In 1885, when the Spanish civil authorities granted permission to the Congregation to be able to teach, there were already schools in Segovia (1884), Toluca (1884), Gracia (1885), and in the following years schools were created in other houses such as Zafra, Alfaro, Calatayud, Medina de Rioseco, Las Palmas, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, etc. As we said before, Father Claret wrote in 1869 to Fr. Xifre showing his agreement to be open to teaching, and he had thought that the Brothers could carry out this ministry, but Fr. Xifre thought it more convenient to also appoint Priests. At the beginning, Fr. Xifre was not very enthusiastic about the idea, thinking that our apostolate should concentrate on preaching. This was probably one of the reasons for the strong increase in Brothers in those years: the remodeling of old buildings and teaching. Indeed, we see in the statistics how in the 80s and 90s of the 19th century there were more Brothers than Fathers in the Congregation.