PICCOLI FRATELLI DI MARIA – House of Hermitage in 1939.
Pernet (v.) and Mother Maria Antonietta di Gesù (Fage), for the free education of workers and their assistance during illness. In this charitable work, the religious are assisted by ladies known as « Dames servantes des pauvres ». They were approved by Leo XIII in 1881 and currently number 80 houses with 1,500 sisters.
BIBL.: anon., Il p. Stefano Pernet, Italian translation, Rome 1906; anon., Madre Maria di Gesù, Rome 1914. Silverio Mattei