[3] On 1 March 1845 she entered the new "Teaching Sisters of Holy Cross" that the Capuchin priest Theodosius Florentini founded – the two met on 5 October 1844.

[2] On 27 June 1845, she left with a friend for the novitiate in Menzingen and around that time received the habit from Florentini while on 27 October 1845 she pronounced her first vows and was given the religious name of "Maria Theresia".

[1][4] From that point until 1846, she worked in Galgenen and was then sent to teach at Baar until being sent to Oberägeri where she was made the superior of small communities clustered there.

In 1857 she was appointed as the superior general of the Sisters of Mercy and with Theodosius co-founded a new religious institute[5][3] dedicated to the healing ministry.

[4] In August 1872 the Capuchin priest Paul was appointed as Theodosius' successor and wanted to transform the institute to one that would be contemplative in outlook.

[6] The beatification process commenced in Chur on 11 December 1949 under Pope Pius XII, granting Scherer the title of Servant of God.