History
In 1660, there are Confraternities of the Holy Trinity in Lyon. Four young girls belong to one of these brotherhoods want to live together, to pray and to help the poor young girls in their parish. Moseigneur de morange, Vicar General of the Diocese of Lyon supports and helps them in this process. This is the origin of the Daughters of Saint Nizier(Filles de Saint Nizier), because they then settled in this village in Loire. Very quickly, several communities were formed. One of them, that of Valence,which will survive the French Revolution and will be perpetuated in the Trinitarians of Vance.
In 1685, Monseigneur de Cosnac, bishop of Valence, asked for some Daughters of St. Nizier to serve the Hôtel-Dieu (A name often given to a hospital in France during the Middle Ages.)
Monseigneur de Morange sent three sisters,including Sister Jeanne Adrianne as superior. They gave themselves generously to the sick and the poor, while following the Rule of the contemplative Trinitarians which they have applied since the foundation of the Community.
Life became very hard for the Sisters, especially in 1690, when the wounded in the War of the League of Augsburg crowded their hospital to four times its capacity. In 1695, the third superior general, Mother Marie-Marthe de la Forge, a blood sister of Minister General Gregoire de La Forge, had the congregation redefine its purpose, which was stated to be the glorification of the Most Holy Trinity through a ministry of redemption of people enslaved by sin.
In 1727, the Congregation was given legal recognition by King Louis XV, and, ten years later, Bishop Millon of Valance updated their Rule, aligning it with their increased involvement in the hospital and teaching ministries
Our mission spans in 4 continents:*6 EUROPEAN countries: England, Belgium, Spain, France, Italy and Switzerland.*4 AFRICAN countries: Cameroon, Congo(brazaville), Gabon and Madagascar.*3 Countries of AMERICA: Canada, Colombia and Peru*4 ASIAN countries: South Korea, China, Philippines and Vietnam.
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In 2000, the Trinitarian sisters arrived in the Philippines. In 2001, they started working for the poor in the Parish of St. Anthony of Padua in Agdao, assisting the Chaplain in Davao Medical Center and Collaborating with the Alexian Brothers in their Outreach Program. The Sisters continued to work and in contact with poor until they realized the importance of education and that they(the poor people) needed medical help. Especially the little children who were not yet in school,were sickly and malnourished. The sister’s thought that the best antidote to poverty is to give hope to the childrenand liberate them from ignorance,malnourishment and the lack of basic spiritual and moral formation. Thus, the “Little Steps Day Care Center”with its accompanting Feeding Program was established on June 13, 2005.
