Bishop Scalabrini had been looking for a foundation of Sisters to assist the emigrants who had left Italy in search of livelihood in the Americas.

[1] On August 10, 1900, six Apostle Missionaries departed from Genoa on the ship Piedmont for São Paulo, Brazil.

[1] Within a short time these sisters had gathered about 200 children from the area and organized Christian Doctrine classes for them.

The nuns gained some protection from Bishop Giovanni Batista Scalabrini but he died in 1905 and the movement was moved to Alessandria.

The sisters work in Italy, Switzerland, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, the United States, Mozambique, Benin, Albania, Taiwan, Ireland, and the Philippines.

[6] In St. Louis, Missouri, they operate a preschool program at Sacred Heart Villa, and they also run an all-girls high school, Cor Jesu Academy.