Where We Serve

“Today too, the Church needs men and women who, by virtue of their baptism, respond generously to the call to leave behind home, family, country, language and local Church, and to be sent forth to the nations, to a world not yet transformed by the sacraments of Jesus Christ and His holy Church”. – Pope Frances

Although the Congregation had started in a small village in Poland, it did not remain focused only on the needs of the local church. Therefore, the development of the Congregation went beyond the Polish borders and reached the farthest corners of the world. 

The Polish congregation inspired many like it around the world. In England for instance, there is a Congregation of the Poor Servants of the Mother of God founded by Fanny Margaret Taylor, which very much resembles the ministry of the Polish Little Servant Sisters. The Founders had personally visited
Blessed Edmund, who was able to give her a better understanding of how to implement the Rules of the Congregation. Additionally, Mother Jozafata Michalina Hordaszeska asked Blessed Edmund to help form the Congregation of the Servants of Immaculate Mary in the Greek Catholic Church.

Thanks to the numerous vocations, the Congregation was able to open new houses and undertake new, wider and varied types of apostolates not only in Poland, but also abroad.

Currently, in the Federation of the four branches of the Little Servants Sisters, there are 2600 sisters working in:

• Europe
• Africa
• Asia
• America

Altogether we serve 500 missions in 25 countries of various cultures, languages, and climates.

Over the 170 years since the establishment of the Congregation, the sisters have never failed to adjust to the social conditions of the area where they work. They have been invariably open to serving the needs of the local people, working in the spirit of simplicity and love of neighbor.