About the booklet: Maddalena Teresa Rosa Notari (Foundress of the Crucified Sisters Adorers of the Eucharist) was born on 2 December 1847 in Capriglia, Salerno.
She was just 3 years old when she was entrusted to an uncle from Naples and finally found affection and human warmth in the boarding school of the Sisters of the Visitation and from that environment emerged her vocation to religious consecration.
After various vicissitudes, Maddelena got to know the spirituality of the Servants of Mary and on 2 February 1872, she took the habit of the Servite Tertiaries, taking the name Maria Pia della Croce (Maria Pia of the Cross).
After an educational experience at Verolino Orphanage in Barra, at the age of 36, God inspired in her heart the foundation of a new religious institute. On 21 November 1885, in a modest flat in the heart of Naples, the community of the Crucified Sisters Adorers of the Eucharist began.
The community grew larger and, after a brief period in Portici, in 1891, it moved to a new house in San Giorgio a Cremano, Naples. In 1892, their Rule was approved. On 7 September 1902, the first General Chapter took place in the Mother House of the Congregation: Mother Notari was elected General Superior.
On the evening of 1 July 1919, Mother Maria Pia of the Cross, flew to heaven, to meet the Beloved of her life.
In April 1921, the process for her beatification began. For more information, please visit www.suorecrocifisseadoratrici.org
Mother Maria Pia Of The Cross is printed in Italy in February 2020.
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