Innovazione e tradizione: il caso della Congrega della Carità Apostolica

This essay is focused on a interesting case of social innovation for an ancient charity institution of the city of Brescia, Lombardia, Italy. The Congrega della Carità Apostolica, in fact, while it is a traditional religiously inspirited catholic congregation, nevertheless in the last years has changed its way of to be present in the local context as a social resource. In this new perspective, the Congrega is now a new actor of an innovative welfare system. The path of social innovation ensues from three major issues: first of all, the ability to renovate its leadership involving a new generation of professional, without waste its traditional inspiration. Furthermore, the "social housing" represents the new perspective to meet the growing demand of house from people of different social background. Finally, the Congrega has found the way to turn the traditional personal relationships into a system of network solidarity. For all these reasons, the case of the Congrega could be a suitable way to explain what may achieve a reno-vated social welfare system.