To rediscover the biblical, catechetical and ecumenical dimension that has always characterized the vocational identity of the Daughters of St. Paul: this is one of the “dreams” that emerged during the celebration of the Institute’s Centenary.
Sr. Agnes Quaglini has contributed to fulfilling this dream by recounting the story of the catechetical vocation of the FSPs: how it began and developed according to the thought of the Founder in the Institute’s foundation period and the years immediately after it through the writing of catechism texts and periodicals, and the holding of Biblical and Catechetical Weeks all over Italy and throughout the world.
Her account of this apostolic work, entitled The Catechectical Vocation of the Daughters of St. Paul, required intensive study and research to trace out how this dimension of the Pauline charism and other similar initiatives developed in the Church and accompanied an entire century of pastoral activities in this field.
The text reveals the faith and far-sightedness of Fr. Alberione, who entrusted the FSPs with this very important apostolate and encouraged them to continually expand their horizons. In fact it was he, along with Maestra Thecla, who insisted on setting up an FSP community of catechetical writers in the conviction that the Institute had received the mandate to teach.