Whenever I go to Alba, the diocese of my youth, I always drop into the cathedral to visit Jesus in the Eucharist. There, I read the words inscribed on the little door of the tabernacle: Come to me, all of you It is an invitation that has always fascinated me because of the way I… Read more »
I am Sr. Silvana Sauro and I have been working for years in the Bursar General’s Office. In 1981, I was sent as a missionary to the Congo (which at that time was known as Zaire) and I was there for three years. That was a time of great joy, witnessing and apostolic zeal for… Read more »
Right after I made my perpetual profession in 1962, I was assigned to the community of Ravenna, Italy. It was a small community made up of four sisters. I worked in the book center and was happy there. One day I received a letter from Maestra Ignazia Balla, who was the Superior General at that… Read more »
I was born in Montegrosso d’Asti, Italy. My father was a farmer and I was the sixth of his eight children. Why did I choose to enter the Congregation of the Daughters of St. Paul? One day two FSPs visited my parish and I saw that they were very spontaneous and full of enthusiasm. They… Read more »
When I was young, the thing that fascinated me to the point of making me decide to enter the Congregation of the Daughters of St. Paul at the age of 14 was a vocation film that showed the sisters and their candidates working at the printing presses. And when I entered the Institute in the… Read more »
My Vocation Story A vocation is a response to the gift and mystery of God’s call: “You did not choose me; I chose you” (Jn. 15:15). I am Sr. Carmencita Garcia, a Filipina missionary in Italy. Looking back on my journey of faith and my relationship of love with the Master in this 24th year… Read more »
“Would you like to go to Taiwan? The sisters there need help and I thought of you.” The voice was that of the Superior General. Go to Taiwan? The Far East? The dream I had nourished since childhood was about to come true! I needed a passport and a white habit. I had to say… Read more »
Back in 1987, when Sr. Maria Cevolani was Superior General, she asked me to go to the Congo (or Zaire, as it was then called) for a year. When I arrived in Kisangani, I found myself in the midst of a huge, damp rainforest, which, combined with the intense heat, encouraged the spread of malaria…. Read more »
My vocation to the Pauline life was a big discovery because, in India, I had never seen or heard anyone speak about the Daughters of St. Paul. Today, many years later, as I look back over the road I traveled, I thank God for the “abundant riches of grace and mercy” that I received. The… Read more »
A small island in the immensity of the Atlantic Ocean, a piece of land merely 67 square miles, a speck on a map; unbelievably, this is where God placed me to call me to himself among the Daughters of St. Paul. It seems that the words of Isaiah were meant just for me: “Listen to… Read more »
