Servants of Charity
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The Servants of Charity or 'Opera Don Guanella', is a male Catholic religious institute. Members of this clerical congregation, known popularly as 'Guanelliani' (or Guanellians, in English) add the abbreviation SdC (or SC in English) after their names.
on March 24, 1908 by Italian
priest
Luigi Guanella
, (1842 - 1915), a friend of David Albertario and Giuseppe Toniolo
. He was sensitive to issues of social workers. This gave birth to a religious community to provide the needs of the poor. Their motto reads "In Omnibus Charitas."
The congregation obtained the recognition of ecclesiastical institution of pontifical right with decree of praise, 1912 and was again approved in 1928.
There is also the female branch of Daughters of Our Lady of Divine Providence.
As of December 31, 2005, the congregation had 76 houses and 494 religious, 319 of them priests.
History
The institute was founded in ComoComo
Como is a city and comune in Lombardy, Italy.It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como....
on March 24, 1908 by Italian
Italy
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priest
Priest
A priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...
Luigi Guanella
Luigi Guanella
Luigi Guanella was a Catholic priest from Northern Italy. He is the founder of several religious institutes: Daughters of St Mary of Providence, 1890, Servants of Charity in Como on March 24, 1908, with his friends David Albertario and Giuseppe Toniolo, and the Pious Union of St Joseph in 1914...
, (1842 - 1915), a friend of David Albertario and Giuseppe Toniolo
Giuseppe Toniolo
Giuseppe Toniolo was an Italian Catholic economist and sociologist.-Life:He was born in Treviso in the parish of Sant'Andrea to a middle class family. During his early life he moved with his family from town to town in Veneto while his father, an engineer, sought work. Giuseppe attended scuole...
. He was sensitive to issues of social workers. This gave birth to a religious community to provide the needs of the poor. Their motto reads "In Omnibus Charitas."
The congregation obtained the recognition of ecclesiastical institution of pontifical right with decree of praise, 1912 and was again approved in 1928.
There is also the female branch of Daughters of Our Lady of Divine Providence.
Activities and dissemination
These religious operate day and evening schools for workers, institutes for the education of youth and speakers.As of December 31, 2005, the congregation had 76 houses and 494 religious, 319 of them priests.
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