Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace
In 1884, during a personal interview with Pope Leo XIII in order to seek his support, Cusack obtained permission to leave the Poor Clares and found a new congregation, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, intended for the establishment and care of homes for friendless girls, where domestic service would be taught and moral habits inculcated.
She opened the first house of the new order at Nottingham, and in 1885, a similar house in Jersey City, New Jersey, the first foundation of the Sisters of St Joseph of Peace in the United States. She aimed to seek funds for her work with women and children. The earnings of her most notable writings - Lives of Irish Saints and Illustrated History of Ireland (1868) - supported her convent. Today, the congregation she founded remains committed to working for peace and justice and this is the main ministry of the sisters. There are communities in the United Kingdom, Canada, Haiti, Ireland and the USA.
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