The Somascan Congregation is a clerical institute of pontifical right, consisting of religious, priests and laymen. Their lifestyle is the same, even though their ministries are different.

Following the example of Jesus and his disciples, her members live in community sharing everything in common; they persevere united in prayer and work, strive for the perfection of charity in humility of heart, meekness, and benignity, loving poverty and work, with the most ardent desire to attract and unite all people to God.

The Somascan Fathers and Brothers continue St. Jerome’s mission by: living in communities pursuing holiness by prayer and ministry to the poor living in humility and kindness loving poverty and work praying to the Crucified Jesus and Mary Mother of the Orphans being either priests or brothers.

Performing different ministries in the Church, such as: care of orphans, disadvantaged and poor treatment of at-risk-youth rehabilitation of drug addicts education pastoral care and spiritual guidance pastoral care of minorities foreign missions youth formation. Working in: group homes treatment and rehabilitation centers retreat houses schools youth centers parishes.

The “Company of the Servants of the Poor” was founded in 1534 when Jerome Emiliani called together his collaborators and companions for a general assembly. This handful of laymen and priests adopted an organized structure for the movement of religious and social reform started by Jerome in 1529 in Venice. Their goal was to dedicate themselves to the care, assistance, promotion of poor, orphans, abandoned youth, sick, etc, to any kind of works of mercy, and to any pastoral ministry