Handmaids Of The Sanctuary

ANCELLE del SANTUARIO. — Religious institute founded in Piacenza in 1882 through the efforts of Mgr Santo Giuseppe Masnini de Cornati, with the approval of Bishop Mgr Scalabrini. The sisters devote themselves to teaching and the Christian education of young people, as well as to caring for the sick and the elderly and assisting in orphanages and seminaries. It was approved by the Holy See in 1930 and today comprises 25 houses with 200 religious. Silverio Mattei