Agustinas Misioneras

The Congregation of the Augustinian Missionary Sisters is a branch of the Augustinian Order, (O.S.A) that looks to St. Augustine as father and teacher and is guided by his Rule and spirituality.

St Augustine’s spirituality is the first component of our congregational charism and is common to the whole of the Augustinian family.

Our Congregation was founded in Madrid, Spain, on 6^th May 1890, by a group of three simple women, Augustinian Tertiaries of the Beaterio (house of pious women) of St. Augustine, in Barcelona: Mothers Querubina Samarra, Mónica Mujal and Clara Cantó who united a contemplative serenity with educational service.

Looking back briefly to our origins, in 1883, a group of Augustinian Tertiaries of the Beaterio in Barcelona, among them Querubina and Mónica, made a bold commitment in response to a concrete need of the Church. They took on missions in the Philippine Islands and involved themselves wholeheartedly in the education and care of young girls orphaned by a cholera epidemic.

We are a Congregation of apostolic life. We profess to follow Christ in chastity, poverty and obedience, according to the spirituality of St. Augustine expressed principally in the Rule and in our Constitutions.

In 1890, Querubina, Mónica and Clara, ready to welcome whatever would be asked of them in mission, left their quiet retreat of the Beaterio and went to Madrid in order to establish a novitiate with the primary objective of forming religious women to be sent as missionaries to the Philippines and to look after the orphans. It was here that the first community of the Congregation was born. Canonical approbation was received on 6^th May 1890. In addition to their work of formation, the sisters of that community served in an orphanage of girls located in the same place.

The Congregation of the Augustinian Missionary Sisters is a branch of the Augustinian Order, (O.S.A) that looks to St. Augustine as father and teacher and is guided by his Rule and spirituality.

St Augustine’s spirituality is the first component of our congregational charism and is common to the whole of the Augustinian family.

Our Congregation was founded in Madrid, Spain, on 6^th May 1890, by a group of three simple women, Augustinian Tertiaries of the Beaterio (house of pious women) of St. Augustine, in Barcelona: Mothers Querubina Samarra, Mónica Mujal and Clara Cantó who united a contemplative serenity with educational service.

Looking back briefly to our origins, in 1883, a group of Augustinian Tertiaries of the Beaterio in Barcelona, among them Querubina and Mónica, made a bold commitment in response to a concrete need of the Church. They took on missions in the Philippine Islands and involved themselves wholeheartedly in the education and care of young girls orphaned by a cholera epidemic.

We are a Congregation of apostolic life. We profess to follow Christ in chastity, poverty and obedience, according to the spirituality of St. Augustine expressed principally in the Rule and in our Constitutions.

In 1890, Querubina, Mónica and Clara, ready to welcome whatever would be asked of them in mission, left their quiet retreat of the Beaterio and went to Madrid in order to establish a novitiate with the primary objective of forming religious women to be sent as missionaries to the Philippines and to look after the orphans. It was here that the first community of the Congregation was born. Canonical approbation was received on 6^th May 1890. In addition to their work of formation, the sisters of that community served in an orphanage of girls located in the same place.