[1] The decision to come was sparked by the departure of a group of monks from the nearby Engelberg Abbey, at a time when monastic communities were threatened by political changes taking place throughout Europe.

[2] Like the monastery in Switzerland, the sisters devoted much skill to the art of ecclesiastical embroidery, and assiduously cultivated the singing of plainchant.

The sisters began teaching the immigrant children and before long they opened St. Joseph's Academy, and ran an orphanage.

[8] The sisters produce low-gluten hosts safe for celiacs, which has been approved by the Catholic Church for use at Mass.

In an article from the Catholic Review (15 February 2004) gastroenterologist Alessio Fasano was quoted as declaring these hosts "perfectly safe for celiac sufferers.