When I entered the Congregation of the Daughters of St. Paul in 1957, the Institute was experiencing a great influx of vocations and was under full missionary expansion ConTecla-srMonica-eng-1 ConTecla-srMonica-fra ConTecla-srMonica-por ConTecla-srMonica-ita-3 ConTecla-srMonica-esp
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Book displays and anoraks
When I lived at Via Antonino Pio, Rome, during the 1950s, everyone took Maestra Theclas presence in the community for granted. She was there Testimonianza-TeclaMerlo-SrSergia-eng-1 Testimonianza-TeclaMerlo-SrSergia-fra Testimonianza-TeclaMerlo-SrSergia-por Testimonianza-TeclaMerlo-SrSergia-ita-3 Testimonianza-TeclaMerlo-SrSergia-esp
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Dearest sisters…
Dearest Sisters, With joy I leave this space to Signora Anna, who wrote a very moving letter to share with us what happened to her husband, who, through the intercession of Maestra Thecla, received the great grace of healing. It was just a few days before Christmas–the end of a difficult year for us. My […]
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“My” Prima Maestra Thecla
I had already been in the Alba community for some time so I surely must have seen Prima Maestra and listened to her. But I hadn’t “met” her in the full sense of the word. I was one of the “Immacolatine,” the youngest members of the community. I spent my days attending classes scheduled to be […]
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Maestra Thecla’s tenderness
19 March 1955, the Feast of St. Joseph, was an unforgettable day for me because it was the day of my first religious profession. On that day, I also had the chance to personally experience Prima Maestras tenderness toward her daughters… TenerezzaMaestrattecla-it-4 TenerezzaMaestraTecla-eng-2
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