In 1877 the Institute crossed the oceans to America with its first missionary expedition to Montevideo in Uruguay. It was indeed an extraordinary achievement at such a short time since the foundation (1872).
TYPES of SERVICE in America: Teaching in schools at various levels After school activities involving study and recreation Evening school for the poor Oratories and youth centres Promotional and professional centres Mission centres in the villages among the indigenous people Basic communities Communities inserted in slums and on the outskirts of big cities Shelter homes for the street children Our presence in the social administrative structure for the defending of rights of youth and women Teaching in private parish and public schools at every levelz
[Promoted by the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Salesian Sisters www.cgfmanet.org]