 He persuaded Archbishop James Whitfield to approve the order.Joubert would provide direction, be chaplain, solicit financial assistance, and encourage other "women of color” to become members of this, the first religious congregation of women of color in the history of the Catholic Church

Father Joubert records in his diary, that after learning that a mob of Know-Nothings had burned a convent in Charlestown, Massachusetts, he and two other priests spent the night of October 8, 1834 sleeping in the parlor of the Oblates' convent.While Mother Mary Lange continued to manage St Francis Academy, Father Joubert devoted his efforts to finding the funds to keep it going.