The Franciscan Missionaries of Mary are an international congregation now present in more than 70 countries across all five continents.

From the end of the 19th century, the first sisters were sent to Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas, often in challenging contexts where human and spiritual needs were great.

The congregation originated from a separation with the Society of Mary Reparatrix.

Marie de la Passion, then a missionary in India, belonged to this congregation. However, significant tensions arose within the communities of Maduré, particularly regarding how to live out the mission and religious life.

Faced with difficulties that had become too profound, she and about twenty sisters separated in 1876. They then gathered in Ootacamund, with the desire to live more clearly a universal missionary calling, in service of the poorest.

With the approval of Pope Pius IX, a new institute was officially founded in 1877: the Missionaries of Mary, which later became the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, in connection with the spirituality of Saint Francis of Assisi.

Today, the congregation is organized into several regions around the world, in order to facilitate community life, mission, and coordination among the communities.

In these different countries, the sisters are engaged in a wide range of missions: education and training, support for the poorest, care and presence among the sick, interreligious dialogue, spiritual and pastoral ministry, and support for migrant or marginalized populations.

Each region has its own organization and sometimes its own website.