Sisters of Providence of the Institute of Charity

The Sisters of Providence of the Institute of Charity, more commonly called the Rosiminian Sisters of Providence, are a Roman Catholic religious institute for women founded in Italy in 1832.

The Sisters of Providence came into being through the work of the Blessed Antonio Rosmini-Serbati, a native of the County of Tyrol, and the Abbé Jean-Baptiste Löwenstein, a native of the region of Lorraine in France. Rosmini, who was ordained a Catholic priest in 1821, dedicated his life to submitting to the Divine Providence in undertaking any work he felt was presented which was a part of it. As part of this, he thought to form a religious community of men dedicated to this vision, which came to be called the Institute of Charity. He met Löwenbruck in June 1827, and was impressed by his desire to form a community of priests to evangelize the isolated communities of the mountains of that region. They set up a house in Domodossola, which they called Calvario (Calvary), from which Löwenbruck would travel through the Ossola valleys, preaching and teaching the people of the towns there.

In the course of his missionary travels, Löwenbruck encountered a large population of Walsers living in the Valley of Formazza, who spoke Walser German, a markedly different dialect from their neighbors, as a consequence of which they were unable to communicate easily with the local clergy for their spiritual needs. Due to his background, the French priest was able to, for which he was warmly welcomed by the people of the region. He then spent several months in providing them with the sacraments of the Church and educating them in their Catholic faith.

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