About Us
BEGINNINGS.
The year 1572 marked the canonical birth of the Order of the Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God as Religious Congregation with a Pontifical Right. The Congregation became true citizens of the world, ready to go to all countries where the sick, mentally ill and disabled people are in need.
The Order of the Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God's special mission to those who suffer from mental illness and disabilities springs from the personal experience of the founder, St. John of God, who himself underwent mental anguish during his conversion crisis in 1538, to such an extent he was considered insane. The primitive and inhuman treatment in mental ward of the Royal Hospital of Granada, Spain formed in him to resolve to take care of the poor‐sick and needy people.
The year 1572 marked the canonical birth of the Order of the Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God as Religious Congregation with a Pontifical Right. The Congregation became true citizens of the world, ready to go to all countries where the sick, mentally ill and disabled people are in need.
The Order of the Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God's special mission to those who suffer from mental illness and disabilities springs from the personal experience of the founder, St. John of God, who himself underwent mental anguish during his conversion crisis in 1538, to such an extent he was considered insane. The primitive and inhuman treatment in mental ward of the Royal Hospital of Granada, Spain formed in him to resolve to take care of the poor‐sick and needy people.
