History 

of Our Congregation  

"My Immaculate Heart will be your comfort and the way which will lead you to God." - Fatima, 2nd Apparition, June 13, 1917

Our Congregation was founded in 1937 by Archbishop Charles Heerey, C.S. Sp. of revered memory. Our Congregation was founded at a time when only the boys enjoyed the privilege of attending schools in Nigeria. They were converted to Christianity but for marriage, they were obliged to marry unchristian and uneducated girls and hence faced the consequences, one of which was syncretism.

Our founder realized that the progress he had made in Nigeria cannot be either sustained or enriched without the elevation of womanhood. Christianity cannot be posited on a sandy foundation, unless it has its root firmly encrusted in a Christian home, and here can be no real and proper Christian home without a Christian mother. This was the motive behind our foundation, to uplift the status of women, which was then very low, prepare girls for marriage and other sacraments, educate children and assist married couples to build good Christian families.

Our founder had an overwhelming concern for the plight of the underprivileged, especially women and children. As a missionary, himself, he instilled in our foundation members the same missionary spirit that brought him to Nigeria from Ireland. His work and charisms now continue in us, his spiritual daughters. While our charism remains compassion and upliftment of women and children, our spirit is humility in imitation of Mary, the humble handmaid of the Lord.