The group started with seven priests and ten seminarians, but now numbers about 120 priests. The fraternity was explicitly inspired by the person and charism of Fr
Luigi Giussani, the Italian founder of the
New Evangelization lay movement
Communion and Liberation. The fraternity is present in over twenty countries including the
United States,
Mexico,
Chile,
Paraguay,
Taiwan,
Kenya and
Russia. Prominent members include Massimo Camisasca, Bishop of
Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy, and
Paolo Pezzi, the archbishop of
Moscow. The missionaries are trained in their seminaries in Rome, in
Washington, D.C., and in
Santiago, Chile. The motto of the Fraternity of St. Charles is
Passio Christi Gloria (Latin for "Passion for the Glory of Christ"). On 25 March 2007, an order of sisters, called Missionaries Sisters of Saint Charles Borromeo was founded, modeled after the Fraternity of St. Charles. ==See also==