The decree of praise is dated 8 July 1931 and the definitive approval of the Constitutions on 5 August 1941. Purpose: care of the sick, including those with contagious diseases, and the instruction and education of youth, especially the poor (hospitals, shelters, sanatoria, nursing homes, orphanages, kindergartens, municipal schools, work schools). The Generalate is in Verona. The sisters number 2,100 today, in 216 houses.
BIBL.: Arch. of the Sacred Congregation of Religious, V. 92.