Rede Rogacionista

What Rede Rogacionista does

Rede Rogacionista, legally Congregação Rogacionista do Coração de Jesus, is a Catholic religious congregation founded in 1897 in Messina, Italy by Saint Annibale Maria Di Francia (canonized 2004). It operates as a nonprofit under canonical Catholic governance with no external investors, no private equity, and no venture funding; its Brazilian operations are administered through the Província São Lucas. The organization is headquartered in Gravataí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, with 902 staff employees and 95 religious members and formands bound by vows of Poverty, Chastity, Obedience, and Zeal for the Rogate. It is not a commercial enterprise and reports no revenue, no patents, no AI or proprietary technology assets, and no public pricing.

The organization delivers three mission lines: (1) basic education through six Colégios Rogacionista schools across Criciúma (SC), Bauru (SP), Gravataí (RS), Brasília (DF), Curitiba (PR), and Campana (Argentina), supplemented by an early-childhood center (CEI Santa Úrsula), reaching 4,698 basic education attendances annually with 1,511 free scholarships; (2) social assistance through eight facilities including Casa do Garoto, Instituto Rogacionista Santo Aníbal, Obra Social Santo Aníbal, Centro de Convivência Santo Aníbal di Francia, Bairro da Juventude, Educandário Senhor Bom Jesus Dos Passos, and Argentine centers Casa de Día Padre Anibal and Hogar Rogacionista San Agustín, serving 7,125 socio-educational beneficiaries and 2,427 social-service attendances; and (3) evangelization through 219 ecclesial communities, parishes, and the Revista Rogate publication. All services are delivered directly by owned-and-operated institutions rather than through licensing or partnership models.

There is no proprietary technology stack; the organization's underlying capability is its human-led service delivery network and brand identity rooted in the Rogate charism. Revenue derives from tuition fees at private schools (subscription/recurring model) and from government-funded or subsidized social assistance contracts (professional services model), with no public pricing and no commercial monetization of data or digital channels. Geographic reach extends across Brazil, Argentina, and the five-continent RCJ international network, with marketing executed through the institutional website, Instagram accounts for each operating unit, YouTube content, and direct contact channels tied to Catholic parish referrals.

Name

Rede Rogacionista

Legal name

Congregação Rogacionista do Coração de Jesus

Website

https://rogacionista.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1897

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Rede Rogacionista (Congregação Rogacionista do Coração de Jesus) is a Brazilian-based Catholic nonprofit religious congregation operating six schools, eight social assistance centers, and 219 ecclesial communities to deliver education, social services, and evangelization across Brazil and Argentina.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Education and Social Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based Education & Formation (Seminaries, Religious Schools, Catechesis) (BPAGAJAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Local Congregations & Worship Communities (Churches, Mosques, Temples, Synagogues) (BPAGAJAA), Faith-Based Missions & Evangelism Organizations (Domestic & International) (BPAGAJAE)

Keywords

• Catholic education
• Religious education
• Social assistance
• Parish evangelization
• Faith-based community services

Headquarters

HQ city

Criciúma

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Educational services: Operating private schools (Colégios Rogacionista) in multiple Brazilian cities and Argentina, providing basic education services (4698 atendimentos na educação básica). Revenue likely derived from tuition fees, with significant scholarship provisions (1511 educação gratuita).
2. Social assistance services: Government-funded or subsidized social programs providing socio-educational services (7125 atendimentos socioeducativos), family support, and community development programs.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Rede Rogacionista is a Catholic religious congregation that operates a network of schools, parishes, and social-pastoral centers delivering faith-based primary and secondary education, child and youth social assistance, and parish evangelization. Its services are delivered directly through owned institutions across Brazil and Argentina, supported by professed religious members and lay staff under the spiritual charism of its founder, Santo Aníbal Maria Di Francia.

Product overview

Rede Rogacionista is a religious congregation network offering educational services through six schools across Brazil and Argentina, social assistance through eight facilities serving children, adolescents, and families in vulnerability, and evangelization through parishes and religious communities. The organization also publishes Revista Rogate to disseminate its mission and values. All services are coordinated under the Rogate charism of Saint Annibale Maria Di Francia, focusing on welcoming, educating, and transforming lives through education, faith, and social action.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 7125 socio-educational attendances annually
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Ordem dos Franciscanos no Brasil: Catholic religious order with missionary and educational outreach across Brazil — partial overlap with Rede Rogacionista's evangelization-and-education footprint, though with a more parish-oriented focus.
• Rede de Educação Santa Marcelina: Network of Catholic schools and social institutions in São Paulo state — overlapping geographic market and K-12 education model with the São Paulo-area Rede Rogacionista institutions (Instituto Rogacionista Santo Aníbal).

Broad incumbents

• Cáritas Brasileira: Official Catholic social-action network of the Brazilian bishops — operates social-assistance, humanitarian and community-development programs at national scale and is the closest broad-incumbent peer for Rede Rogacionista's social-assistance facilities.
• Associação Brasileira de Educação Católica (ABEC): Industry body representing Catholic K-12 institutions in Brazil — comparable to Rede Rogacionista's school network as a coordinating ecosystem for faith-based education across the country.
• Pastoral da Criança: Major national Catholic social-action organization focused on children and vulnerable families in Brazil — adjacent peer for the 7,125 socio-educational attendances and 1,511 scholarship programs Rede Rogacionista provides.

Direct peers

• Congregação das Filhas do Divino Zelo: Sister congregation also founded by Santo Aníbal Maria Di Francia in 1887 — operates Catholic schools and social services globally with a closely parallel charism and operational model.
• Rede De La Salle (Irmãos das Escolas Cristãs): International Catholic education congregation running K-12 schools and social programs across Brazil and Latin America — comparable in operating model to Rede Rogacionista's religious-school-plus-social-assistance structure.
• Rede Marista (Marista Brothers): Large Catholic education network operating schools and social projects throughout Brazil — directly comparable to the Colégios Rogacionista as a faith-based K-12 operator with social-assistance adjacency.
• Companhia de Jesus no Brasil (Jesuits): Catholic religious order operating colleges (e.g., Colégio Santo Inácio) and social outreach across Brazil — directly comparable as a faith-based education provider with parallel social-action mission in the same Brazilian geography.
• Salesianos de Dom Bosco (Salesians of Don Bosco): Catholic religious congregation operating K-12 schools, youth social programs, and parishes across Brazil and Latin America — the closest direct peer to Rede Rogacionista in terms of mission (education + vulnerable youth) and geographic footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/rogacionistacuritiba
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rede-rogacionista

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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