The principal house of the Mother Community of the Congregation of  Missionary Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Mercy is in the Archdiocese of Saigon, Vietnam. In 1975, some sisters escaped the threat of the Vietnamese  Civil War by moving to Australia. Later, they moved to Springfield, Missouri and from there several came to serve in Lincoln. By 1998, the Community in America became a Region of the Motherhouse in Vietnam.

Our Mother Community in Vietnam, of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

Father Bernard Maria Bui Khai Hoan, CMC, our community's founder, wrote our Constitutions and Statutes

        The Sisters living in Lincoln received permission from their founder and the Sister Superior General in Vietnam to maintain their constitutions independently of the Region. The Diocesan Congregation of the  Missionary Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Mercy was established by Bishop Bruskewitz on May 4, 1999.

Taken from The History  of The Diocese of Lincoln 1987-2002 - Vol. II

Our first five Sisters: (from left to right) Sr. Mary Clare, Sr. Consolata, Sr. Immaculata, Sr. Rosaria, Sr. Perpetua

Bishop Fabian Wendelin Bruskewitz, the eighth bishop of Lincoln, established our Congregation by his decree on May 4th, 1999