Our Story...

It was at the context of socio-political turbulence and outbreak of the suppression of religious orders our founder was inspired to found our congregation. Having been expelled from his friary by the imperialistic forces he took refuge under the mantle of the Pieta at Telgte. All he could see around was God’s children in steeped poverty, ignorance, disease, harassed by appalling conditions both spiritual and material...

Our Congregation was founded on July 2nd 1844 at the shrine of the Pieta at Telgte, Münster / Germany. Fr. Christopher was a person who lived in God and for God. There was nothing in him that was so unusual and extraordinary as the founder of a religious community. Simple and poor as he was he gave much space in his life and activities for God. The moment Father Christopher discerned God’s will in his life, from then on his life was a relentless race to fulfill what God wanted from him...

We deeply cherish our charism, the healing presence of Christ, our Father Founder passed on to us. Remaining true to this legacy we bring Christ’s healing presence in Germany, Poland, the United States of America, Japan, India, Haiti, Africa, Korea, Czech Republic, and in Kazakhstan.

The history of the Congregation in India is traced to the arrival of the first German missionary, Sr. M. Vulmara Hannöver on January 06, 1973 in the diocese of Raipur. Subsequently Sr. M. Gerburg Aufderheide joined Sister Vulmara, a year later on January 26, 1974. In 1980 the regular formation for native sisters was begun. The Indian province now has twelve establishments covering six states of India in the dioceses of Raipur, Jabalpur, Ranchi, Hazaribag, Nagpur, Lucknow, Trivandrum and Thamarassery. In addition, we collaborate with several other diocesan and religious institutions. Sisters from our province mission in the United States, Haiti and in Tanzania.