7 FOUNDERS:
ALESSIO DE’ FALCONIERI
(ALEXIUS)
BUONFIGLIO DEI MONALDI
(BONFILIUS)
GIOVANNI DI BUONAGIUNTA
(BONAJUNCTA)
AMADEUS OF THE AMIDEI
(BARTOLOMEUS)
RICOVERO DEI LIPPI-UGGUCCIONI
(HUGH)
BENEDETTO DELL’ ANTELLA
(MANETTUS)
GHERARDINO DI SOSTEGNO
(SOSTENE)
(the Servite Order is one of the five original Catholic “mendicant orders”)
Its objects are the sanctification of its members, preaching the Gospel, and the propagation of devotion to the Mother of God, with special reference to her sorrows. The members of the Order use O.S.M. (Ordo Servorum Beatae Mariae Virginis) as their post-nominal letters. The male members are known as Servite Friars or Servants of Mary.
(the “Order of Servants of Mary” (The ‘Servites’) is a religious family that embraces a membership of friars (priests and brothers), contemplative nuns, a congregation of active sisters and lay groups)