The Piarists are a religious teaching order that, besides the usual vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, practice a fourth vow—the special care of youth. The order was founded in the early 17th century by Spanish priest and teacher St. Joseph Calasanz as the Order of Poor Clerks Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools; it received papal approval in 1621.
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