The 33-year-old member of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate, a congregation linked to PIME, is set to leave shortly for the mission in Italy. In the farewell Mass, Fr Giacominelli highlighted the joy of working in education, which many Italian Sisters experienced in his parish of Bonpara. Her testimony is an example for other girls and young women who want to follow the same path.
Thanks to Breda and Tom Murphy for the above photo, 1920, making a reek of hay. The ladies in the picture are Breda's aunt Cathy Power (on horseback) and…
Growing up poor in Caravaggio, outside of Milan, Italy, is what Sister Rosario Assandri credits with leading her to a missionary vocation. In an interview with our Vatican Office, Sister spoke of her desire to further her education after primary school she loved to learn! Sadly, there was no school nearby and her family could not afford the fees to send her to a distant one. Sister looked for a job to pay for her studies.
The Salesian Sisters of Melzo were hiring what they called daughters of the house , girls to do housework at the convent. The girls were also given the opportunity to attend school. Here was her chance!