Dona Lucilia - Heralds Magazine

Dona Lucilia - Heralds Magazine

A Voyage Marked by Suffering

Far across the ocean, the Old Continent beckoned all the lovers of sound tradition and refined customs. And these were not in short supply in the “São Paulinho” of the Belle Époque. While Dona Lucilia, as we have seen, figured in their first ranks, esteem for Europe was neither the …

Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 31, January 2023

Serenity in Face of the Worst Tragedies

Attracted by the serenity that so characterized Dona Lucilia’s innocent soul, many write to tell us of the graces obtained through her intercession, emphasizing this lady’s unfailing and resourceful protection in seemingly hopeless situations. Besides successfully overcoming difficulties, a common factor in all the benefits attributed to her intercession is …

Elizabete Fátima Astorino - 30, September 2020

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

Storytime with Dona Lucilia

Physical activity has an important place in the upbringing of children, since they need to expend their natural energy by running, jumping and playing. We have seen how Dona Lucilia strove to stimulate the aptitudes of her children so that vulgarity would not gain entrance to their souls, not even …

Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 31, July 2026

An Unconditional Mother

“If my mother is as she is, [Our Lady], who is the Mother of mothers, the Mother of all humanity, I cannot imagine how She must be!”,1 Dr. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira remarked on several occasions when speaking of Dona Lucilia and how her boundless affection and protection were for …

Elizabete Fátima Astorino - 01, July 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

“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 - 01, June 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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