 From their foundation in 1865 the first sisters took charge of the "House of Mercy" in New York.Then and now the sisters have felt called to the care of "the lost, forgotten, and underprivileged" after the example of many Christian saints, including St Vincent de Paul.The Eastern Province sisters moved in 2003 from Peekskill, New York to Greenwich, New York, where they own a facility adjoining the Spiritual Life Center of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany.