"God tries, but never abandons: this is enough to comfort us" (Ven. Fr. Gregory OFM)

Given the many economic difficulties, Fr. Gregory tried to find the most appropriate solutions to ensure some food to the community. He exhorted the sisters to enliven their feminine talents and arts, so as to contribute to the common maintenance. He also intervenes, to mitigate the penitential practices and in limiting the hours of night prayer to which young women were mandated. Faced with the physical debilitation of so many young nuns, caused by hunger and hardship; suffering from serious and strange diseases due to the unhealthy environment, to the damp walls, Fr. Gregory questions how a solid missionary foundation is conceivable. The tragedy of frequent deaths gave rise to the temptation to dissolve the community or to send at least the novices back to the family. For Fr. Gregory this is another dark hour. It is then necessary to pray and reflect, reflect and pray. His beloved and faithful daughters wished to stay and die rather than leave the house of the Lord, the little paradise of "Saint Mary of the Angels". They asked him to remain close to them, to continue to be their "father". The foundation therefore rests entirely on his shoulders. It is up to him to help young people to know, to appreciate, to live their vocation. For this reason, he trains them to the joyful sacrifice, to the spirit and style of minority, to true fraternal communion. He reserved a special attention for the sick nuns housed in the infirmary of the convent. Thus, the young, familiarizing themselves with their " Most Reverend ", as they call the founding father, gradually learn to assimilate the message of life transmitted. (Cfr. M. Antonietta Pozzebon - " Il Servo di Dio Padre Gregorio Fioravanti, ofm “, Editrice VELAR, 2012)