FATHER OF THE FATHERLESS
For five centuries the Somascan Fathers and Brothers have
carried out throughout the world Saint Jerome Emiliani’s legacy, “work,
devotion, and charity are the Foundation of our activity”.
OUR MISSION
The Somascan Fathers or “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.
WHAT WE DO
Serving the ORPHANS in WORK, DEVOTION, CHARITY
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.
4 MAJOR ACTIVITIES IN NIGERIA
1. Giovanni Ferro Children Village: It is a village for
children where our fathers, with local families and volunteers welcome street
children who are abandoned and who have nothing. We are building a vocational
school, where children can learn a job.
2. Parish with an Elementary School (grade 1 to 6th)
3. Center of Promotion of the Women (young girls are at risk
for human traffic to Europe, the prostitution mafia is very active in that
south region); we offer a place, support, and job opportunities, teaching
trades, skills (bakery, tailoring, along with some basic accounting)
4. Education, formation of young seminarians to become a
priest. We have a house of formation where young men can discern their own
vocation to the priesthood and religious life.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
www.somascans.org/donate.htm
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