History of the Home of the Mother
July 29, 1982: The group of young people is founded with the name of "Home of the Mother of the Youth" in its female branch at the tomb of St. Peter in Rome, as a sign of fidelity to the Pope. There were six girls who made their commitments. Among these there were three who went on to become co-founders of the Servant Sisters.
December 27, 1983: Holy Year of the Redemption. The male branch of the Home of the Mother of the Youth is founded, again before St. Peter's tomb in the Vatican. Of the seven boys who made their commitment, Fr. Felix is a priest and the co-founder of the Servant Priests and Brothers.
February 20, 1984: The H.M. Magazine begins the spreading of the news of the Church and of the Home. After all this time we thank Our Mother for the apostolic fruits that this magazine has produced in so many souls.
September 22, 1984: On their return from a pilgrimage to several shrines around Europe, the Servant Sisters in silence began to live this new form of consecrated life. The first three to make their commitments were Mother Ana, Sister Reme, and Sister Conchi.
September 1989: Mother Ana, Sister Reme, and Sister Conchi make their first private vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience for three years in Nazareth, the Holy Land, before Fr. Jeremiah R. Pastrana, Diocesan Delegate in the diocese of Santander for Religious Sisters of Active Life.
September 8, 1990: The Servant Priests and Brothers of the Home of the Mother are founded. Fr Felix and Fr. Juan make their first commitments.
1991: The building of the House-Home Carmen Maria in Barcenilla commences.
December 11, 1993: The first priest of the Home was ordained in the Diocese of Cuenca: Fr. Felix Lopez. It was a great grace of God for all.
August 4, 1994: Elizabeth Van Keerbergen, better known to all of us as Mamie, died in Santander after much suffering, which she offered for priests and for the Home.
November 26, 1994: At last the official approval arrives. The Bishop of Cuenca, Monsignor Jose Guerra Campos, approved the Servants of the Home (the Brothers and Priests) as a "Public Association of Faithful, Religious Institute in Formation." We were granted as our headquarters the 17th Century Monastery in Priego, in the province of Cuenca.
December 8, 1994: The Servants of the Home (Sisters) are also approved, and they establish a convent in Priego.
October 28, 1995: Fr. Juan Antonio Gomez is ordained.
December 25, 1995: The "Community of Adults of the Home of the Mother" is begun. At Christmas Mass the first two members,Jose Maria Huerta and Felicidad Martin, make their commitments in the parish church of Piego.
1996: The Community of Belmonte, Cuenca, is founded. The Sisters were entrusted with the apostolic work of the parish and the running of an institution for poor and orphan girls.
June 10, 2001: In response to the call of Pope John Paul II that Christians participate in the Communications Media to contribute more effectively to the new evangelization, the Home of the Mother has begun a TV channel for the greater glory of God, the motto of which is "Yeserday, today, and always: the Truth."
October 1, 2002: The first house of the Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother is founded outside of Spain, in Rome, the heart of the Church. They study Carmelite spirituality in the Teresianum in Rome and one sister begins to work for the service of the Church in the Agency Fides, which belongs to the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
March 25, 2003: The first missionary community of the Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother is sent to Chone (Ecuador), responding to the petition of the Archbishop of Portoviejo, his most Reverand Excellency Jose Mario Ruiz Navas.
December 14, 2003: On the feast day of St. John of the Cross the first broadcasting takes place on a radio frequency. HM Radio is now a reality, having begun to extend the Kingdom of Heaven throughout the world.
August 2004: A new house of Servant Priests and Brothers and another of Servant Sisters is founded in Naples, Florida. The Servant Sisters attend to the vocation discernment program at Ave Maria University.
October 2006: Two new communities of Servant Sisters are founded. One in Jacksonville, FL where they work in a parish and school there. The other is in Playaprieta, Ecuador. The Archbishop there asked them to take over the direction of a school of 300 children.
November 2006: A community of Servant Brothers goes to Rome to study theology in the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross.
October 2007: A community of Servant Sisters is founded in Alcalá de Guadaíra (Sevilla). They are in charge of the pastoral and spiritual care of the Sanctuary of the Virgin of Aguila, and they also work in the parish.
