The Congregation of Religious Capuchin Tertiary of Our Lady of Sorrows will celebrate its 133th years of foundation; they were founded, four years after the Capuchin Tertiary Sisters of the Holy Family, thanks to the promptings of the Holy Spirit to the Spanish Capuchin Friar Luis Amigó y Ferrer, on April 12th 1889.
The Congregation is named Religious Capuchin Tertiary of Our Lady of Sorrows: Capuchin, because the Congregation is aggregated to the Franciscan Capuchin Order in spirit, name, and habit; Tertiary, because the Religious professes the Rule and Life of the Third Order Regular of Saint Francis of Assisi; of Our Lady of Sorrows, not only to distinguish the Congregation from other possible Tertiary Capuchin Institute but after the devotion of our Father Founder to Our Lady of Sorrows and to entrust the Congregation and her mission to Our Lady’s intercession.