On 1 October 1672, the project was completed, and the group was blessed by the Bishop of Angra, Lourenço de Castro, after a solemn procession that included members of the civil authority, military and ecclesiastical orders.

They entered by the Porta dos Carros (Carriage Gate), were they encountered local absolute monarchists, armed with iron cuttings who attempted to lynch the free-thinks.

During the Estado Novo regime, the lyceum began to be known as the Liceu Nacional de Angra do Heroísmo, but ultimately transferred to new spaces during the 1968-1969 school year.

The convent and church were classified as a Property of Public Interest (Decree 47/508), on 24 January 1967, but later included as part of the group designation for the Historic Centre of Angra do Heroísmo, under resolution 41/80 (11 June 1980).

[1][2] The dependencies of the Convent are today occupied by the Museum of Angra do Heroísmo, which conserves many of the objects and reliquary that once belonged to the church and its spaces.