The Constitutions of the Society of Charity by Antonio Rosmini

The Holy Spirit is always full of surprises. There were many religious orders at the time of Blessed Rosmini, and yet, it was the God of surprises that inflamed the mind and the heart of this holy and humble priest with a new, unique charism for the Church. The new gift of the Holy Spirit to the Church found its embodiment in the Institute of Charity, and received its formal recognition by the Church on 20th September 1839, with the Apostolic Letter “In Sublimi”. There is no doubt that the full description of the unique charism of the Institute is to be found in the Constitutions.