For sake of discussion, let me ask you:  why is it so important to have "people committed to living out the "evangelical counsels,"?"  What specifically does the taking of those vows do for the Church, or the secular community?  Is it possible that those rules, perhaps very useful at one time for whatever reasons, simply no longer perform an essential function?  One indication for a resounding "no" is that the emerging forms of religious life mostly married couples - and men and women who want to someday marry - who have pledged a life of religious commitment and Gospel values, and who make a formal commitment to the religious community with which they are associated.  Most vowed religious see this as a natural progression and guided by the Spirit and do not fear it.  And by the way, the saints/founders you list are all long gone and lived during a very different time quite some time ago.  We do better when we look forward, with a good understanding of what was, but not to relive it.