The temple was left in ruins and was delivered to the Nossa Senhora de Lourdes Brotherhood, and then to S. José Brotherhood. For 17 years, the basilica was planned to be a primary school. After the May 28th 1926 Revolution, the construction of the basilica resumed in 1927 with the return of the Jesuits, and concluded on October 31, 1948 during the Estado Novo regime. However, works continued in two altars and the positioning of the 24 bells of the towers. The subscribers who had offered over a thousand escudos had their names recorded in marble in the walls.