The church is dedicated to Our Lady of the Good Journey and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia.

The Church and Hospice of Our Lady of the Good Journey has a single tower with a frontispiece covered in blue and white azulejos in a zigzag pattern.

[1][2][3] The Church and Hospice of Our Lady of the Good Journey was built on land on the Itapagipe Peninsula donated by Lourenço Maria to the Franciscan Order in 1710.

The site is a short distance from the Small Fort of Our Lady of Monserrate and faces the Bay of All Saints.

Its authorship is unknown, but is similar in style and execution to that of the Church of São Francisco, also owned by the Franciscan Order and completed in the same period.

In a renovation between 1908 and 1912 the walls separating the nave from the side corridors were demolished and the azulejos removed.

The fine jacaranda altar rail, similar to those found in Bahian churches, was demolished.