The institute had attained great success throughout Germany when, in 1873, its members were forced into exile by the persecution of the Kulturkampf.
Some went to South America, others emigrated to New Orleans, United States, where, in April 1873, they founded a house and took charge of a parochial school.
[2] The Sisters opened houses in the Archdioceses of Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit, Newark, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Saint Paul, and in the Dioceses of Albany, Belleville, Brooklyn, Harrisburg, Paterson, Sioux City, and Syracuse.
[2] In 1927, the sisters purchased the Seymour L. Cromwell estate in Mendham, New Jersey for a retreat and guest house.
[4] By 2010, Sisters of Christian Charity were present in Germany, Italy, the United States, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia, and the Philippines.
Founded in 1953 through an affiliation with Seton Hall University, Assumption specializes in theological studies and the liberal arts.