The diocesan hierarchy of Sister Bolgheri, founder of the Dawson Missionary Sisters, was launched on December 11 in Frascati, Italy.
(Vatican News Network)The diocesan process for the beatification and canonization of Sister Gala Bolgheri, founder of the Dawson Missionary Sisters, was officially launched on December 11 at St. Peter’s Cathedral in Frascati, Italy. Bishop Martinelli of Frascati issued a decree in which he affirms that “Enlivened by the Holy Spirit, Sister Bolgheri desires that her charism spring from the great mystery of the Nativity”, she works to make the “character of Jesus” visible to the Church and to the world .
Sister Bolgheri’s life was marked by service and charity. She was born on February 17, 1922 in Novi Ligure, northern Italy, she contracted tuberculosis at the age of 22 and was treated at the Hospital for Infectious Diseases in Rome. It was there that she made the acquaintance of a priest director of the Society of Spiritual Medicine, and it was during this time that the seeds of her vocation began to germinate. With the help of the writings of St. Teresa the Great, Borgheri embarked on an inner journey.
In 1952 Bolgheri left his mother’s home to join a fledgling order. In 1961, in order not to abandon his mother in need of care and treatment, he decided to leave the congregation. Later she formed a new group with many other young women.
From the beginning, her missionary zeal took Sister Bolgheri to different parts of the world, where she founded various charitable institutions, including orphanages and homes for the disabled. Candidate Hilgemann wrote in an article published in the Roman Observer newspaper that “Sr. Garra’s charism was centered on the Incarnate Word.” In 1994, the sisters founded the Order of Men of the Daosheng Society in India, the Missionary Priests of the Incarnation. Until 2005, when Sister Bolgheri was 83 years old, he continued to bring missionary zeal to different parts of the world. He died on 20 September 2006 in Vermicino, near Rome.
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