The nun who founded the congregation had lived for many years as a hermit ... a life of prayer and labour - ora et labora.

She lived the next eleven years in silence and solitude in a primitive hermitage with neither electricity nor running water. Her days consisted of prayer and hard manual labor. Her spiritual director at the time suggested that she may have the vocation of a hermit ...

Spiritual purpose .. prayer for priests and the apostolates of hospitality, working among the elderly, praying for the dying and retreat work.

More: including prison ministry and Hospice visits.

Ah ... the dying and Hospice visits ... the nuns were present for serious business 😄 ... a dying campaign.