The Ursuline Sisters Daughters of Mary Immaculate (Italian: Suore Orsoline Figlie di Maria Immacolata) are members of a Verona-based Catholiccongregation of sisters. The main purpose of the congregation is the human and Christian training of young people.[1]
History
In 1856, the BlessedZefirino Agostini, a parish priest, opened with some girls of an oratory of Verona a school for poor girls of the parish of Saints Nazarius and Celsus, after he had asked for his bishop's permission. His work was supported by women who lived with their families and formed the Pious Union of Devout Sisters of Saint Angela, but in 1860 some of them started to live in community.
In addition to the formal education of young people, it is involved in different activities, such as pastoral care, catechism, housing for people in difficulty, student housing, hostels and dispensaries (in Madagascar).[1]