Sr. Mary Elizabeth

If Today You Hear His Voice

April 7, 2015September 27, 2023

Here is a story from our founder, Sr. Mary Elizabeth Gintling, about her discernment to leave the Little Sisters of the Poor and begin a new ministry with the poor. Pictured above is the promise she professed to God after starting the Joseph House as a layperson. “I felt that if God asked me to…

Little Sisters

Beautiful Names

March 5, 2015September 27, 2023

Sr. Mary Elizabeth Gintling was very deliberate in choosing the names of the two organizations she founded. The Joseph House was named in honor of St. Joseph. Sister said that if God trusted Joseph to care for Mary and Jesus, then she could trust him, too. She always referred to St. Joseph as our provider…