Timeline: Holy Family International Expansion
1820
The birth of the Institute in Bordeaux, France: on
the eve of Trinity Sunday 28 May 1820. Three young
women come together to begin their journey in the
Consecrated Religious Life.
1822
The Eucharistic Miraculous Blessing on 3 February
1843
Spain
1854
Belgium
1857-1863
Algeria
1861
Death of Founder on 8 February
1862
Sri Lanka
1864
Lesotho
1865
South Africa and England
1868
Ireland
1868-1886
Scotland and Wales
1870
Italy
1901
Canada
1903
Pontifical approval of the Constitutions
1908
Brazil
1934
Poland
1948
Congo
1949
Cameroun
1965
Paraguay
1968
Chad
1971
Argentina
1975
Pakistan
1976 – 1980
Togo
1977
Peru
1978
India
1984
Philippines
1987 – 1994
Germany
1988
Founder declared “Venerable” on 8 February
1988
Approval of the revised Constitutions on
18 December
1997
Rwanda
1999
Uganda
2001 – 2012
Botswana
2004 – 2007
Belarus
2018
Burkina Faso and Malawi
2020
Celebration of the 200th anniversary of the foundation of the Institute on 28 May
2022
Celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Miraculous Benediction on 3 February
2025
Kenya