to love.”
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.
It is administered by the Little Sisters of Jesus and Mary, a community of Catholic women religious based in Salisbury, Maryland, USA.
