About Us
An Overview of the Rosminian Order
Institute of Charity
The Rosminians are formally known as the Institute of Charity – I.C.
Blessed Antonio Rosmini founded the Institute in 1828 and it was recognised as a Religious Congregation by the Church in 1838. In the following decades it spread to England, Wales and to Ireland.
Within a few decades it was also established in the U.S.A. In the past 50 year the Institute has established communities in Tanzania, Venezuela, New Zealand, India, Kenya, Uganda and most recently in Vietnam.
The Rosminians have been in Ireland since the 1840s when the early members included Luigi Gentili an inspiring missionary.
For many years the Congregation was involved in the education of boys at the Industrial Schools of St. Patrick’s Upton and St. Joseph’s Clonmel, at the Secondary Schools of St. Michael’s Omeath and Rosmini College, Dublin, and at St. Joseph’s School for the Visually Impaired, now known as ChildVision.
Ireland
Nowadays the members of the Irish Province work predominantly in pastoral work: St. Brigid’s parish at Faughart, Dundalk, Carrickbeg and Rathgormack parishes in Co. Waterford; Chaplaincy in Childvision Dublin, the Brothers of Charity Services at Upton and Lota Cork, Cork University Hospital, the Bons Secours Hospital Cork, the Carmelite Sister, Tallow, Co. Waterford as well as providing pastoral support to people affected by suicide.
In the 1940’s members of the Irish Province established a mission in Tanga in Tanzania and there continues to be close connections with the Rosminians in East Africa.
USA
In 2025 the Rosminians have the care of 3 parishes in the Diocese of St. Petersburg, Blessed Sacrament Seminole, St. Francis of Assisi Seffner and St. Therese Springhill.
Other Rosminians work in hospital or prison ministry. The Rosminians in Florida are now an international group of 10 priests, from the USA, Vietnam, India, Tanzania and Ireland.