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We are pleased to offer the revised book, "St. Gianna - Her Life of Joy and Heroic Sacrfice." It was written by Giuliana Pelucchi with the help of Pietro Molla, Saint Gianna's husband, and daughter, Gianna Emanuela in Italian, and it has now been translated to English. This book replaces the previously published book, "Saint Gianna, A Woman's Life." We are offering this book on our website located at: https://saintgianna.org/store.php.
Below is an excerpt from this book's Forward, written by her daughter, Dr. Gianna Emanuela Molla, whom Saint Gianna sacrificed her own life so her daughter might live.
I am deeply grateful to Giuliana Pelucchi for her beautiful biography of my "Saint Mom," and to Pauline Books & Media for publishing this English edition for the fifteenth anniversary of my Mom's canonization (May 16, 2019).
The author wrote this book as a revised and enlarged edition of her first biography, in view of my Mom's canonization. That event was celebrated on May 16, 2004, in Saint Peter's Square in Rome by Saint (Pope) John Paul II. Through God's grace, my Dad, who was then ninety-two, was also present with me and my siblings. It was the first time in the history of the Church that a husband attended his wife's canonization!
For me and my entire family, Giuliana Pelucchi is much more than simply one biographer of my Mom among many; she has been a dear friend. Because she has been close to me and my relatives for a long time, and is a mother of a family herself, she has been able to get to know my Saint Mom better and in a deeper way, and to feel even closer to her. Giuliana poured not only her learning and writing skills into this biography, but also all of her heart and all of her affection for my Mom.
While Giuliana was writing, she often came from her home in Milan to Mesero, to visit my Dad and me in our home, because she wished to share her book with us. She wanted the biography to reflect my Mom's magnificent figure, testimony, spirituality, and example as faithfully as possible. She also wanted to portray my Mom's life of joy until the moment of her extreme and heroic sacrifice, the moment which enabled me to come into the world. I think that she achieved this goal.
Gianna Emanuela ends the book's Forward with this message:
May this biography be for you, , as it is for me, a source of inspiration and a concrete help in your daily journey toward holiness and Heaven.
I assure you of my daily prayers to my Saint Mom and my holy Dad. I recommend to them all the intentions you hold in your heart, and I humbly ask you to pray for me and my mission.
Gianna Emanuela Molla Youngest Daughter of Saint Gianna
You should enjoy reading this new, updated version, including the letters between Saint Gianna and her husband, Pietro Molla, and seeing the family photographs.
God Bless You and Your Families,
The Society of Saint Gianna Beretta Molla – Board of Directors
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