"God knows better and more than we, how things must go" (Ven. Fr. Gregory OFM)

During the summer of 1862 Fr. Gregory, before the General Chapter of his Order, presented the whole complex story of the new women’s institution. The assembly expressed its appreciation for this original initiative. It is in fact, with good probability, the first Franciscan feminine entity was born with the purpose of dedicating itself to apostolic missions. The newly elected general himself, Father Raffaele Lippi da Pontecchio, who knew Fr. Gregory, was pleased with this new religious reality.

In 1863 Mother Josepha left the monastery of Gemona. The approximately 80 sisters (religious, professed, novices and postulants) will remain entrusted to the care of Fr. Gregory. For them Fr. Gregory represents a point of reference, a safe guide. The sisters, meanwhile, are entrusted to the mother vicar, Sister Margherita Lindner of the Passion. The departure of the founder (Mother Josepha) deprived the religious institute of economic resources. Food stocks were also shrinking.

Fr. Gregory, faced with this situation, became a beggar for his daughters. He goes to knock, with great humility, at the doors of those who could help him. He becomes poor among the poor because, in the logic of love, he cares only the primacy of God and a transparent coherence of life... (Cfr. M. Antonietta Pozzebon - " Il Servo di Dio Padre Gregorio Fioravanti, ofm “, Editrice VELAR, 2012)