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In the year 1861,Monsignor Steins, Vicar Apostolic of Bombay passing through Belgium called Mother Marie Therese, Superior General and founders of the Daughter of the Cross, and asked for several of her sisters to work in the Indian mission field. Canon Habets, co-founder, advised the Sisters to offer themselves for the mission.

On January 27th 1862, the journey began. Five Sisters set off and on 16th February in Bombay, where they received a hearty welcome from the good Bishop Steins. There the Sisters heard for the first time that they were to work in Karachi, and that he would travel along with them very shortly. Thus on march 13th 1862 the five Daughters of the Cross first set foot on the sandy soil of Sindh, and immediately began their apostolate to the people of Karachi.

On March 18th, school began with 10 pupils, slowly the number of pupils increased. A new building was built, and inside the foundation stone was placed an elaborate inscription hoping that the building raised above it “might be the home whence good morals and sound learning may be diffused throughout this town and the Province of Sindh.”