1181 Francis of Assisi was born, died 1226.
1787 Catherine Damen was born, died 1858.
1815 Catherine Damen professed vows.
1835 Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity was founded in the Netherlands.
1874 Congregation was established in the United States.
1886 Sisters began work at St. Francis Mission on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. Last sisters left in 2004.
1888 Holy Rosary Mission parish and boarding school opened on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Last sisters left by 2007.
1899 St. Mary’s Academy in O’Neill, Nebraska opened. Last sister left in 2012.
1908 St. Agnes Academy in Alliance, Nebraska opened. Turned over to parish in 1964.
1911 St. Joseph’s Hospital in Alliance, Nebraska opened. Supported by Sisters until 1976.
1912 St. Joseph’s School of Nursing in Minot, North Dakota opened. Renamed St. Francis School of Nursing in 1958. Closed in 1971.
1914 St. Joseph’s Hospital in Minot, North Dakota opened. Last sister left in 2000.
1917 St. Elizabeth’s Convent in Denver, Colorado opened. Parochial School by 1950. Closed in 1973.
1923 Establishment of the North American Province.
1926 St. Leo’s School in Minot, North Dakota opened. Sisters present until 1942.
1938 Marian Residence Nurses’ Home in Alliance, Nebraska opened.
1938 Winslow Estate purchased for Marycrest Convent and Sacred Heart Province.
1939 Sacred Heart Province established in the Prairie States.
1945 St. Mary’s Hospital in Scottsbluff, Nebraska opened. Sister supported until 1977.
1946 Immaculate Conception School opened in Rushville, Nebraska opened. Closed in 1966.
1952 St. Anthony’s Hospital in O’Neill, Nebraska opened. Sister supported until 1998.
1954 St. Agnes School in Scottsbluff, Nebraska opened. Last Sister left in 1969.
1954 Marycrest Aspirant School in Alliance, Nebraska opened. Closed in 1966.
1958 Marycrest High School opened in Denver, Colorado. Closed in 1989.
1965 Sisters start to volunteer in the region of Orizabeta, Hildago, Mexico.
1968 Queen of Peace Oratory and Convent in Denver, Colorado opened on northern part of Marycrest property. Closed in 2008.
1976 Gerontology Center in Alliance, Nebraska opened. Sister supported until 1989.
1980 Marian Residence Retirement Home in Alliance, Nebraska opened.
1983 St. Francis Home for children in Manderson, South Dakota opened. Closed in 2018.
1988 St. Mary’s Home in St. Paul, Minnesota opened. Last Sister left in 2013.
1992 Chiapas Mission officially established in Mexico.
1996 Marycrest Retreat and Conference Center in Denver, Colorado opened. Closed in 2006.
1998 Marycest Assisted Living in Denver, Colorado opened. Sister sponsored until 2014.
2009 Casa Chiara opened where the Queen of Peace Convent once stood in Denver, CO. Current location of provincial offices, archives, sisters’ residences, chapel, and ministry space.
2012 Sale of most of the original Marycrest property and buildings in Denver, CO to Urban Ventures and Perry-Rose to develop Aria Denver.
2022 Closing of Marian Residence in Alliance, NE in May. In July it was approved for Sacred Heart Province to become Sacred Heart Community.