"The Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary (Spanish: La Cofrad\u00EDa de Hermanas de Religiosa de la Virgen Mar\u00EDa; postnominals: RVM) is an ecclesiastical community of avowed religious Filipino Roman Catholic women of pontifical right and approval founded in Manila, the Philippines. Founded in 1684 by the pious Filipina laywoman Venerable Mother Ignacia del Esp\u00EDritu Santo, the congregation administers schools in the Philippines, and overseas in California and Hawaii in the United States."@en . . .