by the Venerable Caterina Volpicelli. The sisters devote
themselves to the apostolate of prayer, to religious instruction in
nurseries and schools of every grade, and to workshops and
circulating libraries. The constitutions were approved in
1911. The institute numbers 1,706 sisters and about 200 houses.
Bibl.: Anon., Ristretto della vita della ven. serva di Dio
Caterina Volpicelli, Naples 1925. Silverio Mattei