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The '''Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Nazareth''', also called simply the [[Sisters of St Joseph]], [[Saint Joseph|Josephites]] ("Black Josephites"), are a congregation of [[Catholic]] religious who have their main centre in [[Whanganui]], [[New |
The '''Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Nazareth''', also called simply the [[Sisters of St Joseph]], [[Saint Joseph|Josephites]] ("Black Josephites"), are a congregation of [[Catholic]] religious who have their main centre in [[Whanganui]], [[New Zealand]]. They arrived in Whanganui in 1880. They arrived as members of the [[Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart]] which had been founded in [[Penola, South Australia|Penola]], [[South Australia]] in 1866 by [[Mary MacKillop]] and Father [[Julian Tenison Woods]]. Early on in her project of founding these Australia-wide Josephite sisters, Mary MacKilop had met opposition from several bishops, who refused to allow them the freedom from direct diocesan control that Rome had already recommended for this new institute. The problem dragged on until 1888 before Rome finally settled it. It was during this period of confusion that Josephites came to the the Wellington Diocese through the intervention of two Marist priests; both had ministered in Sydney and there learned of this home-grown congregation that was tackling the problem of the education of Catholic children, especialy in outback Australia. Irish Father Charles Kirk had spent about three years as an assistant at St Patrick's Marist church in central Sydney before moving on to be appointed rector at Wanganui in 1875. Aware of the high reputation of the Sisters of St Joseph in Australia, he set about getting them for his school. They came to him from Bathurst Diocese where Bishop [[Matthew Quinn (bishop)|Matthew Quinn]]had formed them into a diocesan group, and it was as a diocesan group that they were welcomed in Whanganui on 25 April 1880. To distinguish them from the Josephites who had since arrived elsewhere in the diocese [[Francis Redwood|Bishop Redwood]] asked the Wanganui sisters to change there name to ''Sisters of St Joseph of Nazareth'' and that they wear a black veil instead of a brown one. In fact, they soon changed their whole habit from brown to black, and became popularly known as the ''Black Josephites''. |
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The Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Nazareth, also called simply the Sisters of St Joseph, Josephites ("Black Josephites"), are a congregation of Catholic religious who have their main centre in Whanganui, New Zealand. They arrived in Whanganui in 1880. They arrived as members of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart which had been founded in Penola, South Australia in 1866 by Mary MacKillop and Father Julian Tenison Woods. Early on in her project of founding these Australia-wide Josephite sisters, Mary MacKilop had met opposition from several bishops, who refused to allow them the freedom from direct diocesan control that Rome had already recommended for this new institute. The problem dragged on until 1888 before Rome finally settled it. It was during this period of confusion that Josephites came to the the Wellington Diocese through the intervention of two Marist priests; both had ministered in Sydney and there learned of this home-grown congregation that was tackling the problem of the education of Catholic children, especialy in outback Australia. Irish Father Charles Kirk had spent about three years as an assistant at St Patrick's Marist church in central Sydney before moving on to be appointed rector at Wanganui in 1875. Aware of the high reputation of the Sisters of St Joseph in Australia, he set about getting them for his school. They came to him from Bathurst Diocese where Bishop Matthew Quinnhad formed them into a diocesan group, and it was as a diocesan group that they were welcomed in Whanganui on 25 April 1880. To distinguish them from the Josephites who had since arrived elsewhere in the diocese Bishop Redwood asked the Wanganui sisters to change there name to Sisters of St Joseph of Nazareth and that they wear a black veil instead of a brown one. In fact, they soon changed their whole habit from brown to black, and became popularly known as the Black Josephites.
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Source
- Paton, Margaret (2010). Mary MacKillop: The ground of her loving. London: Darton Longman Todd. ISBN 9780232527995.
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