The Missionary Catechists of Divine Providence are a religious institute of Catholic women founded in 1930 in the United States to serve the spiritual and social needs of the Mexican-American community there.
They are engaged in religious ministry, in social service, and in diocesan and parish leadership positions in the Southwestern United States.
[1] They were the first religious congregation established to serve the needs of that population, and continue to do so through catechesis and social work among predominantly-Hispanic communities.
[2] During the course of the Mexican Revolution, soon followed by the Cristero War, thousands of citizens of that nation fled the violence of those conflicts in the United States, many settling in Texas.
[4] The Missionary Catechists were approved as a fully autonomous religious congregation by Pope John Paul II on December 12, 1989.