Sisters of St. Joseph
In 1902 nine Sisters of St. Joseph from the mother-house at Le Puy took charge of the school in the French parish of St-Roch, Fall River, Massachusetts. The accession of other members from the mother-house enabled the community to take charge of three other schools in the city attached to French parishes. In 1906 St. Theresa's Convent was formally opened as the provincial house of the community, which was legally incorporated in the same year, and a novitiate was established. In the mid 1970s, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Fall River merged with the Springfield Congregation.
Saint Joseph's Church, Singapore
Today the church is served by 2 priests, Father Alex Chua and Father Andre Christophe MEP, with devotional prayers, daily masses as well as Sunday masses, mainly in English. However, it is not a parish church, but a church of devotion. That means that St Joseph’s Church does not serve a parish with specific territorial boundaries and normally does not hold baptisms and weddings.