On the 18th June 1847, the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception came to Glasgow. Our foundation began when two French Sisters – Veronica Cordier and Adelaide Vaast – responded to a plea by Fr. Peter Forbes to come to Scotland.

Their “Yes” heralded the beginnings of a great and perilous adventure: travelling to an unknown land, to a new culture, a new language. It involved great risk as the Sisters entered into uncertainty…to the unknown…into mystery.

It is a gift that has continued to be evidenced in the lives of their successors who have continued to reach out to others in spreading the Good News at home and abroad. Today, though still a small Congregation, our Sisters minister in Scotland, England, Ireland, Nigeria, USA and Kenya.