Il primo novembre 1928 inizia l’espansione delle Figlie di san Paolo con l’apertura della prima casa filiale in Italia e poi dal 1932 anche all’estero. Maestra Tecla accompagna di persona questi inizi, portandosi sul luogo e vivendo con le sorelle le prime difficoltà. Nasce l’esigenza di comunicare alle sorelle lo spirito della vocazione che si […]
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Venerable THECLA MERLO
by Gabriella Collesei, FSP Sr. Thecla Merlo, to whom Fr. Alberione gave the title “Prima Maestra,” was the silent protagonist of a new adventure in the history of the Church. She carried out an extraordinary role of mediation at the side of Fr. James Alberione, Founder of the Daughters of St. Paul and the whole […]
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Ariccia, 5 April 1964 She [Maestra Thecla] has left us many example, including this one: with a big heart, she always generously helped the Institutes of the Pious Disciples, the Pastorelle Sisters and the Apostolines. With her own hands she prepared their habits down to the smallest details, making and remaking them until she considered […]
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Thanking the Daughters of St. Paul for their best wishes for his 50th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood (1957), he said: I am praying for everyone. I know that [the FSPs] everywhere are following Prima Maestra and this is everything. In fact, it is your way to holiness and the apostolate. And then? We […]
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On the occasion of the Chapter held immediately after Prima Maestra’s death to elect a new Superior General, Fr. Alberione said: The government must continue, applying itself always more to particularities, because Prima Maestra had special faculties, besides having a much broader view of everything. Now we have reached the point of normal government. Hers […]
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