History
Our Blessed Mother Mary Magdalene of the Incarnation was born on April 16, 1770 in Italy where she grew up in a family devoted to Jesus in the Eucharist. She entered a Franciscan community in 1788 where, as a novice, she experienced a divine inspiration in which our lord requested her to found the Order of Perpetual Adoration so that the blessed sacrament will be adored both day and night. In 1807 Pope Pious VII gave his approval and blessing to the founding of this order seconding our Lord’s desire that through perpetual adoration of the most Blessed Sacrament the Church be assisted by it in the work of salvation of all souls. Since its foundation in Rome the order has grown into a worldwide community with monasteries in Italy, the USA, Africa, Austria, Chile, Mexico and Spain.
“The cloistered sisters adoring before the tabernacle is the most effective representative of mankind.” Pope John XXIII.
Growth in the order
1818 – Canonical approval of first constitution1828 – 2nd Monastery in Napoles, Italy founded
1848 – Pious Union established for lay people to participate in the order
1879 – First Mexican monastery opens
1882 – First Spanish monastery opens
1898 – Monastery founded in Austria
1921 – First monastery in Chile
1925 – First monastery founded in USA
1974 – Monastery founded in Africa
1970 – First constitutions approved after Vatican II
1985 – 2nd constitutions approved
1989 – Secular Institute of Perpetual Adoration approved
1991 – Brother Adorers founded in Mexico
1991 – Hermit Sister Adorers founded
1993 – Brother Adorers approved as public association and given permission to found new houses.