This college is run by the sisters of the congregation of the Immaculate conception Society (A Catholic Women Religious order) which had its beginning at end of the 19th century in Panjampatti, Dindigul district. On July 02, 1911, the Headquarters of the Congregation was shifted to Madurai with 7 young sisters. Like a mustard seed that fell on the fertile soil, the Congregation grew steadily into a big tree and now is spread throughout India and other Countries like Italy, Zambia, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Germany.
At present the Congregation has a total membership of 800 women Religious. The Society has many Educational Institutions from Primary to Higher Secondary Schools. In today's context, human beings are discriminated on the basis of caste, culture and religion. In this situation the congregation of the Immaculate conception society had started the institution MADONNA ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (MASC) at Virahanur to humanize and form the youth of this country namely our young girls as integrated and cultured individuals and thereby bring a social change.
The college is marching ahead with the dream and charism of the founding missionaries i.e., "To preach the good news to the poor in simplicity and unconditional love". To actualize this dream, the college caters to the young girl students optionally the less fortunate ones. It's needless to state that the students are given consequently ample opportunities to empower them through societal analysis and leadership skills besides imparting quality academic education thus intending to make them into catalysts of social change. Keeping in mind, the charism of the congregation as its focal point i.e., to respond to the needy and voiceless, we had chosen Virahanur to be the place of our educational ministry.