From when I was a young girl, I felt a strange and indefinable sensation that something was missing in my life. Even in the most joyful moments of my life I felt this sensation though I didn’t understand why. I suffered because I thought it was strange and ‘abnormal’. When I graduated, my professors predicted […]
Interview with Sr M. Rebecca by Claudio Tanturri ‘I was a treble voice in the Rai Choir as a young girl, then I studied at the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome where I received a diploma in Operatic singing. I also had the experience as a singer of pop music for “Four and Five […]
I always knew I loved the Lord! I felt that God had ‘something’ for me to do from an early age. The prospect of the Religious life was ‘definitely not for me!’ Although I loved the Lord intensely I was frightened to ever seriously explore what it may mean and besides I could never leave […]
The little word that is more valuable to God than any other is “YES”! God pronounced His “YES” to man in the silence of eternity. Adam and Eve said their “no” to God through the confusion and deceit of the devil. To say “NO” to God’s love means that we will live far away from […]
‘All things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose’ (cf Rm 8:28) It is with this certainty that one must pray to the Lord to ask Him; ‘Lord, what do you want me to do? If this happens in my life, or this other thing what do […]
Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you and utter every kind of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven. Thus they persecuted the prophets who were before you. (Mt 5:11-12) Christians are constantly persecuted! Prior to the year 2000, a Pontifical […]
The True Church of My Son It is with immense joy that, on the 12th of April, we celebrate the feast of the Virgin of Revelation, Mother of the Church and the guide and model of Our Community. The Virgin Mary appeared on the 12th April 1947 at the Grotto of Tre Fontane (Three Fountains), […]
On 11 February 2013, during the Consistory for the canonization of three saints, Pope Benedict XVI announced his decision to leave the See of Peter. The news spread rapidly throughout the whole world and was followed by the reaction startled the whole Catholic world and beyond. This was, as stated by the Pope personally, a […]
The beginning of July marked the start of our ‘summer’ mission to England. We had a packed schedule and a programme of traditional catechesis and workshops of ‘catechesis with art’. This year our mission crossed 3 large English Diocese: Liverpool, Shrewsbury and Birmingham and each stop introduced us to new friends in the Lord! Our […]
On the 20th November 2011, the Solemnity of Christ the King, our novice, Sr Emanuela professed her vows in our community. Kneeling before His Eminence Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, surrounded by her sisters, family and friends from the Irish Pontifical College and the North American Seminary, Sister Emanuela made the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. […]