Servants of Charity

Congregation of the Servants of Charity
Congregatio Servorum a Charitate (Latin)[1]
AbbreviationPost-nominal letters: S.C.[2]
NicknameGuanellian[3]
Formation1908; 116 years ago (1908)[4]
FounderSaint Fr. Luigi Guanella [5]
Founded atComo, Lombardy, Italy
TypeClerical Religious Congregation of Pontifical Right (for Men)[6]
HeadquartersGeneral Motherhouse
Vicolo Clemente 41, 00148 Rome, Italy[7]
Coordinates41°54′4.9″N 12°27′38.2″E / 41.901361°N 12.460611°E / 41.901361; 12.460611
Region served
Europe and the Americas
Members
558 members (366 priests) as of 2018[8]
Motto
Latin:
In Omnibus Charitas
English:
In all things Love
Fr. Umberto Brugnoni, S.C.[9]
Patron saints
  • Blessed Virgin Mary
    (under the title Madonna Della Strada)
Apostolate
Education of the poor
AffiliationsRoman Catholic Church
Websitehttp://www.servantsofcharity.org/

The Servants of Charity (Latin: 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 Congregation.

  1. ^ "Congregation of the Servants of Charity (S.C.)".
  2. ^ "Congregation of the Servants of Charity (S.C.)".
  3. ^ "Congregation of Servants of Charity (Institute of Consecrated Life - Men) [Catholic-Hierarchy]".
  4. ^ "Congregation of the Servants of Charity (S.C.)".
  5. ^ "Congregation of the Servants of Charity (S.C.)".
  6. ^ http://www. gcatholic.org/orders/128.htm
  7. ^ http://www. gcatholic.org/orders/128.htm
  8. ^ "Congregation of the Servants of Charity (S.C.)".
  9. ^ "Congregation of the Servants of Charity (S.C.)".