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Dona Lucilia - Heralds Magazine

Immense Goodness and Compassion

Our readers now know countless cases of people who, in moments of affliction, asked for Dona Lucilia’s intercession before God and were heard. However, Carla Maria Gonçalves took the opposite route: she called on God, and He sent Dona Lucilia to help her! With compelling simplicity she tells us her …
Elizabete Fátima Astorino - 31, October 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

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 - 30, April 2026

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