It is with joy and gratitude that on Sunday, October 17, the Italian Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph celebrated in Turin, the Bicentenary of the arrival in 1821 of the Little Design in Italy.
This year, the Congregations of Aosta and Cuneo are also celebrating a special anniversary: both, although in different circumstances, were born in 1831 and are
celebrating 190 years since their birth. Four sisters of the Congregation of St. Joseph of Lyon founded the Congregation of Aosta. The bishop of Aosta had asked Mother Saint Jean Fontbonne to have nuns available for the city of Aosta and to dedicate themselves to the education of girls.
The Italian Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph is presently composed of the Congregations of Aosta, Cuneo, the Institute of the Sisters of St. Joseph and the Italian Province of the Congregation of Chambéry which, since July of this year, has welcomed the Congregation of Pignerol through a process of fusion.