We started as a small group of women of Christian faithful formed into a religious Congregation on the feast of the Assumption in 1964 by Fr. Aloysius Schwartz in Busan, Korea. Through the invitation of ecclesiastical and government authorities, we have expanded to the Philippines, Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil, and Honduras. We are “contemplatives in action”. That is, we strive to unite the vocations of Martha and Mary. Our active life is balanced by three hours of daily prayer and contemplation.
The Most Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, granted through the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, the decree that we are a Religious Institute of Pontifical Right on March 2, 2000.