Sr Philomena Ngade
"I know Him in whom I put my trust..."
Life continually offers us choices, and I am grateful for the path I have chosen. I deeply believe that God has a plan for my life. The decision I made years ago continues to bring me joy even though challenges inevitably arise along the way.
Sr Nerina Zanardo
"Remain in my love..."
In 1955, Sister Tecla Merlo arrived in Sydney, Australia with Fr James Alberione during his worldwide visit to encourage and strengthen the growing Pauline Family. They travelled together with the first pioneer sisters who came to establish our first Australian community in Sydney. We know how Sister Tecla listened to their hopes and struggles and offered them gentle encouragement. With a motherly heart she reminded the sisters that, even far from home, they were part of a mission far greater than themselves. Together with Fr James, she affirmed the importance of sharing the Gospel through modern communication, offering assurance in the future of our Pauline presence in Australia.
Sr Nerina Zanardo
"Remain in my love..."
I professed my religious vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience as a Daughter of St Paul on 30 June 1968. From the beginning, I did not see these vows as a list of “do’s” and “don’ts.” Rather, I understood them as a profound and lifelong commitment, a step of faith that carried both promise and uncertainty.
Sr Anna Saccoman
"Go and proclaim the Good News to all creation..."
Sr Linda Ledesma
"Let us not grow weary in doing good..."
The Pauline Family is a group of five consecrated Religious Congregations, four Institutes of Secular Consecrated Life, and one Lay Association that were founded by Blessed James Alberione between 1914 and 1959.
Sr Joanna Coleiro
"It 's no longer I who live, Christ lives in me"
Still at university, I remember when I first started visiting the Daughters of St Paul at their convent in Adelaide. I began to gain an understanding of what community life was all about. I remember this odd feeling in the pit of my stomach – this way of life was oddly familiar yet very different. All I had ever known was family life. Community was like family but not the same as family. There were no blood ties here; yet the warmth and “at-homeness” I witnessed among the Sisters told me they were “sister” to one another.
Sr Nerina Zanardo
"Remain in my love..."
Prayer helps me to rest in the awareness of God’s love, of knowing and being known by God. I centre my mind and heart on the One who has created me and gifted me with life and with my vocation as a Pauline sister.
Sr Grace Matsumoto
"Abide in me..."
I was born and raised in a Catholic family, something which is rare in a non-Christian country like Japan. For my secondary education I attended a nearby Catholic school where some of my teachers were Sisters so, as a young girl, it was almost natural for me to dream of becoming a Sister. Since I liked children very much, I just presumed that I would enter an educational religious Congregation.
- Sr Joanna Coleiro
"It's no longer I who live, Christ lives in me"
