We feature in our site this beautiful and inspiring footage of the orphanage run by our Sisters in Brazil, where the first House of Charity of Padre Pio has been built. Here the girls live under the care of the Sisters. The House of Charity was built wholly on the generous donations of benefactors, as the Franciscans of the Immaculate live totally on Divine Providence. Now, donations have been dwindling and without your financial help we will no longer be able to accept and care for new girls nor continue to send them to school so they may have a good education and the hope of a happy future. May the Immaculate reward you for any and all help you can give.

The second House of Charity of Padre Pio was built in Nigeria and just as the one in Brazil, it was done so on the generous donation of benefactors. As you will see in the film, our Sisters care for both the lepers and the children of the lepers. This House of Charity can house up to 80 girls, all under the supervision and care of the Sisters. Here, the girls receive medical, spiritual, physical and moral assistance. Due to generous donations we are able to take care of all their needs, including sending them to school for the hope of a happy future.

There is nothing more inspiring to see than the heroic gift of oneself to God in a life of cloistered seclusion, in contemplative prayer and sacrifice. And the reward? Eternal life. In this film, in Italian titled "La Vendemmia", meaning the grape harvest, you can see a slide show of our Sisters in Città di Castello, Italy, where the contemplatives make wine for the Holy Mass.

The Franciscans of the Immaculate, both friars and sisters , is a new religious community that is essentially Marian, practically Franciscan and imbued with dynamic zeal for the missions for the salvation of souls.