In April 1922 the bishop traveled there and held two weeks of consultations with Martin, Roynane and another missioner, during which the Rule and Constitutions of a new congregation were hammered out, with the understanding that Martin would be the foundress.
While still negotiating to purchase a house in Ireland to serve as a local base there-which complicated by the fact that they were not yet a formal congregation-the small community sailed for Nigeria at the end of 1936.