The Servants of Charity ( la, Congregatio Servorum a Charitate) is a
Catholic clerical religious congregation of Pontifical Right for men. Members of this clerical congregation are popularly known as 'Guanelliani' (or ''Guanellians'', in English). They add the nominal letters ''SC'' after their names to indicate their membership in the Congeagation.
History
The institute was founded in
Como on March 24, 1908 by
Italian priest Luigi Guanella, (1842 - 1915), a friend of
David Albertario
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and
Giuseppe Toniolo. He was sensitive to issues of social outcasts and the handicapped. This gave birth to a religious community to provide the needs of the poor. Their motto reads "In Omnibus Charitas" (''In all things Love'').
The congregation obtained the recognition of ecclesiastical institution of pontifical right with
decree of praise, 1912 and was again approved in 1928.
There is also the female branch of
Daughters of Saint Mary of Providence
The Daughters of Saint Mary of Providence (Italian: ''Figlie di Santa Maria della Divina Provvidenza''; Latin: ''Congregatio Filiarum a Sancta Maria Providentiae''; abbreviation: ''F.S.M.P.'') is a religious institute of pontifical right whose m ...
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Activities and dissemination
These religious operate day and evening schools for workers, institutes for the education of youth and speakers. They also run facilities worldwide for the care of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
As of December 31, 2018, the congregation had 103 houses and 558 religious, 366 of them priests.
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Aurelio Bacciarini (8 November 1873 – 27 June 1935) was a Swiss Roman Catholic who served as the interim administrator of the Diocese of Lugano. He was a professed member of the Servants of Charity - also known as the Guanellians - and was also ...
* Blessed
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External links
Opera Don Guanella - Congregation of the Servants of Charity
Servants of Charity - Divine Providence Province
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