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The Congregation of Sisters Hospitallers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was founded in Ciempozuelos (Madrid-Spain), in the year 1881 by Saint Benedict Menni, a priest of the Order of St. John of God, together with María Josefa Recio and María Angustias Giménez, chosen by God for a mission: the care of persons suffering from mental disorders, combining two fundamental criteria: charity and science.
The name Hospitallers of the Sacred Heart expresses the charisma of the Congregation, because its raison d'être in the Church is the practice of hospitaller charity, in a life of religious consecration according to the model of perfect Charity, Christ, symbolised in his Heart.
The Congregation of Sisters Hospitallers is found today in 24 countries of Europe, America, Africa and Asia.
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