LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR;

Our Congregation, an international institute, was founded in France in 1839, when Blessed Jeanne Jugan opened her home to Jesus Christ in the person of an elderly, poor, blind woman. Today we care for the aged poor in homes in thirty countries around the world. This, our sole apostolate, is sealed by a special fourth vow of hospitality.

The spirit of the congregation is the evangelical spirit expressed by Jesus in the Beatitudes. Mindful of the words of our foundress, "Never forget that the poor are Our Lord", the Little Sisters continue her charism and desire that their hospitaller mission of humble service, exercised in the name of the Church, be a sign of the compassionate love and mercy of God.

 

Hospitality towards the aged poor involves us directly in the struggle between the culture of death and the culture of life. Sisters to the elderly who are journeying towards the Kingdom, the Little Sisters witness to the primacy of eternal values and to respect for life, of which God alone is the Master.

Believing in Christ's words "Whoever remains in me, with me in him, bears fruit in plenty; for cut off from me you can do nothing", we seek Him simply, in faith, hope and charity, and discover Him in prayer. His love urges us to serve Him in the poor, and in this way to associate ourselves with His work of salvation. Thus, little by little we achieve in our lives a profound unity between contemplation and action.

Contact:
Regional Superior,
Mount St. Joseph's
70 Market St. (PO Box 246)
RANDWICK, N.S.W. 2031.
Ph: (02) 9398 9166