Curcio aimed to help the poor while providing educational resources to those who required it, and she had elected Thérèse as her model in spreading evangelization and the Carmelite charism.

Out of all works she read she was deeply drawn to the life of Thérèse of Lisieux, and this helped her to discern her religious calling.

It was the latter's successor, Giovanni Vizzini, who encouraged her to pursue a Dominican vocation, to which she gently refused for she felt no great connection to their charism or lifestyle.

She gained the permission of Cardinal Antonio Vico to establish a congregation there; it was on 16 July 1926 that her small community was approved.

It was there that she founded the Carmelite Missionary Sisters of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, and the congregation received formal papal approval in 1930.

[6] The goal of the new congregation was "to bring souls to God" through initiatives such as supporting families, feeding the poor, and the education of children.

Pope John Paul II recognized her life of heroic virtue on 20 December 2002 and proclaimed her to be Venerable.