On December 9, 1892, Mother Frances sent five sisters to Vienna and on December 20, 1892, she sent four more. From mid-December 1892 until May 1893, some of the sisters lived at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and the others in a rented room in the house of two elderly ladies at number 14 Baecker Strasse. The sisters assisted the sick in their homes, receiving for their service all that people wanted to or could give them. On February 2, 1893, with Mother Frances' approval, a small house was purchased for 10,000 florins, which would become the sisters' first convent. The house was located at 175 Simmeringer Hauptstrasse. The following year, on June 20, 1894, Mother Frances went to Vienna for the first time to visit the community.
She, who had always held holy poverty in high esteem, was deeply moved and rejoiced to see that the sisters were living the true spirit of Franciscan poverty.