Brief History

St. Peter-St. Joseph Children’s Home was originally founded as an orphanage by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word in 1891. Today St. PJ’s is both a home to children who have suffered as victims of sexual and emotional abuse, neglect, poverty and broken homes and it is a community counseling and service center for families in crisis. St. Peter-St. Joseph Children’s Home continues today as an independently governed 501(c) 3 non-profit agency.

St. PJ's has developed a master plan to add additional facilities and refurbish existing facilities in order to better serve the pressing need of children and families. Expanded Emergency Shelter facilities are currently in progress as the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) projects emergency placements for the greater San Antonio are to exceed those in either Dallas/Fort Worth or Houston.

Our Vision

St. PJ's Children's Home is single-mindedly driven to provide opportunities for children to live healthy, happy, and fulfilled lives through a continuum of care of services from infancy to adulthood.  We will constantly strive to provide the best quality programs through on-going attentiveness to the small details that make great programs.

Our Mission

The mission of St. PJ's Children's Home is to serve the needs of children and families by providing a safe, nurturing community to heal body, mind and spirit, shape successful adults, and break the cycle of abuse and neglect.