Who we are


We are an International Franciscan Roman Catholic Missionary Congregation for women. We live in community and we are currently working in the U.K, Ireland, The Netherlands, Ecuador, Kenya, Uganda and the U.S.A.

We evangelise through our witness to the love of Christ for his people in ministries of teaching, nursing, and catechesis, social and pastoral work.

As a Congregation we are committed to promoting a culture of Safeguarding in all of our ministries. We are members of the Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency (CSSA) and  the Religious Life Safeguarding Service (RLLS). 

The FMSJ Congregational Safeguarding Policy can be read by clicking on this link: FMSJ Congregational Safeguarding Policy

Leadership Team

The Congregation of the Franciscan Missionaries of St. Joseph of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Assisi, founded in 1883 by Mother Mary Francis Ingham and Bishop ( later Cardinal) Vaughan, is a religious congregation of pontifical right. (FMSJ Constitutions)

Justice and Peace

The Congregation is committed to the safeguarding of the privacy rights of individuals in relation to the obtaining, processing, retaining and protection of their personal data, in accordance with good practice and the law of the jurisdiction where they reside.

Ministries

The Franciscan Missionaries of St. Joseph is a small, international religious community currently serving in the U.K, Kenya, Uganda, The Netherlands, Ireland, Ecuador and the U.S.A. Our aim is to help others to grow in faith and live fully human lives.

Vocation

The call to religious life enables a person to be "Christ for one another" is a specific way: vowed life in a religious community with a particular spirituality, e.g. Franciscan, Dominican, Benedictine. 

Franciscan Convent Burnley

CQC overall rating

Good

23rd April 2018

Burnley Infection Control Inspection

CQC overall rating

Good

18th August 2020

Franciscan Convent Blackburn

CQC overall rating

Good

29th January 2020

Blackburn Infection Control Inspection

CQC overall rating

Good

3rd February 2021

News


Posted on: 20 December 2024

Congratulations to our Sisters in Kenya

Posted on: 20 December 2024

Christ is Born - A Christmas Poem by Sister Joan Kerley

Posted on: 05 December 2024

Congratulations to our Silver Jubilarians

Posted on: 29 November 2024

Sister Anne's Advent Letter
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