We are an international group of women apostles committed to sharing in the mission of Jesus Christ. We dedicate our lives to the spread of the Gospel especially in Africa. By the witness of our lives, the sharing of our faith and through our work with the poor wherever we are in the world, we strive to bring alive Christ’s message of “Good News to the Poor”.

OLA’s work in 13 countries on the continent of Africa from Botswana in the South, to Tanzania in the East, Egypt, Lebanon and Algeria in the North and Nigeria, Ghana,, Benin, Togo, Chad, Ivory Coast, Niger, and Burkina Faso in the West.In Europe we are in Ireland, England, Italy France and Holland. And in the America's, OLA’s are to be found in Argentina and Quebec, Canada.

We draw strength and inspiration from the experience of Our Lady and the Apostles in the ‘Upper Room’ who were filled with the love, joy and energy of their Pentecost experience. Following their example we are signs of HOPE for all peoples to whom we are sent.

Since our beginnings in 1876 in France, OLA’s continue to fulfil the intense missionary dream of our founder Fr. Augustine Planque, to be of service to the Gospel particularly with the people of Africa. By God’s grace, we serve where the Gospel has yet to be rooted and where human need is greatest. Our priority is for the poor and marginalised, especially for women and children.

For the past 130 years, faithful to the vision of our Founder, OLA Sisters have continued the work confided to the Congregation by the Church. Faithful to the vision of the founder particularly towards primary evangelization in Africa, the Sisters are committed to:

• Being courageous and competent women, like the Apostles, ready to leave all for the sake of the Gospel.
• Living the Spirituality of the Cenacle which prepares them for their Apostolic work
• Being witnesses to the universality of the church by living in international communities
• Working for the formation and education of women and Christian families