The Congregation of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd came to Chile on May 28, 1855 from France, bringing as their mission to collect and aid girls and young women that are in a state of helplessness and thus be able to rehabilitate them. They first settled in the city of Saint Felipe where they created the first congregation house. Three years later they settled in Santiago in some land that was ceded by the Monastery of Carmen de Saint Rafael, currently on Rivera Street in the district of Independencia, to build the monastery and the Good Shepherd temple thanks to the charitable help of the Beneficiary Association of Ladies (Sociedad de Beneficencia de Señoras) and particularly by the Family Fernández Concha, particularly Ms. Rosa Concha de Fernández, who had an active role in solving the problems that arose during the course of the works.

Writings of the time tell us that the celebration held on Sunday, May 26, 1861 to consecrate and inaugurate the convent was rather lavish, inviting the most select guests of the Santiago society of the time, with the main sermon being by the presbyter Rafael Fernández Concha and with melodies sung by Rosario Fernández Concha (his sister), the single ladies Tagle and Nicanor Zañartu, all having beautiful voices.

The temple planning was entrusted to the Italian architect Eusebio Chelli, who had come to Chile to build the church of the Dominicans. The church started being built in 1862 and was consecrated on July 3, 1871 under the dedication to the Immaculate Concepcion.

In the same year, 1862, while the congregation suffered the important disorders in its internal organization for cases that started to be recently known of the psychic hysteria disorders that some of its interns had had and falling into public discredit suspending in a temporary manner entrance to novice life by girls, Josefa Fernández Concha, Rosa’s daughter and Rafael’s sister, entered the convent on the following year taking her vows and receiving the name of María de Saint Agustin. After one year had elapsed after taking her vows, she was elected Mother Superior of the convent. Thanks to her work, she managed to order and organize the congregation once again, with the following increase of religious vocations, increasing the number of refuge hospices and for novices throughout several countries in Latin America. Due to this work and the great contribution made to the congregation at that time, Josefa is currently in a Beatification Process. Following her steps, her younger sister Rosa also entered the congregation, being later called Mary of the Immaculate Conception (María de la Inmaculada Concepción).

The passing of time seriously affected the state of the constructions and the religious vocations of the congregation in Santiago, which is why the congregation remained in those lands until 1972 then moving to Puente Alto and the convent was given in loan and restitution to the Uniformed Police Department (Carabineros de Chile). That same year, it was declared a Historical Monument. For that reason, on not being able to sell it and not taking care of the place due to the high cost of repairs and maintenance by Carabineros de Chile, left unoccupied for several years, being the object of theft, where the marbles that covered the altars were stolen, as well as the furniture of the sacristy and progressive deterioration.

In 1982, the properties were donated to the Fundación Las Rosas, achieving the recovery and restoration of the temple and the convent facilities. Until today, the church and the refuge home remain working normally.