HISTORY
The Institute's foundation took place in Vicenza in 1579, in a moment of "springtime" of the Church, in the lively atmosphere of a renewal that characterized the diocese after the Council of Trent, to which the founding father Antonio Pagani had actively participated in the last session.
The new religious family was to enter and operate in the reality of a Church, under the guidance of Bishops Matthew and Michele Priuli and very active collaboration of father Pagani, He was implementing a serious program of catechesis and works of charity, in attention to young people and those most in need, especially to the sick and those in prison.
Inside a vast spiritual movement that was causing the Pagani, soon he formed a core of people who want to follow the Lord with a sober lifestyle, fraternal and community, dedicated to contemplation and open along the apostolate.
This project represented a novelty in those days in which religious communities could not engage in apostolic activities, but rather bind to a rule of strict enclosure.
