I got to know Maestra Thecla during the time I was a novice and junior professed sister in the Via Antonino Pio community, Rome (1958-1964). My earliest memories of her are of the conferences she gave us after Mass every Sunday morning in the AP conference hallthe only room big enough to hold our huge […]
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Who Prima Maestra was to me
Prima Maestra Thecla was a Mother to me, to all the Daughters of St. Paul and to the whole Pauline Family. She was a great womanvery human, humble and simple; a woman of immense faith; a saint! Her eyes shone with the light of God and it seemed to me that her penetrating gaze was […]
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“I’ll take care of things…”
For me, remember-ing Maestra Thecla is like remembering my mother because Prima Maestra was not only our Superior General, to whom we owed respect, obedience and docility, but she was also our mother-a mother who understood the strong and weak points of the persons entrusted to her by divine Providence. … ITA-Al_resto_ci_penso_io-3 SPA-Al_resto_ci_penso_io ING-Al_resto_ci_penso_io-1 FRA-Al_resto_ci_penso_io […]
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Maestra Thecla and My Garden
I could compare my relationship with Prima Maestra Theclaa rapport of affection, trust and docility on my partto a beautiful garden filled with flowers of all different sizes and colors. During my years of formation (1949-1956), many little buds sprouted in the form of chance encounters during which the two of us would exchange simple greetings and smiles, […]
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Talking about Prima Maestra…
I am a Daughter of St. Paul but not a sister of the “first hour,” like many of the FSPs who lived in direct contact with Maestra Thecla. I consider myself to be part of the “second half” of our 100-year history, grateful to have known Prima Maestra personally, even though this knowledge derived from […]
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