It is accessible to the public only by cable car from Niederrickenbach Station on the Luzern–Stans–Engelberg railway line, although there is a private road leading up to the village from Dallenwil.

[1] Niederrickenbach has known a pilgrimage to Our Lady in the Maple since the 16th century, when during the time of the Reformation when images of Catholic saints were destroyed and a statue of the Virgin Mary was saved by a young shepherd.

The sisters pray the Divine Office, celebrate Eucharist, have continual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, and take time for other personal prayer and reading.

[3] The sisters have an herb garden and produce tea, and gold liqueur for sale in the monastery shop.

Sacred Heart Monastery in Yankton, South Dakota traces its roots to Maria Rickenbach, whose sisters first came to the United States in 1874.