 After the woman's death the following year, they were joined by a third friend, Teresa Anna Maule.In 1895, Rossi and Visintainer, seeing the need for a more formal and secure organization of the young women coming to them, decided to establish a religious congregation called the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, which was approved by José de Camargo Barros, Bishop of Curitiba.In December of that same year, the founding trio took religious vows.