The Dutch Province of the Company of Mary is one of the largest in the Congregation. Members of the congregation first went there in about 1886 to found a novitiate and seminary, when conditions in France made it impossible to continue with these in France itself. The Province became the most active in the foreign mission field, with missionaries sent to Mozambique, Malawi, Colombia, Haiti, and Indonesia. Today it is an ageing Province, and many of the missionaries have returned home to semi-retirement in parishes and other residences. But there are still a number who work in the foreign missions, principally in Indonesia and Malawi.