Siervas de San Jose

Siervas de San Jose (Spanish for "Servants of St. Joseph"), also referred to by the acronym SSJ, is an international religious congregation of the Roman Catholic Church. It was by founded on January 7, 1874 by Francisco Javier Butiña Hospital and Bonifacia Rodriguez Castro, in Salamanca, Spain and approved by Leo XIII on July 2, 1901. [cite web | last = | first = | title =Bonifacia Rodríguez Castro (1837-1905) | url=http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20031109_castro_en.html | accessdate = 2008-03-18] cite web | last = | first = | title =Siervas de San Jose | url=http://www.sta-silaycity.edu.ph/siervasdesanjose.htm | accessdate = 2008-03-18] The Siervas de San Jose has communities in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Italy, Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Vietnam.

J in the Philippines

Upon the invitation of Mons. James McCloskey, the Bishop of Jaro, Iloilo, the SSJ Sisters came to the Philippines in May 1932 and established themselves in San Jose, Antique. A year later, they moved to Silay City, Negros Occidental, where they established St. Theresita's Academy, until today the only private, Catholic secondary school in the city. The SSJ Philippine Province of the Holy Family has different communities in the Visayas and Luzon, as well as missionary communities in Papua New Guinea and Vietnam.

ee also

* Saint Joseph
* Holy Family
* Society of Jesus

External links

* [http://www.siervasdesanjose.org Siervas de San Jose Official Website (in Spanish)]

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