 They attend to the domestic work of the convent, and occupy themselves in their cells with needlework, making vestments etc.With the approbation of Pius IX a house was established at Mamers in the Diocese of Le Mans, France, in 1872, and continued to flourish until suppressed with other religious communities in 1903 by the government.There is also a Passionist convent at Lucca whose foundation was predicted by Gemma Galgani, a mystic.