The Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate were founded by Blessed Mother Caritas Brader (1860, Switzerland - 1943, Colombia[1]), in Tuquerres, Colombia in 1893.
The Congregation was first made up of young women from Switzerland and then immediately joined by Colombian vocations that allowed the new Congregation to spread to several countries including the United States.
[4] Mother Caritas Brader was beatified by John Paul II on March 23, 2003.
Today, the religious sisters work in the mission fields of Central and South America, Mexico, Switzerland, Mali, Benin and in the southwestern United States.
[6] As of 2022, there were eighteen sisters in the Region de San Francisco, which takes in the United States and Mexico.