This was the first time in the history of the Roman Catholic Church that a religious institute of women was founded jointly by a mother and daughter.

With his assistance Celine and Hedwig began the Congregation of the Sisters of the Resurrection on 6 January 1891.

In 1915, the novitiate was moved to Norwood Park, and two years later the sisters opened a day care center in the old building for children of working mothers.

In 1933 Ignacy Jan Paderewski played a concert to raise funds towards paying off the building.

[4] Earlier, the sisters were invited to teach at St. Mary of Czestochowa School in Schenectady, New York.