 In 1818 during one such retreat he had a vision in which Saint Alfonso Maria de' Liguori came to him and told him that God wanted him to build a new church as well as to found a new religious congregation.Errico set himself on doing this and had strong support from the people after having announced it at Pentecost in 1826 (he purchased the land back in 1822).However this support started to fade over time due to a lack of adequate funding and low work levels.