Sisters of St. Joseph

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The Sisters of St. Joseph were humanitarians who jeopardized their health while helping others. Sister Noelie was one of the original French nuns who established the St. Joseph Convent in 1871. In the yellow fever epidemic that struck Fernandina in 1877, the Sisters of St. Joseph became the "heroines of the stricken community by bringing sustenance and aid at that terrible time to all in need—Catholic, non-Catholic, black and white." In 1882, the Sisters of St. Joseph opened St. Joseph’s Academy, which operated until 1961 when the sisters sold it to St. Michael’s parish.

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