In 1723, a young woman and her mother saw daily the children in the streets near Salzburg, Austria that were too poor to be in the public school that required tuition.  Their parents were working all day, and the children had no one to educate them or to watch them during the day.  Maria Hyacintha and her mother, who were Third Order Franciscans, took it upon themselves to begin educating the young people in their home.  Soon other women joined them, and so the Congregation began!