Luigi Monti

Luigi Monti, the Founder of the Congregation of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception, moved by the spirit of charity; dedicated his whole life for the sake of the sick, the abandoned and needy young people. He was a man of vision, who was able to understand the need of the time. He started his charitable work first in the medical field by assisting the sick and then he expanded his areas of work into other fields. The growing number of street children was really a great problem at that time. The problem had been caused, on the one hand by the concentration of workers in the cities, and, on the other hand by the aftermath of the wars. Monti was able to understand that if they were left on the streets they could easily become involved with revolutionaries and will gradually turn against the society. So he wanted to bring all the children together and look after them in a house where the l Show More