• 1879 Abbott Francis Pfanner first went to Dunbrody in the Cape Region of South Africa.
• 1882 Pfanner constructed the first Trappist monastery and named it Mariannhill.
• The goal of Mariannhill was:  "Better fields, better homes , better hearts."

- Bernard Huss

• 1885 CPS was established.
• In 1909 Mariannhill became an independent mission congregation.
• 1996 PLMC was established in response to the desire of the laity to participate in mission activity in Africa, Europe, Korea, Papua New Guinea and the Americas.