Poor Sisters of the Schools of Our Lady (Monaco)
The Institute was founded in Ratisbon in 1833 through the efforts of Monsignor G. M. Wittmann, parish priest and later bishop of that city.
His collaborator and successor, Fr. Sebastiano Job, gave the Association an initial summary rule of life. The purpose of the Institute is elementary schools in rural areas for the education and instruction of peasant youth, in small towns and villages.
Spread to many parts of the world, it received the decree of praise on 23 January 1853 and final approval on 26 August 1865. Today it has 10,582 sisters and 748 houses.
Poor Sisters of the Immaculate Virgin Mary
Founded by Giovanni Schneider, parish priest of St. Matthias in Breslau, in 1854.
The initial aim was the instruction and education of domestic servants. Later, care of the sick was also accepted, especially for domestic servants who, dismissed as unable to work, are gathered in hostels. The work spread very quickly; in 1863 the bishop of Breslau raised the Association to a religious congregation with simple vows. On 22 December 1897 the Institute received the decree of praise and on 10 July 1932 that of final approval. At present it has 106 houses divided into 4 religious provinces and 823 sisters.