The Congregation of the Sisters of the Divine Redeemer was founded in 1849 in Niederbronn-les-Bains (France) by Erzsébet Eppinger, who also became known by the name of Sister Mother Mária Alfonza.
Mother Alfonza, having been bedridden on several occasions from a young age and having experienced how poor patients were left to their own devices in their own homes, decided to found a new congregation to take care of the sick at home and the education of children by providing them with a religious education. The first Sisters of the Divine Redeemer arrived from Niederbronn-les-Bains in Hungary in 1863 where they established a kindergarten, a school and a hospital. From 1863, a house of the Congregation was also founded in Sopron, where the formation of the Sisters began. Later the Congregation also extended to Budapest, Iglo (today Slovakia), Kismarton (today Eisenstadt – Austria) and to Elizabeth (New Jersey – USA).
The provincial seat of the Congregation is currently located in Budapest. The Studentate and the Szent Anna Convent are also active in the same building.
The apostolic works of the Congregation
– Szent Margit High School and Szent Anna Studentate in Budapest
– Studentate Iosephinum, Nursery School Szent László and Retirement Home Nagyboldogasszony /Maria Assunta in Piliscsaba
– Villa Mater Redemptoris Holiday Home Rome
