Following the end of the seminary training and boarding education, St Joseph's became home to the Upholland Northern Institute (UNI) and was used as a retreat and conference centre for the Archdiocese under the leadership of Msgr John Devine.
Following the end of the seminary training and boarding education, St Joseph's became home to the Upholland Northern Institute (UNI) in 1975 with Fr Kevin Kelly as its first director. Later it was used more generally as a retreat and conference centre for the Archdiocese under the leadership of Msgr John Devine.