Testimonies of the Pauline Life

Sr M. Filippina Medugno Una Figlia di San Paolo che ha raggiunto 100 anni di vita. Il suo impegno costante e generoso nelle comunità e nell’apostolato, hanno segnato la sua lunga vita.

Sr M. Lorenzina Nota (1923) Una Figlia di San Paolo che ha festeggiato i suoi 100 anni di vita. Missionaria in oriente per tanti anni, porta ancora nel suo cuore l’entusiasmo e la passione nate con la vocazione paolina.

When I was young, a seed took root in the soil of my heart that made me yearn to live a life of prayer–a life centered wholly on God. Where did this irresistible urge come from? I think it stemmed from the longing for God expressed in the songs my parents sang at home…. I… Read more »

My vocation began when I read an excerpt from one of the Gospels, specifically that of the call of the first disciples (Jn. 1:35-39). It is a passage I have re-read often, especially when I have to make important decisions such as accepting difficult acts of obedience, changing my lifestyle, etc. In the past few… Read more »

I come from Slovakia, a country in which not even a single community of the whole Pauline Family is present. The years of my childhood were spent in the shadow of the five-pointed red star, the symbol of the communist regime, which controlled Czechoslovakia until 1989. Despite the all-pervasive atheist ideology, my parents continued to… Read more »

To share my vocation story with you, I reviewed my journey and what flows from the depths of my heart is love and gratitude towards the Lord. Sharing my story is a beautiful opportunity to rediscover the wonderful gift of God’s love and grace for me. He looked at me, small and weak, and with… Read more »

My vocation is a “story” of God’s faithful love that quietly breaks into my life and unfolds day by day. As I look back, I can see how He was preparing me to be able to hear and respond to His call through the people and the experiences with which He blessed my life.  I… Read more »

It was during the bombardments in February 1943 in Frascati (RM) that my parents, originally from Albano Laziale, lost everything. Hiding in the straw in a Papal State truck, they landed at night in Umbria at the gates of Assisi in a little village called Bettona. I saw the light between a bomb and anti-aircraft… Read more »

«A rose does not ask why: it blooms because it blooms, without thinking about it, and it does not ask you to take notice of it” (The Cherubic Pilgrim I, 289). Looking back over my vocational journey, this statement popped into my mind. The Lord caused my vocation to bloom. It is a vocation without…

«Religion is the opium of the people and of the Church. With its prohibitions and the bogeyman of hell, it holds entire populations hostage. Learn to use your heads–don’t put your brains in storage!” I was still a teenager when, at school, I listened with fascination to my literature professor, a convinced Marxist atheist, who… Read more »