[1] Mother Mary Teresa traveled to the United States in 1912 to establish a community in the U.S.
The Provincial House was opened in 1917 in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin and the first American postulant was received in 1920 from the Milwaukee area.
The charism, or spiritual focus, of this religious institute is to offer reparation to Jesus for the denial and unbelief of his divinity.
On the same property in Kirkwood, the Sisters care for children ages 2–5 at their Carmelite Child Development Center.
[7] They maintain a Residential Treatment Center for boys in Wauwatosa, WI opened in 1917 ; a Residential Treatment Center for girls (originally an orphanage opened in 1913) in East Chicago, IN with an Emergency Shelter Care for infants and small children who are victims of trauma, abuse or neglect.