Our founding Sisters first lived and worked in downtown Cincinnati.  In that urban setting, in the late 1920's, the Sisters worked with orphaned children and women in need.  Soon the Sisters moved the children they were caring for, to the healthier, rural village of Glendale, Ohio, where Mother Eva herself had grown up.  The first convent was a large farmhouse where the children lived with the Sisters.  In time, Bethany Home was established, with cottages for the youngsters and a school for their education. 

A few miles away, in an unincorporated area called Lincoln Heights, those early Sisters began a recreation center that later became  St. Simon's School, and provided the only education available to children in the area at that time.  St. Simon's Episcopal Church was established, as well, among the people the Sisters came to know, and continues to be an active part of that community. As public education became available, St. Simon's School became St. Monica's Recreation Center.

From the beginning, in downtown Cincinnati, the Sisters also worked to help the elderly, and brought both older women and children into their home.  By the mid 1950's, St. Mary's Memorial Home was built to provide a place and care for the aged.