Who we are
Our charism
Like Mary, who went in haste to visit her cousin Elizabeth, we go out to those who wait for a visit: children who need a school, the sick who need care, and families who need someone to listen. We pray together each morning and evening, and carry that prayer into our work.
Founded by Mother Mary Bernadette Iheanacho · 1962
Our founder
The congregation began in Larkmere in 1962, when Mother Mary Bernadette Iheanacho and four companions opened a small school beside the mission church that later became the cathedral. The first sisters made their vows in 1966. In the years that followed they opened a convent in Cedarvale and, at the request of the parish, a mission house and clinic in Amberfield. Today about thirty sisters live in three houses and serve in schools, in health care and in the parishes of the archdiocese.