 The order's first home was in the outlying Cincinnati neighborhood of Sayler Park, where Mother Eva's brother served as the Rector of St. Luke's, the local Episcopal Church.Working with mothers and children to promote education and basic sanitation, the order developed a following in the area and built a larger group of sisters.In the summer 1898, the Sisterhood purchased land at the top of a hill in Glendale, a secluded area, then well North of the city of Cincinnati.