Our school’s rich history described below is nearing its fulfillment, at which time Mater Salvatoris will offer co-ed Pre-K and Kindergarten and single-sex education for girls Grades 1 through 12, in partnership with Stella Maris School for boys Grades 1 through 12, under the motto “Two Schools, One Family”.  Both schools share (and will continue to share) one campus at 926 Newfield Avenue in Stamford, CT. For Fall 2025, Mater Salvatoris will enroll students through Grade 10; Stella Maris will enroll students through Grade 8; and both schools will add one grade level each year until both high schools are complete.

The Sisters of the Company of the Savior have been present in the United States since 1961. “Our vocation is to live in any part of the world where there is hope of greater service to God and the help of souls” (Constitutions Company of the Savior, n. 3). With the singular desire of being “useful to the service of the Holy Church and Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam,” the Sisters offer their charism of education to serve “in any way it is needed” within the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut.

It was through the Venerable Fr. Patrick Peyton, C.S.C., who Mother María Félix, our Mother Foundress, met at Caracas’ airport for his first “Rosary crusade” that the first Bishop of Bridgeport, Rev. Lawrence Shehan, welcomed the Company of the Savior in 1961. For over 50 years, the Sisters taught in the Diocesan Schools of the city of Bridgeport — Saint Mary, Blessed Sacrament, and Saint Peter — until this last one was closed in 2013.

In her visits to the United States, our Mother Foundress recognized the merits of the American system and its college campus. It influenced her in conceiving a project that was ahead of its time in the Mater Salvatoris Schools.

On December 12, 2013, former Superior General, Mother Amelia Lora-Tamayo, C.S., expressed to Bishop Frank Caggiano that the Company of the Savior saw the urgent need of Catholic education in the U.S., a need that could be served by the Sisters founding our own school, as we have in other countries around the world. Bishop Frank Caggiano warmly welcomed the project of Mater Salvatoris College Preparatory School in Fairfield County, CT and encouraged us to carry it out.

With the deep desire to start the school, thanks to the permission granted by Bishop Caggiano, and the warm welcome of Msgr. Kevin Royal, Pastor of Holy Spirit at that time, and his Parish Council, God, Our Lord, gave us the opportunity to start the Mater Salvatoris School at the Holy Spirit school building in Stamford. 

On November 11, 2020, Mother Mercedes Díez de Angulo, C.S., current Superior General, stated: “With great joy, the Sisters of the Company of the Savior announce an agreement with the Diocese of Bridgeport to acquire the campus of the former Trinity Catholic High School in Stamford, CT, as the permanent location for Mater Salvatoris College Preparatory School. We are deeply grateful to the Diocese and the ongoing support of Bishop Frank Caggiano to make this possible.”

Since Fall 2021, Mater Salvatoris School is located at its permanent 20-acre campus on Newfield Avenue in Stamford, CT. The school will continue to expand enrollment and grades each year through high school, with the desire to fulfill Venerable Servant of God Mother Maria Felix’s vision, for the Greater Glory of God and under the maternal protection of our Lady, Mother of the Savior.