Our Mission
In the just and compassionate spirit of Saint Joseph, the Welcome Center offers opportunities that enable immigrants and others to improve the quality of their lives through access to education, support services, and programs leading to self-sufficiency.
This neighborhood center in urban Philadelphia extends hospitality, linking newcomers and persons with resources for the enrichment of both.
Ready for any good work
As a sponsored ministry of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, the Welcome Center was established to further the Congregation’s mission that all people may be united with God and with one another.
Our mission at the Center is empowered by the Congregation’s charism of unioning love… the ever-unfolding work of unity that influences our care for every dear neighbor without distinction. Our work flows from our belief that one should “treat everyone with the same care as if you were meeting God.” (SSJ Maxim 49).