Dearest Sisters and young women in formation, With great joy and renewed awe I greet you with the proclamation that grounds our faith, sustains our hope, and motivates our love: Christ is risen! He is truly risen! This proclamation makes us race ahead and gives wings to our heart…because it is impossible to contain the…
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Dearest Sisters, On March 15 we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the pontifical approval of the Constitutions and, therefore, of our Institute. With Maestra Thecla, we praise and thank the Lord “because, with the certainty that comes to us from the official recognition of the Church, we can say, ‘We are in the will of God…
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Dearest Sisters and young women in formation, Speaking one day with Sr. Vincenza Salvà–who left us a few months ago at the age of 105–I was particularly struck by one thing she said: “When Prima Maestra would meet with anyone, she would look into the person’s eyes and her first question would be, …
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Cari sorelle e fratelli, con gioia condividiamo con voi il Messaggio finale del nostro Incontro dei Governi Generali della Famiglia Paolina, che, in questo gennaio 2023, è giunto al suo 40° anniversario. Si tratta di un cammino vissuto insieme per quarant’anni e di una progressiva crescita nella conoscenza, di cui oggi possiamo cogliere alcuni frutti…
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Dearest Sisters and young women in formation, Today our Advent pilgrimage – a time of pause and silence, in which to savor the “beatitude” of waiting for “greater, deeper, more delicate things…according to the divine law of germination, growth and development” – comes to an end in the heart of the night, in a region… Read more »
Dearest sisters and young women in formation, I do not usually write to you for Advent, but the desire to do so has matured in me during this time in which I am flying from one city to another in Bolivia, Peru and Mexico, meeting our sisters and listening from the heart to their joys,… Read more »
Dearest sisters, On 22 July, the Church invites us to celebrate the liturgical feast of Mary of Magdala, the disciple who, in the garden, sees, recognizes, witnesses to and proclaims the resurrection of Jesus. In her call to discipleship, which took place through her encounter with Jesus, who freed her from seven demons, a new ..
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Dearest Sisters and young women in formation, I wish to address to each of you, on this feast day, Paul’s exhortation to the Philippians, because they are a true balm in these difficult times, full of human drama and suffering: Rejoice in the Lord always. I say it again: rejoice! Your kindness should be known …
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Dearest Sisters and young women in formation, During the Easter Vigil, the Exultet proclaims: “O night brighter than the day… O night that knows no darkness….” Ancient words that, since the first centuries of the Christian era, echo every year in all our churches. Words of poignant beauty that move us to tears. The night… Read more »
Dearest Sisters, Last night, with the invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops, war entered the heart of Europe, disclosing disturbing scenarios for the peace and security of the world. Just yesterday, concluding his Wednesday General Audience, Pope Francis said: My heart aches deeply at the worsening situation in Ukraine. Despite the diplomatic efforts of the …
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