In 1981, the Provincial team missioned four sisters to respond to the most urgent mission needs in the remotest villages of the Central Part of India in Madhya Pradesh, now Chhattisgarh. The Provincial and her team decided to send the first sisters to Ambikapur diocese for the Mission.
The Congregation of St Joseph was born in Le Puy en Velay, France, in 1650, in response to the situation of war, famine, social injustice etc. It is one of the first female Congregations legally recognized as an apostolic religious congregation, thanks to its founder, Father Jean Pierre MEDAILLE and Monsignor Henri de MAUPAS Bishop of Le Puy en Velay.