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Dona Lucilia - Heralds Magazine

Incomparable Maternal Solicitude

“Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it” (Sg 8:7). How well these words apply to Dona Lucilia! Would she, who spent her life loving God in her neighbour, do any differently after crossing the threshold of eternity? Now, one of the ways in which she shows her …
Elizabete Fátima Astorino - 31, December 2022

The “Sum of the Ages” of a Venerable Lady

On April 22, 1946, Dona Lucilia completed 70 years… Seventy years of life is a milestone. At this stage, all of the preferences and mannerisms that guided the unfolding of an existence are crystallized. In those who sought to follow the path of virtue, the “sum of the ages” shines …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 30, November 2022

A Hundred and Fifty Years Ago, Dona Lucilia Was Born

Born on April 22, 1876, on the first Saturday after the joys of Easter, Lucilia was the second of five children from the marriage of two cousins,1 Dr. Antônio Ribeiro dos Santos and Dona Gabriela Rodrigues dos Santos. Descendants of old aristocratic families of São Paulo, Dona Gabriela and Dr. …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 01, April 2026

You Have Won Us Over, Dona Lucilia!

It was raining heavily in Recife, the capital of Pernambuco, Brazil, in 1968. Some followers of Dr. Plinio had travelled to that city to carry out a campaign, a term used by members of the movement he founded to refer to the organisation’s public demonstrations, always in defence of the …
Raphaël Six - 01, April 2026

“I congratulate you for this son of yours”

It was in the French capital, where history still radiated from every corner, that Dona Lucilia would finally fully recover her health.1 Paris was not wholly new to Dona Lucilia, for since her youth she had been acquainted with it by assiduously reading French authors, and particularly the Journal de …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 31, May 2026

Filial Love Centred on the Holy Church

Regarding the relationship between Dr. Plinio and Dona Lucilia, it could be observed that their souls were interwoven in a bond of mutual affection, consideration and esteem. For his part, there was the most deeply ingrained filial affection, acknowledging everything she did for him. She, in turn, possessed every manner …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 01, February 2026

An Effective Aidin Difficulties Great and Small

“Dona Lucilia!” is the first thought that, like a prayer, comes to the lips and hearts of many of her devotees in any difficulty. Some entrust small everyday matters to her maternal care, others seek solutions to great difficulties; and she attends to both, in a discreet way, respecting the …
Elizabete Fátima Astorino - 01, May 2026

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