Historical flaschback
 

he best historical glimpse of the Congregation of the Scalabrinian Missionary Sisters - MSCS - is that which can be seen at the crossroads between the pathways of migration and those of the Church, always changing during the course of history. From the Congregation's foundation, in 1895, until today, wherever one finds a community of MSCS Sisters, or even a single Sister on the roads of exodus, those places become "a meeting point" for others. This happens, whether in a small town in northern Italy among children and immigrants, or in a large city with migrants and refugees, or among street children or among the elderly who fear dying in a foreign land. Initially the Sisters were a "meeting point" for people among Italians in San Paolo, Brazil, most of all among their children, then among Italian families settled in the south of Brazil. Immediately following the Second World War, the Sisters could be found among migrant minors in northern Europe, and then later among Brazilian families, victims of the rural exodus in Paraguay and in the suburbs of large cities. And in the last decade, they have been found among the latinos along the Mexican border with the U.S.A., among seafarers in the Philippines, among the Maghrebians in France, among refugees in Africa and elsewhere.

The Scalabrinian Missionary Sisters, during the historical growth of the Congregation, have been and are still dedicated to working in education, social and pastoral care, health services, catechesis, evangelization, at the service of the Church and of local migrants in which the communities are present.