PICCOLE SUORE DELLA SANTA FAMIGLIA
Founded in 1892 by Mons. Nascimbeni, parish priest of Castelletto di Brezone (Verona).
They obtained the decree of praise in 1910 together with temporary approval of the Constitutions, which, updated to the Code, were again approved on 5 June 1932 and definitively on 1 Apr. 1941. The sisters engage in the education and instruction of young women, especially from the working class, in the care of the sick in hospitals or at home, and in any other works of charity for urgent cases. They also work in the Missions. The sisters number over 1000, distributed in 236 houses.
BIBL.: Arch. of the Sacred Congregation of Religious, V. 59.
Agostino Pugliese