Priests of the Schools of Charity
A religious congregation, also known as the Cavanis Institute, founded in Venice by the Servants of God Antonangelo and Marcantonio Cavanis on 2 May 1820 under the title of "Congregation of Secular Clerics of the Schools of Charity."
The first school was opened on 2 January 1804, and the Patriarch of Venice approved it on 1 April 1819. Gregory XVI granted the decree of praise on 13 August 1819 and final approval on 21 June 1836. However, the Institute was not canonically erected as a religious institution until 16 July 1838. Its Constitutions were approved on 23 September 1839 and reapproved with the introduction of perpetual vows on 14 August 1891. After the publication of the Code, they were revised and approved on 23 May 1930 and 18 June 1937.
The purpose of the Institute is the Christian education of youth through "free" schooling in all its forms (primary, secondary, arts and crafts) and the work of spiritual exercises culminating in retreats held in the Institute's houses. The religious are divided into two classes: ecclesiastical and lay, all of whom take simple vows, initially triennial and later perpetual. At present, the religious number 10 with 9 houses. An institution spiritually linked to the founders is the Secular Institute of the Daughters of the Holy Name, approved as a secular institute by the Archbishop of Lucca on 12 December 1948.
Priests of the Most Holy Sacrament
A religious congregation commonly known as the Fathers Sacramentines (S.S.S.), founded in Paris on 13 May 1856 by Bl. Eymard (v.), approved by the Holy See on 8 May 1863 and definitively on 8 May 1895.
It is composed of priests and lay brothers; the novitiate lasts two years, and after three years of temporary vows renewed annually, perpetual profession is made. The purpose of the Congregation is the perpetual adoration of the Most Holy Sacrament and Eucharistic apostolate. It is not merely contemplative but also active, although its external apostolate is subordinate to the personal obligation each religious assumes to participate in perpetual adoration of the Most Holy Sacrament solemnly exposed in their churches day and night. The Congregation, which during the founder's lifetime had five houses, now (1952) has 1,331 members distributed in 71 houses and 13 provinces or vice-provinces across Europe, the Americas, Australia, and Africa.
The main works of the Congregation are: for the clergy: the Adorers (with over 100,000 members) and the League for Frequent and Daily Communion; for the faithful: the aggregation to the Most Holy Sacrament in its threefold grouping: simple aggregation and guard of honor, Eucharistic fraternity, Eucharistic weeks.
It publishes Eucharistic journals for clergy and laity; preaches sacred retreats especially to priests and in seminaries, organizes nocturnal and diurnal adoration and Eucharistic congresses.