Opposite the Mother Church stands the Orphanage. Founded in 1691 by Abbot Don Vincenzo Blundo, this charitable institution, like others like it, alleviated a dramatic problem of past centuries: the high number of mothers dying in childbirth. Needy orphans were welcomed, raised, and trained in domestic work in these charitable institutions, and finally provided with a dowry for marriage. Exterior: It has a fine portal with a Baroque relief of the Immaculate Conception. Interior: There was a canvas of the Immaculate Conception, painted in the style of Olivio Sozzi, now removed and preserved in a protected location. This female orphanage with its small church replaced a previous nearby conservatory, founded in 1631 by Archpriest Don Antonio Brandis.

The following works are housed in the former Blundo Orphanage, now a retirement home:

• Ecstasy of Saint Rosalia, oil on canvas, 17th century;
• Deposition from the Cross, oil on canvas, 17th century;
• Assumption of the Virgin, oil on canvas, 17th century;
• Immaculate Conception, oil on canvas, 18th century;
• Portrait of Giuliano Truglio, oil on canvas, 17th century;
• Portrait of Don Vincenzo Blundo, oil on canvas, 19th century;
• Mary at the Temple, Saints Joachim and Anne, oil on canvas, 18th century;
• Flight into Egypt, oil on canvas, 18th century;
• Pentecost, oil on canvas, 18th century;
• Pietà, oil on canvas, 18th century;
• Annunciation, oil on canvas, 18th century;
• Assumption and Coronation of Mary, oil on canvas, 19th century;
• Nativity, oil on canvas, 19th century.