Our Sisters

Date and place of birth: 15/8/1983 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Congregation: Le Religiose della Sacra Famiglia
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Katoyll, Avenue Itebero, N.220, Quartier Mabanga Nord, Commune De Karisimbi, Ville De Goma, Province De Nord Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Congregation website: https://www.sainte-famille.be/les-religieuses/
Education and training: State diploma, science stream, mathematics and physics option.
Degree in Nursing Sciences, hospital nursing specialisation.
Three-year degree in Nursing Sciences, midwifery specialisation.
Charism: Inspired by the spirit of family and nourished by the spirituality of Nazareth, we educate in the broadest sense. Our charism is a gift of the Spirit for the good of the community. Mercy gives rise to our charism and nurtures it.
Missionary experiences: Our Congregation is missionary by nature. At present, my mission is with the sick. They come trusting that I can bring them relief. I care for them together with my fellow sisters and other colleagues, showing them that we have a responsibility towards them and that the Lord helps both us and them to restore their health. In this mission, I experience trust and cooperation in receiving help. Caring for the sick, I feel involved in the works of mercy. As a member of a missionary Congregation, I go wherever Providence sends me to meet people, our brothers and sisters, and I see this as a treasure. I am open to any mission that contributes to proclaiming the Gospel.
Experiences abroad: My experience abroad was positive. I opened myself to another culture and to other people who showed me fraternity and welcomed me into their country. I felt at home and integrated there. I saw how others live. Through my experience abroad, I came to embrace the culture of Jesus, which welcomes every person. Going abroad, to Italy, was truly wonderful because it gave me a new direction. Now I have friends everywhere I have been. I feel truly enriched.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: I had a wonderful experience with spazio + spadoni. I discovered that its mission met ours: living mercy with our brothers and sisters in need. spazio + spadoni contacted my Congregation, and together they discussed finding a sister who could train in Italy. My Superiors welcomed the idea and offered me the opportunity to learn Italian in Kinshasa so that I could be better prepared for the six-month training. spazio + spadoni sought out the Congregation and the Misericordia where I trained, and supported me in every logistical and financial aspect. spazio + spadoni broadened its vision by training Ambassadors of Mercy and inviting them to bear witness to what I experienced. Spadoni put his wealth and knowledge at the service of the poor, giving bread to those in need and teaching them how to obtain it. spazio + spadoni takes the initiative for good, trains, accompanies and follows up so that the works of mercy may endure.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR/OTHER
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? I believe spazio + spadoni will continue its work because it awakens consciences to give themselves constantly to the poor, brings Congregations together and sends them on mission in their own settings. I thank it for the initiative, training and support. MAY GOD GIVE YOU A HUNDREDFOLD.
Future projects: Our future project is to continue what Luigi Spadoni began, taking care of what we already have and carrying forward our existing project. In essence, we want to nurture what already exists, make it fruitful and sustain it. From my own position, I will keep spazio + spadoni alive by encouraging volunteers to work for the good of the poor.

Date and place of birth: 11/12/1976 Rwanda
Congregation: Dimora della carità
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Huye/South/Rwanda
Congregation website: http://st.joseph.rwanda.free.fr/
Charism: Praise God, welcome his love and share it throughout the world: God’s love has no boundaries. Our apostolate takes place in hospitals, primary and secondary schools, parish outreach, catechesis, and visits to the sick in their homes and in hospitals. We share what we have with the poor.
Missionary experiences: I prepare the liturgy of the Word of God in church, in the choir and in the Holy Spirit movement. I served for two years at the Laghi Blu International School and for five years at the nursery school. I also spent three years working with children with disabilities through the Fondation Liliane.
Experiences abroad: I have been to Italy.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: I undertook training in first aid, sewing and cooking.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? spazio + spadoni is an important organisation that helps many people in need, as well as religious sisters. It is a project that supports and connects almost every part of the world and teaches us to work in a spirit of reciprocity.
Future projects: Launch a sewing project.
Raise chickens to create a livelihood for young people.

Date and place of birth: 6 April 1992 – Burundi
Congregation: Congregazione delle Suore Del Cuore Immacolato Di Maria (Sorelle Bene Mariya)
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Burundi Province Gitega Communauté Notre Dame De La Sainte Trinité
Education and training: I am a teacher. I attended Kayogoro municipal secondary school in Makamba province, and I am now studying accounting at university.
Charism: Help the Christian Spirit flourish in every family in the world.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: 6 months of training at the Misericordia di Monte San Savino for spazio + spadoni’s HIC SUM project.
Participation in the “Fare Spazio” convention at the convent of San Cerbone in Lucca.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR/OTHER
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? I appreciate how spazio + spadoni evangelises, spreads the works of mercy, shares its material and spiritual resources, and works with consecrated people. Its witness is truly beautiful. I also wish to highlight its commitment to helping sisters attend university.
Future projects: Set up a bakery to make the Bread of Mercy.

Date and place of birth: 12/03/1988 India
Congregation: Suore Francescane di San Tommaso
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Christian, K.M.Kotttai, India
Education and training: BA, B; teacher.
Charism: Proclaim the Good News to the poor and the oppressed.
Missionary experiences: I served as a schoolteacher, striving to give children the best education and inspire them for their future lives.
Experiences abroad: When I arrived in Italy, learning everything seemed very difficult because of the new language, culture, community and food. Little by little, I am adapting.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: I would like to thank Mr Luigi for giving me the opportunity to work at the Misericordia.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR/OTHER
We are trying to establish a small community in Lucca. Here I serve within the Misericordia, carrying out works of mercy.
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? I truly admire the spazio + spadoni Foundation, which helps the poor and those in need throughout the world.
Future projects: We want to develop a project to support elderly people.

Congregation: Suore del Sacro Cuore di Gesù
Congregation website: http://sacredheartvellore.com
Charism: Serve abandoned people and the poor.

Date and place of birth: 24/08/1972 Philippines
Congregation: Suore Figlie di San Francesco di Sales
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Las Piñas, Philippines
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM

Date and place of birth: 02/07/1991 Burundi
Congregation: Suore della Compagnia del Buon Pastore
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Naples, Italy
Charism: Our charism concerns orphaned children and pregnant girls.
Missionary experiences: For me, mission has had many meanings: meeting others, sharing the Word of God, learning a new language, offering consolation, attending to and serving the sick, charitable work and discovering a new culture.
Experiences abroad: My mission in Italy allowed me to discover the traditions and culture of the Italian people, enriching my knowledge in different areas of my life.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: With spazio + spadoni, I took part in the “Fare Spazio” convention and attended the training course on the works of mercy in Loppiano in November and December 2022. I also volunteered at the Misericordia di Torre Annunziata.
Role with spazio + spadoni: WORKS OF MERCY
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? It was created to promote shared pathways between the experience of volunteering and the social commitment of religious Congregations.
Future projects: I would like to develop a sewing project.

Congregation: Suore Domenicane Missionarie delle Famiglie
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Elikya, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Date and place of birth: 16 November 1988
Congregation: Missionarie Catechiste dei Sacri Cuori di Gesù e di Maria
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Mexico
Congregation website: http://www.misionerascatequistas.org/
Education and training: Diploma in catechetical and pastoral theology.
Charism: We follow Christ by identifying with him and reproducing within ourselves the sentiments of his Sacred Heart in his filial relationship with the Father and in fraternity with men and women. Following the example of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, we proclaim mercy to families.
Missionary experiences: During my 17 years of religious life, I have served in different missions in northern, southern and central Mexico. I worked with groups of families, children and young people, sharing the life of faith and, above all, discovering God’s immense love for families. Being with families and joyfully serving those most in need is one of the experiences that inspires me most. God has granted me the grace to serve in different parishes and dioceses across the country.
Experiences abroad: This stay in Italy, particularly in Rosolini, is my first experience outside Mexico. I truly feel at home because the welcome is extraordinary. The Sicilian people are wonderful.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: Getting to know spazio + spadoni means giving the Gospel a concrete face. It means giving one’s life out of love for those most in need, trusting completely in Divine Providence. Above all, spazio + spadoni means allowing ourselves to be embraced and experiencing God’s mercy so that we can share it with others.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR/OTHER
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? spazio + spadoni is the family of Love, the home of encounter, the embrace and tenderness that bring the Gospel to life.
Future projects: A social enterprise producing religious items to carry out works of mercy.

Date and place of birth: 02/01/1998 Kenya
Congregation: Adorer Missionary Sisters of the Poor
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Moshi, Tanzania

Date and place of birth: 26/10/1978 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Congregation: Suore della Sacra Famiglia di Kisangani
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Maria Mediatrice – Kisangani – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Education and training: State diploma, humanities and literature stream.
Charism: Human and Christian development of families.
Missionary experiences: Pastoral work with young people.
Experiences abroad: I gained experience in Italy through spazio + spadoni’s HIC SUM project.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: With spazio + spadoni, I took part in the HIC SUM project at the Misericordia di Assisi and in training on the works of mercy.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR/OTHER
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? We thank spazio + spadoni for this wonderful initiative to help the poor and ask it to continue. God bless you.
Future projects: Develop a fish farm in Kisangani.

Date and place of birth: 17/04/1984 Indonesia
Congregation: Istituto “Figlie di San Francesco”
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Oesilo – Timor-Leste
Congregation website: https://www.istitutofigliedisanfrancesco.org/
Education and training: Secondary-school graduate of Stella Maris Senior High School in Atambua, Indonesia.
Charism: The Figlie di San Francesco are inspired by the request Saint Francis made to the Lord in prayer at La Verna: to feel in his body and heart all the suffering of the Passion, and all the love that burned within him as he willingly endured the Passion for us sinners. From their holy Patron they draw the courage to persevere and the charity that is patient, kind and selfless, thinks no evil, does not rejoice in another’s misfortune but rejoices in the truth, believes all things, bears all things and hopes all things, as Saint Paul says. The Institute was not originally founded to establish a work to help the poor, those in need or others. Sister Caterina simply wished to live her vocation in intimacy with God, in the spirit of Saint Francis, through Prayer and Penance, serving the Community, working and sharing life together. Saint Francis said that a friar should eat through the work of his own hands; in this sense, they may be described as an institute of penitential life.
Missionary experiences: Italy and Timor-Leste
Experiences abroad: Italy and Timor-Leste
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: Our Institute’s collaboration with spazio + spadoni began when our community in Borgo a Mozzano welcomed two sisters from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who were undertaking HIC SUM training at a Misericordia in Italy. For some time, even before their arrival, I had been involved with the Misericordia di Borgo a Mozzano, particularly in activities for elderly people. After that experience, my Institute also decided to join the HIC SUM project, choosing me to train and then go to Timor-Leste to carry it forward. I attended several specific training courses and the “Fare Spazio al Coraggio” convention organised by spazio + spadoni.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? I thank spazio + spadoni for offering me this opportunity to grow and for creating targeted opportunities to support the poor.
Future projects: With spazio + spadoni, we are building a fish-farming activity that we are working together to develop. We have also brought together volunteers with whom we carry out works of mercy in our village and neighbouring villages to carry forward OPERA M.

Congregation: Congregazione Missionaria Sorelle di Santa Gemma
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Lucca, Italy
General Treasurer of the Congregazione Missionaria delle Sorelle di Santa Gemma.

Date and place of birth: Italy
Congregation: Figlie di Maria Missionarie
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Lampedusa, Italy
Missionary sister of the Congregazione Figlie di Maria Missionarie, of which she was Superior General until 2023. She lived in Brazil, an experience that helped her to “see, observe, understand and ask before adding” her contribution. In mid-September, she was appointed coordinator and contact person for the UISG Migrants project in Sicily.
She was a speaker at the “Fare Spazio al Coraggio” convention and made a significant contribution to the course on the works of mercy organised by spazio + spadoni in Loppiano, exploring the theme of inter-congregational collaboration.

Date and place of birth: 28/07/1969 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Congregation: Religieuses de l’Instruction Chrétienne
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: Sister Anuarite is the Provincial of Sister Francine, who went to Italy for the HIC SUM project. Sister Anuarite herself also undertook training on the rEvolution of the works of mercy at the Convento di San Cerbone (LU) in July 2023.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY

Date and place of birth: 07/10/1971 Tanzania
Congregation: Suore Benedettine Africane Di Ndanda
Superiora Generale della Congregazione African Benedectine Sisters of Ndanda.

Date and place of birth: 13/02/1976 Benin
Congregation: Istituto delle Suore Francescane Figlie di Padre Pio
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Mairie de Cotonou, 7th arrondissement, Republic of Benin
Education and training: 1) Doctorate in ethical, moral and political philosophy (University of Abomey–Calavi, Benin)
2) Master’s in Theology of Consecrated Life at the Claretianum (Rome)
Charism: Our charism is compassion for every form of human, material, spiritual and social misery, following Saint Pio of Pietrelcina. For us, compassion means allowing ourselves to be touched by the suffering of others and doing everything possible to help them overcome it. Sin is also a source of suffering and misery. This charism is rooted and strengthened in the experience of the corporal and spiritual works of mercy.
Missionary experiences: Schools – Hospitals or dispensaries – Catechesis – Orphanage – Rural activities – All other activities of compassion and service within the Roman Catholic Church
Personally, two years of study in Italy.
Experiences abroad: Librevielle (Gabon): School
Dijon (France): Apostolate and parish outreach
Münster (Germany): Marian shrine of Eggerode
Pointe Noire (Congo-Brazzaville): Orphanage
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: Training in Loppiano from 21 November to 16 December 2022.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR/OTHER
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? After the training I received and the time I spent with spazio + spadoni, I understood that this Foundation works to address the challenges of life, especially in Africa and among African religious. I believe it is a great mission of communion and shared experiences among women’s Congregations in Africa, supporting Africa’s renewal and development.
Future projects: Putting the training received in Loppiano into practice. Ongoing formation for 2023 (3 training sessions for all sisters in each region) will focus on the works of mercy and the Economy of Communion, at the end of February and in March and April.
At the end of these training sessions, our Institute wishes to revitalise the life of our charism, compassion, in every area: the sisters’ community life, schools, orphanages and income-generating activities.

Date and place of birth: 31/12/1969 Nigeria
Congregation: Ancelle del Santo Bambino Gesù
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Ibiono Community, South Eastern Province, Nigeria.
Congregation website: https://hhcj.org/
Education and training: Bioethics, Religious Studies, Missionary Catechesis, Theology of Religious Life, Social Communication, Rural Sociology, Healthcare Assistance in Mission, and other subjects. University degree diploma.
Charism: “All-embracing charity”
Missionary experiences: I have undertaken missionary experiences as a teacher, pastoral worker, catechist, social worker and healthcare assistant.
Experiences abroad: Pastoral worker, catechist, social worker, healthcare assistant
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: My experience with spazio + spadoni has been enriching because of the holistic training I received and the experiences I had.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR/OTHER
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? Through my experience with spazio + spadoni, I believe it is an organisation that cares about the poor, those in need, the sick and the elderly. In its generosity, it has a network in most countries of the world.
Future projects: Poultry farming, fish farming, agriculture and other activities that will generate income in the future.

Date and place of birth: 15/11/1968 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Congregation: Suore Di Gesù Educatore
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Saint Jean23/ Bondo, Province du Bas-Uèlé en Democratic Republic of the Congo (RDC)
Congregation email: soeursdejesuseducateur@gmail.com
Education and training: Business and Administrative Sciences
Charism: Proclaim Jesus’ presence today through consecrated life and educational work. The Suore Di Gesù Educatore devote themselves to the integral education of the human person, leading each person to become a child of God.
Missionary experiences: This is my first missionary experience. Through it, I have discovered many things that will help me for the rest of my life on this earth.
Experiences abroad: Central African Republic
Uganda
Italy
This shows that every country has its own way of seeing things, its own mentality and culture.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: This is a very beautiful experience for me. May the Lord help me put into practice everything I have received.
Many thanks to spazio + spadoni.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR/OTHER
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? I think this is a beautiful experience that calls for good cooperation so that this spazio + spadoni project can move forward.
Future projects: May I too, together with spazio + spadoni, become an Ambassador of Mercy in my Diocese.

Congregation: Congrégation des Soeurs de Jésus Educateur
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Bondo, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Date and place of birth: 21/12/1984 Uganda
Congregation: Suore Della Nostra Signora Del Buon Consiglio Di Mbarara Uganda
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): St. Joseph’s Primary School Kyabirukwa – Uganda
Congregation website: http://sistersofolgc.org/
Education and training: Degree in Theology
Master’s in Canon Law
Charism: Obedience out of love, in complete submission to God’s will and service to others.
Missionary experiences: Project manager, work at the diocesan tribunal, formation of novices
Experiences abroad: Italy e Tanzania
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: It was an experience of growth and development in which I learned about spazio + spadoni’s intentions and mission based on the works of mercy, through numerous workshops and other activities.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR/OTHER
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? I understand spazio + spadoni as a movement that supports people with missionary interests and experience, and assists religious institutes with training and financial support so that they can express their mission as Ministers of Mercy.
Future projects: Build training centres in African countries, for example in French-speaking and English-speaking areas, to make training accessible to sisters and volunteers. Create a computer laboratory and bring together teachers, including those from different places, to improve training, understanding and the follow-up of our projects.

Date and place of birth: 28/11/1992, Benin
Congregation: Institut des Servantes de la Lumière du Christ
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Rome, Italy
Education and training: July 2024 in Rome, on the rEvolution of the works of mercy.
Role with spazio + spadoni: WORKS OF MERCY

Congregation: Suore Apostoline
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Pisa, Italy
An Apostoline sister belonging to the Pauline Family. She lives and works at the university church of San Frediano in Pisa and collaborates with Pisa’s missionary centre. Having already passed “the midpoint of our life’s journey”, she moves between one valley and another, focusing mainly on young people; she has a particular interest in digital natives and holds them in esteem. She enjoys digital technology, does not confuse the virtual with the real, and believes in human connections. Her interest in Mission is rooted in gratitude and in giving back for almost 15 years of life in Brazil, where she learned that living truly well and together requires sharing. She was a speaker at spazio + spadoni’s “Fare Spazio alla Reciprocità” convention.

Date and place of birth: 01/11/1981 Madagascar
Congregation: Suore del Sacro Cuore di Gesù di Ragusa
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Rome, Italy

Date and place of birth: 29/12/1988, Burundi
Congregation: Foyer de Charitè de Bujumbura
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Rome

Date and place of birth: 04/11/1992 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Congregation: Piccole Sorelle dell’Evangelizzazione
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Ibambi, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Congregation: Suore Dimora Della Carità
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Lucca
Charism: Praise God, welcome his love and share it throughout the world: God’s love has no boundaries. Our apostolate takes place in hospitals, primary and secondary schools, parish outreach, catechesis, and visits to the sick in their homes and in hospitals. We share what we have with the poor.

Congregation: Congregazione Mariana delle Case della Carità
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Reggio Emilia, Italy
Congregation website: https://www.casedellacarita.org/

Congregation: Domenicane Figlie Di Santa Caterina Da Siena
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Isiro, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Date and place of birth: 01/06/1977 Rwanda
Congregation: Oblate dello Spirito Santo
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Lucca, Italy
Charism: Devotion to the Holy Spirit. To love the Holy Spirit and lead others to love him: to cultivate and spread devotion to the Holy Spirit. Together, we support the work dearest to the Divine Paraclete, which is the preservation and propagation of the faith.
Education and training: Commerce and accounting
Theology of Consecrated Life
Role with spazio + spadoni: WORKS OF MERCY
Missionary experiences: Catholic Charismatic Renewal
Holy Spirit Spirituality Centre
Healthcare facility
School
Formation house
Experiences abroad: Study and assistance to elderly sisters.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: Training on the works of mercy held in Rome in July 2024. Sharing with one another in our WhatsApp group. I feel part of a family: beautiful, beloved, human and spiritual.
What do you think of spazio + spadoni?
A missionary movement promoting the works of mercy throughout the world
The blazing fire of God’s Love
A family for all who love the Face of God
A response to human misery
A true sign of God’s Kingdom in the world
Bearers and witnesses of the Lord’s Word and Love
Mother of HIC SUM
Future projects: God’s mercy is at work… ALWAYS!

Date and place of birth: 15/08/1957 Burundi
Congregation: Suore Bene Mariya
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Ngozi, Burundi
Superior General of the Suore Bene Mariya Congregation.

Date and place of birth: 15/06/1998 Tanzania
Congregation: Holy Spirit Sisters
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM

Date and place of birth: 11/12/1946
Congregation: Suore Domenicane del Santissimo Sacramento
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Orta Nova, Foggia
Education and training: Primary-school certificate and theological formation within the Congregazione delle Suore Domenicane.
Missionary experiences: Giving my life for the poor, devoting myself to others and helping the school by caring for children.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: Welcoming sisters.
Role with spazio + spadoni: WORKS OF MERCY
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? An experience of growth and communion among different charisms, and of concrete works of mercy. An excellent project worth repeating.
Future projects: Continue caring for the elderly and helping families in need.

Date and place of birth: 06/12/1961 Babonde, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Congregation: Piccole Sorelle dell’Evangelizzazione
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Territory of Wamba, Province of Haut-Uele, Democratic Republic of the Congo (RDC)
Education and training: State diploma followed by two years of specialisation.
Charism: Our charism means “Living and proclaiming the Gospel”. Giving priority to catechesis in and outside school, we work in education, healthcare and social services, with particular attention to the education of young people and the care of girls and women farmers.
Missionary experiences: After my religious profession, I worked as a formator in the Congregation. In pastoral work, I served in schools, with rural women and with young people in Catholic Action movements. I provided sacramental catechesis and carried out other duties as directed by my Superior.
Experiences abroad: Experience in Italy through the spazio + spadoni project.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: I first made contact with spazio + spadoni on 15 September 2021. From then on, the process of developing the HIC SUM project began, leading me to Italy for 6 months of training.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR/OTHER
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? It was a beautiful experience that allowed me to see my religious vocation with new eyes.
Future projects: With spazio + spadoni, we have started a fish-farming activity that we hope will grow until it becomes self-sustaining. In my poverty of heart, I know that God is with us as we walk towards the future in hope.

Date and place of birth: 21/08/1932
Congregation: Suore Domenicane del Santissimo Sacramento
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Orta Nova, Foggia
Education and training: Primary-school certificate and theological formation within the Congregazione delle Suore Domenicane.
Missionary experiences: Local missions welcoming elderly people, with moments of prayer together with staff and residents.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: Welcoming sisters.
Role with spazio + spadoni: WORKS OF MERCY
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? A precious opportunity, a place of encounter and growth, a positive experience worth repeating.
Future projects: Continue helping through the care of people and taking part in concrete works of mercy.

Date and place of birth: 26/01/1964 Varedo (MB)
Congregation: Congregazione Missionaria Sorelle di Santa Gemma
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Lucca, Italy
Originally from Varedo (MB), she was drawn to mission ad gentes and approached the Congregazione Missionaria Sorelle di S. Gemma in Lucca, beginning her formation on 12 September 1988. She professed her first vows on 15 September 1991 and her perpetual vows on 6 September 1997. She attended the Istituto Superiore di Scienze Religiose and carried out pastoral work in the Diocese of Lucca. After taking a course for formators, she was appointed head of formation for Italy. As a community animator, she served at the Casa Famiglia S. Gemma, caring for children welcomed through the Pollicino project and mothers in the Cassiopea project. At the 2006 General Chapter, she was elected Vicar General, a position confirmed for the following six-year term. At the IX General Chapter in 2018, she was elected Superior General and was confirmed again in September 2024. Since 12 September 1988, when her journey in the religious family of the Sorelle di S. Gemma began, she has been committed to deepening the charism received as a gift from Mother Gemma Giannini, expressed through four characteristics: simplicity, humility, charity and sacrifice.

Date and place of birth: 05/12/1966 – Philippines
Congregation: Suore Ministre degli Infermi Di San Camillo
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Camillian Sisters, Sampaguita St., Lourdes Subdivision, Antipolo, Rizal, Philippines
Congregation website: https://camilliane.it
Education and training: Degree in Primary Education.
Theology course
Master’s in Family Life and Child Development
Master’s in Special Education – USEP (University of Southeastern Philippines)
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Charism: Service to the poor and sick, even at the risk of our own lives, and to abandoned men and women.
The charism of love and tenderness towards suffering humanity of our Foundress, Blessed Maria Domenica, took shape in history through the institute she founded: the Ministre degli infermi, which she entrusted to the protection of Our Lady of Sorrows and Saint Camillus de Lellis.
Missionary experiences: Responsible for youth formation in the parish and for the school; director of the Bahay Kanlungan Centre and formator of the sisters of the Philippine delegation.
Experiences abroad: Italy
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: During 10 days of training with spazio + spadoni, I studied the works of mercy, accounting and management, computing, the Economy of Communion, and the process that will enable me to make a product similar to bleach.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR/OTHER
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? spazio + spadoni is an organisation that invests in people’s human formation, especially that of sisters, to support their sustainability. It integrates the spirituality of the works of mercy with the charism of each Congregation.
Future projects: When I return to the Philippines, I will take my experience with me and draw on the training spazio + spadoni organised for us. I will share this wonderful experience with the people around me, hoping that the works of mercy will be passed on to many. I will also prepare to identify the beneficiary of the project that spazio + spadoni will fund if the project proposal is accepted.

Date and place of birth: 22/02/1987
Congregation: Ancelle del Santo Bambino Gesù
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Madonna House Community, Kumasi, Ghana
Congregation website: https://hhcj.org/
Education and training: Higher education: three-year degree (Catering, Hospitality and Tourism in Education).
Charism: All-embracing charity
Missionary experiences: My missionary experiences have been enriching. I have been able to visit holy places.
Experiences abroad: Being immersed in a new environment helps me develop cultural sensitivity, flexibility and adaptability.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: I found a family with a cooperative spirit, a true family in every sense.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? A wholehearted love for the poor and the less privileged. It is a beautiful project for the world. Long live spazio + spadoni! May God bless Luigi Spadoni and all the members of spazio + spadoni.
Future projects: Baked goods, although the project has not yet been drawn up. I remain open to any project proposed by you or my Congregation.

Congregation: Sœurs Missionnaires de Jésus Emmanuel
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Monterotondo, Italy
Charism: Revealing the Father to humanity and reconciling people with him through a life of harmony.
The Congregation’s main activities are based on schooling, education and mentoring unemployed young people.

Date and place of birth: 01/01/1970 Rwanda
Congregation: Suore Dimora Della Carità
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Rwanda – Province Du South
Education and training: Secondary education: primary teacher training, A2
University: Marriage and Family Studies at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute, Cotonou, Benin
Charism: Praise God, welcome his love and share it throughout the world: God’s love has no boundaries. Our apostolate takes place in hospitals, primary and secondary schools, parish outreach, catechesis, and visits to the sick in their homes and in hospitals. We share what we have with the poor.
Missionary experiences: After taking my vows, I was mistress of postulants for two years, General Treasurer for six years and Superior General for three years. I am now General Treasurer and diocesan coordinator of family outreach.
Experiences abroad: I have been to Benin and Italy.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: With spazio + spadoni, I had the opportunity to discover the HIC SUM project and its founder. I had the unforgettable opportunity to receive training in the 14 works of mercy, live with consecrated women from other Congregations, visit Rome, the seat of the Pope and our Catholic Church, attend Mass in the Basilica, and visit Assisi and Saint Francis of Assisi, whose spirituality we live.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR/OTHER
My role is to be an Ambassador of the Works of Mercy.
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? spazio + spadoni is devoted to the 14 works of mercy, corporal and spiritual.
Corporal works. Through the HIC SUM projects, it supports various Congregations by training their sisters to become ambassadors of the works of mercy in their respective countries.
Future projects: The first step is to become aware of the 14 works of mercy. Personally, I wish to put these 14 works of mercy into practice.

Date and place of birth: 30/01/1948 Madagascar
Congregation: Suore del Sacro Cuore di Gesù di Ragusa
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Madagascar
Congregation website: https://www.suoresacrocuorediragusa.it/
Education and training: University studies at the Faculty of Theology of the Ateneo Romano della Santa Croce, leading to a Master’s diploma in Religious Studies. Specialisation in Child Psychology.
Charism: “Love and reparation to the Sacred Heart”, put into practice through the 7 spiritual and corporal works of mercy, in the spirit of the Beatitudes and with a constant attitude of conversion, to cooperate in the salvation of humanity.
Missionary experiences: Experience educating children and young people in the various schools of our Institute, and teaching catechism in parishes. For a long time, I was headteacher of several of the Institute’s schools and Superior of various communities. I am currently Delegate of the Mother General in Madagascar.
Experiences abroad: Twenty years of experience in Italy. After my university studies, I spent time in many of our communities. I had several wonderful experiences with nursery-school children, from whom I learned many values: simplicity, trust, joy and more.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: My heartfelt thanks to Luigi Spadoni for giving me the opportunity to spend time in Adrano with the Misericordia di Adrano community. I felt at home because there is a wonderful fraternity there, mutual care for one another and a constant openness to missionary service. We, who came from another, very distant country, felt welcome.
Role with spazio + spadoni: WORKS OF MERCY
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? It is God’s Providence, a bridge of mercy to bring the salvation of humanity to different parts of the world.
Future projects: Our experience with the Adrano community has ended for now, but the projects still need to take shape. The bond with the work of the Misericordia must become even stronger and, above all, be nourished by prayer, which has no boundaries. We hope that volunteers from the Misericordia will sometimes come to Madagascar to experience missionary service in mercy themselves.

Date and place of birth: 11/08/1960 Rwanda
Congregation: Suore Abizeramariya
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Veroli, Italy
Role with spazio + spadoni: WORKS OF MERCY

Date and place of birth: 17-05-1973 India
Congregation: Sorelle Del Sacro Cuore Di Gesù
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Thangachi Madam, Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu, India
Education and training: MA, B.Ed., M.Phil., Ph.D. (doctorate in Tamil literature)
Charism: Serve abandoned people and the poor.
Missionary experiences: I work with girls and organise motivational programmes for them. I also care for children experiencing difficulties and provide counselling.
Experiences abroad: While in Italy, I took a counselling course, learning how to support women and children experiencing difficulties and advise them in dealing with different situations. This is very useful and a great help in my service here with children and women. I also learned crochet.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: It was wonderful. I was very happy to be with all of you. I broadened my knowledge and enjoyed crochet. I take this opportunity to thank you for welcoming me into your project.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR/OTHER
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? I appreciate their service and what they taught us to do, and I am happy to work with them.
Future projects: Provide computer skills to poor girls in Thangachi Madam, Rameshwaram.
Provide counselling to students suffering because of family circumstances and illness.
Provide training in manual work to help support their everyday family life today.
Encourage wealthy people to help the poor and the sick.

Congregation: Suore di Nostra Signora della Trinità
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Togo

Date and place of birth: 02/12/1963 Tanzania
Congregation: Sorelle Cuore Immacolato Di Maria
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Mgolole – Morogoro – Tanzania
Education and training: Master’s in Religious Studies
Charism: Our charism is to care for orphans and the elderly. The Congregation is dedicated to serving God through service to humanity, evangelisation, catechesis and other services to the Church. We also work in healthcare and education, together with some social services.
Missionary experiences: I am very grateful to God for everything and to my Superior for giving me the opportunity to serve where I can use my abilities, experience and the knowledge I have received from different people, while living out my charism.
Experiences abroad: I have been to Italy. I thank God for that time and my Congregation for giving me the opportunity to leave my country. Although it was a difficult period because of Covid-19, I used the time to study.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: I am truly grateful to have discovered spazio + spadoni and its mission. I trained at the Misericordia di Acireale, whose volunteers helped me greatly to integrate, and I enjoyed being with them. When I arrived, even though it was night, Dr Sebastiano, president of the Misericordia di Acireale, came to meet me at the airport. I was very happy. May the good Lord bless everyone working in spazio + spadoni.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR/OTHER
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? I pray a great deal for the work spazio + spadoni is carrying forward, so that it may continue its mission and, if possible, spread throughout the world, allowing many people to taste the “Bread of spazio + spadoni”.
Future projects: We should complete the social enterprise project we have begun, namely the chicken coop. Then we can consider future projects.

Date and place of birth: 18/05/1989 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Congregation: Religieuses de l’Instruction Chrétienne
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Education and training: Degree in Clinical Psychology
Missionary experiences: Although our whole life is missionary towards the brothers and sisters to whom the Lord Jesus sends us, with spazio + spadoni I had a new experience centred on the works of mercy. This opportunity allowed me to connect with many other people who live these works in order to serve others even more.
Experiences abroad: I spent time in Italy, far from my usual surroundings, for training on the works of mercy at spazio + spadoni’s invitation. Yet I cannot really say I was abroad: in the community of the Sorelle di Santa Gemma that hosted me, I felt welcome and lived joyfully, as in a family.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: My experience with spazio + spadoni brought to life the biblical teaching that there is more joy in giving than in receiving. spazio + spadoni is a generous organisation eager to proclaim and live the Gospel Beatitudes, sharing with those in need without expecting anything in return.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? We thank spazio + spadoni for all the benefits it has granted us, the Religieuses de l’Instruction Chrétienne. We are grateful for the gift received in support of our Congregation, which enables us to help those most in need and live the works of mercy effectively.
We encourage these good projects and believe they benefit all Congregations or institutes wishing to experience them, so as to bring together and amplify Christ’s love for us.
Future projects: The project of the Religieuses de l’Instruction Chrétienne is to respond to a need here and now. Our Institute’s most urgent need is to answer the Holy Spirit’s call through the education of young people, giving them access to faith. Many young people today need direction for their future lives; some cannot meet their basic needs because they lack resources and opportunities. In collaboration with spazio + spadoni, the Religieuses de l’Instruction Chrétienne can help these people materially and spiritually, inviting them to become agents of mercy themselves.
Furthermore, together with spazio + spadoni, we seek to introduce the works of mercy to those who do not know them. To achieve this, the sisters include this theme in their teaching and invite young people to put it into practice.

Congregation: Sœurs Missionnaires de Jésus Emmanuel
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Kisantu – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Charism: Revealing the Father to humanity and reconciling people with him through a life of harmony.
The Congregation’s main activities are based on schooling, education and mentoring unemployed young people.

Congregation: Sœurs de Sainte Thérèse de l’Enfant Jésus de Basankusu
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Basankusu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Superior General of the Sœurs de Sainte Thérèse de l’Enfant Jésus de Basankusu, Sister Félicité discovered spazio + spadoni during the UISG General Assembly held in Rome in May 2025.

Date and place of birth: 27/07/1983 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Congregation: Sainte Famille d’Helmet
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Role with spazio + spadoni: WORKS OF MERCY

Congregation: Serve di Maria Riparatrici
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Bivigliano, Florence
Charism: Bear witness to the Gospel in fraternal communion, placing ourselves at the service of God and humanity, looking to Jesus the servant, who gave his life for humanity and revealed that we are all children of the same Father and brothers and sisters to one another.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: Together with her community, she hosted Sister Margaret for six months while she took part in the HIC SUM project with the Misericordia di Bivigliano.

Date and place of birth: 18/01/1975 Burundi
Congregation: Congregazione Missionaria Sorelle Di S. Gemma
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Municipality of Capannori – Province of Lucca – Italy
Congregation website: http://www.suoresantagemma.it/
Education and training: Diploma as a Social Services Technician
Diploma in Theology
Degree in Religious Studies
Degree in Humanities
Degree in Education Sciences
Charism: Following Saint Gemma, the heart of our charism is Christ Crucified, the revelation of God’s infinite love for humanity.
Missionary experiences: I belong to a missionary Congregation, so I am always on mission, both in parishes in our Diocese and in various regions of Italy for evangelisation.
Experiences abroad: Italy
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Germany
Côte d’Ivoire
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: I know the founder, the secretary and some collaborators. I took part in the Missionary Tuesdays, both “Fare Spazio” conventions, in person and through social media, the training on the works of mercy in Loppiano and the training held at San Cerbone.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR/OTHER
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? For me, spazio + spadoni is a great opportunity offered to all our religious Congregations and beyond.
Future projects: Work with spazio + spadoni to spread throughout the world this wonderful missionary initiative, which promotes knowledge and practice of the works of mercy.

Congregation: Sisters of Our Lady of Good Counsel of Mbarara
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Mbarara – Uganda
The Mother General met spazio + spadoni in person at the UISG Assembly in Rome in 2025. The Congregation has already worked with the Movement for several years, since Sister Christine began the HIC SUM project at the Misericordia di Canosa di Puglia in January 2022. The project continues in Mbarara through the development of a bakery.
Together with spazio + spadoni and the Diocese, the Congregation organised a Forum on the rEvolution of the works of mercy in September 2025.

Congregation: Suore Domenicane Missionarie delle Famiglie
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Isiro, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Date and place of birth: 22/01/1977 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Congregation: Piccole Suore della Presentazione di Maria al Tempio
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Butembo-Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Superior General of the Congregazione Piccole Suore della Presentazione di Maria al Tempio, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Date and place of birth: 19/04/1970 Burundi
Congregation: Suore Bene Mariya
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Bene Mariya Nostra Signora di Fatima community, Rohero II, Bujumbura, Burundi
Education and training: Science-stream secondary education; religious formation, degree in Architecture in Milan; pastoral formation.
Charism: Help the Christian Spirit flourish in families throughout the world.
Experiences abroad: Studies in Milan
2012–2013: nursing service in a hospital in India
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM project at the Misericordia di Sansepolcro (2021–2022)
Participation in spazio + spadoni’s first “Fare Spazio alla Reciprocità” convention (September 2021)
Loppiano (November and December 2022), on the works of mercy and work in religious Congregations
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR/OTHER
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? I greatly appreciate spazio + spadoni and its initiative to work with religious Congregations, especially African ones. spazio + spadoni is a school for spreading the works of mercy: it is very urgent in today’s world to speak about them loudly and clearly. For me, spazio + spadoni is the messenger of these works. It is still young and also needs a very solid structure to follow and manage the HIC SUM projects it has already launched.
I deeply wish to see training for sisters one day in Africa, Asia and Latin America. This would help them remain in their own settings. It is a proposal; project design and starting dates differ from one situation to another. Various factors interact. Communication tools and support may be needed. Finally, I offer my gratitude and thanks to Luigi, the initiator and founder, together with all my encouragement and support, if they can be useful.
Future projects: Create a centre to offer accommodation and support to girls in difficulty in Bujumbura, Burundi.

Date and place of birth: 26/05/1981 in Italy
Congregation: Figlie di Maria Missionarie
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Massa Centro (MS), Italy
Education and training: Degree in Economics and Commerce
Certificate as a socio-educational facilitator
Charism: Marian and missionary
Missionary experiences: A pastoral ministry of encounter and closeness. The charism of relationship.
Experiences abroad: Côte d’Ivoire
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: An ongoing relationship and promotion of a shared project. A continuing presence at the Misericordia.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR/OTHER
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? The projects in preparation are unique opportunities not to be missed.
Future projects: Continue collaborating with spazio + spadoni while maintaining a presence in the Misericordie, so that we can walk together.

Date and place of birth: 05/04/1967 Mexico
Congregation: Missionarie Catechiste dei Sacri Cuori di Gesù e di Maria
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Mexico
Congregation website: http://www.misionerascatequistas.org/
Superior General of the Congregazione Missionarie Catechiste dei Sacri Cuori di Gesù e di Maria, Mexico.

Date and place of birth: 06/11/1964 India
Congregation: Suore Figlie di San Francesco di Sales
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Bari, Italy

Date and place of birth: 03/02/1962 Burundi
Congregation: Congregazione Missionaria Sorelle Di Santa Gemma
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Kavimvira, Province of South Kivu – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Congregation website: http://www.suoresantagemma.it/
Education and training: I am a nurse and a primary-school teacher.
Charism: Our charism takes concrete form in the fourth vow we make at profession: remembering and promoting the Passion of Jesus through our daily, community and apostolic life. We seek a deep understanding of all situations of suffering in the world, especially the suffering of those who are not accepted.
Missionary experiences: Through baptism, every Christian is a missionary.
Experiences abroad: My first missionary experience was in my own country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where I provided catechesis and prepared children for the sacraments of Christian initiation.
My second experience was in Côte d’Ivoire, still in Africa, but I can say I experienced a different Africa! Traditions, customs and ways of thinking were different; only the French language and our black skin were shared. My fellow sisters and I lived in a village called Sago, where we cared pastorally for the whole person, in their human, cultural and spiritual dimensions. To evangelise someone, we must know them: this is our way of life.
My third missionary experience was in Italy, where things were also difficult, especially because of the language and the cold. I lived in the community of Cariati, in southern Italy, where I taught catechism to children. Every Sunday, I brought Communion to the sick, particularly elderly people, almost all of whom lived alone. During our prayer together, my presence brought comfort.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: Mr Luigi spoke about the HIC SUM project to Mother Elisabetta Giussani, Superior General of our Congregation. He expressed the wish to start a project, accompanied by our charism, in Africa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, particularly in Kavimvira, where we are based. Mother accepted and assigned me to the mission in Kavimvira, specifically at the shrine of Santa Maria Madre e Regina in the Diocese of Uvira, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Without delay, I began training at the Misericordia di Santa Gemma in the province of Lucca before returning to the Congo, my homeland. On 29 September 2021, this wonderful experience began with local lay volunteers. It is based above all on giving ourselves, as well as on supporting and bringing relief to others. Almost two years have passed since we started with the volunteer group “misericordia spazio + spadoni”. Every Sunday, we meet to plan the apostolate for the week, which each of us carries out in a group or individually. All the volunteers are happy to serve.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR/OTHER
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? spazio + spadoni is a providential help for people in need, who feel recognised and supported in their circumstances through this work.
Future projects: I thank spazio + spadoni for what it has done and continues to do. This initiative is very positive and important. If possible, we suggest organising training in Africa too, so that lay volunteers can also participate.

Congregation: Sisters of St. Joseph of Mombasa
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Mombasa, Kenya

Date and place of birth: 14/08/1977, Burundi
Congregation: Foyer de Charitè de Bujumbura
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Rome

Date and place of birth: 01/06/1982 Kenya
Congregation: Suore Di S. Giuseppe Mombasa
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Kwale Novitiate – Archdiocese of Mombasa – Kenya
Congregation website: http://www.ssjmombasa.org/
Education and training: Montessori College (teacher)
Catechism course
Charism: Bear witness simply to the saving and evangelising mission of Jesus Christ among the people with whom we live.
Missionary experiences: In Kenya, I served as headteacher at a school where I also taught. It was rewarding to guide others along the right path. Missionary work with children aged 6 to 12.
Experiences abroad: Italy e Tanzania
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: I certainly learned a great deal from spazio + spadoni, especially in understanding the works of mercy. Always ready to say “YES” – HIC SUM!
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR/OTHER
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? spazio + spadoni is a great opportunity because it brings people together. It introduced me to ideas and people I did not know before.
Future projects: Continue holding workshops on different subjects, such as the one we held in English and French on the works of mercy. Where possible, seminars can bring together French-speaking, English-speaking and Spanish-speaking countries.

Date and place of birth: 08/05/1984, Burundi
Congregation: Foyer de Charitè de Bujumbura
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Rome

Date and place of birth: 20/12/1955
Congregation: Ancelle del Santo Bambino Gesù
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Holy Spirit Parish Omagba, Onitsha Anambra State, Nigeria
Congregation website: https://hhcj.org
Education and training: Postgraduate diploma in Agricultural Education
Charism: Our charism is “All Embracing Charity”: charity that embraces everything.
Missionary experiences: I had the opportunity to visit and interact with people from other countries, such as Canada, Kenya and Italy.
Experiences abroad: In Italy, I cared for elderly people and deepened my love for the poor and the elderly.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: I experienced diligence in work and commitment to developing self-reliance.
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? This is an extension of Christ’s saving work on earth, which knows no boundaries.
Future projects: I would welcome adding a small poultry-farming project alongside fish farming.

Congregation: Soeurs Servantes de Jesus
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Date and place of birth: 10/04/1982 India
Congregation: Suore del Sacro Cuore di Gesù
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Camaiore (Lucca)
Congregation website: http://sacredheartvellore.com
Charism: Serve abandoned people and the poor.
Missionary experiences: I am having a very special experience at the Misericordia. The association carries out a variety of activities, which help me understand the importance of what I do, particularly within the facility.
Role with spazio + spadoni: WORKS OF MERCY

Congregation: Suore Passioniste di San Paolo della Croce
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Lagos, Nigeria

Congregation: Suore del Sacro Cuore di Gesù di Ragusa
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Rome, Italy

Congregation: Suore Dimora Della Carità
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Lucca
Charism: Praise God, welcome his love and share it throughout the world: God’s love has no boundaries. Our apostolate takes place in hospitals, primary and secondary schools, parish outreach, catechesis, and visits to the sick in their homes and in hospitals. We share what we have with the poor.

Date and place of birth: 12/12/1972 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Congregation: Piccole Suore della Presentazione di Maria al Tempio
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Noto, Italy
Role with spazio + spadoni: WORKS OF MERCY

Date and place of birth: 27/04/1935 Italy
Congregation: Suore Figlie di San Francesco di Sales
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Lucca, Italy
Charism: Be women with an ardent love for God and humanity.
In the light of the charism inspired by the Holy Spirit in the Founder, our missionary urgency is expressed through the apostolate of prayer, education in faith and charitable action.

Date and place of birth: 28/07/1984 Tanzania
Congregation: African Benedectine Sisters of Ndanda
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Narunyu Novitiate – Tanzania
Education and training: Montessori College
Training in Administration
Charism: Ora et Labora – Prayer and Work
Missionary experiences: In Tanzania, I taught in a nursery school for four years.
I also taught catechism in schools.
Experiences abroad: Italy
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: For me, my experience with spazio + spadoni is good because it helps us work with love in the community where I will serve.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR/OTHER
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? The project is beautiful and continues to grow in other countries through service.
Future projects: Develop the HIC SUM project and the resulting social enterprise in my community.

Congregation: Religiose di Maria Immacolata, missionarie clarettiane
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Rome
Superior General of the Religiose di Maria Immacolata, Claretian missionaries.

Date and place of birth: 20/05/1968 India
Congregation: Figlie di San Francesco di Sales
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Brazil
Congregation website: https://www.suorefigliedisanfrancescodisales.org/
Charism: Apostolate of prayer and the education of young people
Missionary experiences: In the various missions where I have served, I carried out pastoral and educational work, as well as personal-development programmes with university students.
Experiences abroad: India
Italy
Cameroon
Chad
Brazil
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM project at the Misericordia di Lucca
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR/OTHER
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? When I think of spazio + spadoni, I immediately picture a tall man with white hair and a white beard, and a strong, resolute voice. A man of great kindness and determination to do good, and to support those who do good for others: our very dear Luigi Spadoni!
My experience with spazio + spadoni is very beautiful and interesting in the field where I work.
Future projects: We started making candles and are still continuing this activity.

Date and place of birth: 24/05/1949 Italy
Congregation: Istituto delle Suore Maestre di Santa Dorotea
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Lucca, Italy

Congregation: Famiglia Missionaria della Redenzione
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Rovigo – Italy

Date and place of birth: 01/01/1985 Rwanda
Congregation: Suore Dimora Della Carità
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Huye – Rwanda
Education and training: 7 years of religious formation in my Congregation, “Suore Dimora della Carità”. I trained with spazio + spadoni through the HIC SUM project for 6 months within a Misericordia.
I worked for one year in a nursery school and for two years in a secondary school in the Diocese of Byumba as a facilitator.
6 months of training in Italy in the community of the sisters of Santa Gemma, serving at the Misericordia di Uzzano. I received first-aid training from the volunteers of the Misericordia di Santa Gemma and attended the course on the works of mercy in Loppiano.
Charism: Praise God, welcome his love and share it throughout the world: God’s love has no boundaries. Our apostolate takes place in hospitals, primary and secondary schools, parish outreach, catechesis, and visits to the sick in their homes and in hospitals. We share what we have with the poor.
Missionary experiences: I spent six months in Italy through spazio + spadoni’s HIC SUM project.
Experiences abroad: I spent 6 months in Italy.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR/OTHER
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? It is an organisation that supports missionary Congregations and also seeks to promote initiatives and activities that help others.
Future projects: Together with the other women ambassadors, I wish to contribute to any activity that seeks to promote the spirit of the works of mercy.

Date and place of birth: 23/08/1986 Burundi
Congregation: Suore Bene Mariya
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Madre Maria della Provvidenza Di Mivo. Bene Mariya Mivo-hospital community, Mivo, Ngozi, Ngozi Province, Burundi
Education and training: I attended Technical School, legal stream. I am a lawyer and hold an A2-level diploma qualifying me in law, accounting, economics, commerce, secretarial work, taxation and land matters.
Charism: Help the Christian Spirit flourish in families throughout the world.
Missionary experiences: Since mission does not mean “leaving one’s country to go elsewhere”, I am proud to leave one community for another when asked. A sister of the Suore Bene Mariya must go beyond herself to fulfil the wishes of others. I too must live this attitude of self-denial through obedience, which helps me live this missionary life wherever I am. I must live mission every day, every hour.
Experiences abroad: I had the opportunity to live abroad, in Italy. I met many people from different backgrounds, inspired by the spirit of giving. I lived with consecrated and non-consecrated people who enriched me through their way of life. I ate things I had never seen before, such as “gambelette”, and experienced so much that I came to admire mission enthusiastically. I took part in training with several Misericordia associations and learned many important things about the community life of a consecrated person and about public life: cooking, first aid for others and more.
I also attended a week-long gathering in Lucca, where I experienced unforgettable moments at spazio + spadoni’s “Fare Spazio” convention.
I also made worthwhile journeys to visit holy places.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: I learned many things with spazio + spadoni through the Misericordia associations I attended for 6 months. Their services to disadvantaged families, which also lie at the heart of our charism, motivated me greatly. I accompanied volunteers distributing food parcels to the poor and transporting the sick to hospital. I then attended training on the HIC SUM project and practical everyday activities: making bread and biscuits, firefighting and medical first aid.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR/OTHER
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? I appreciated spazio + spadoni as a setting for reciprocity, exchanging ideas, and intellectual, spiritual and cultural formation. With spazio + spadoni, we can acquire knowledge that helps us reach the stature of a fully developed person. I listened to interesting scholars and teachings from biblical specialists. I could say spazio + spadoni is like a religious Congregation: it surprised me! It is a setting for dialogue, fraternity and joy, a school of the merciful love of God the Father. May God always bless spazio + spadoni and its missions.
Future projects: I would prefer to begin producing bread, using the oven and its accessories.

Date and place of birth: 03/08/1989 Nigeria
Congregation: Ancelle del Santo Bambino Gesù
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Idah, Nigeria
Congregation website: https://hhcj.org

Date and place of birth: 28/07/1978 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Congregation: Suore Missionarie Domenicane delle Famiglie
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Communauté Bienheureuse Anuarite – Magambe Isiro – Haut Uele – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Education and training: Medical studies; I am a doctor.
Charism: Preaching through family pastoral ministry
Missionary experiences: 22 years of religious life
Experiences abroad: Uganda (formation)
Italy (spazio + spadoni)
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: During our experience in Italy through the HIC SUM project, we received training in first aid, pastry-making, agriculture and geriatrics, as well as the works of mercy and volunteering.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR/OTHER
Future projects: An ambulance for the Centre Hospitalier Mere Lucie.

Date and place of birth: 14/06/1966 Philippines
Congregation: Suore Oblate Del Santo Spirito
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Maison De Formation, Ngoya, Diocese d’obala, Cameroon
Congregation website: http://suoreoblatedellospiritosanto.com
Education and training: Degree in Business Economics, specialising in Accounting;
Master’s degree in Religion
Training on the works of mercy and the Economy of Communion (17 November to 21 December 2022, Loppiano)
Charism: Devotion to the Holy Spirit, following the Lord Jesus, filled with the Holy Spirit, living in faith, openness to grace and fraternal communion; spreading knowledge of and devotion to the Holy Spirit.
Missionary experiences: Formator of novices, postulants and junior sisters
Religious education teacher
Experiences abroad: Religious education teacher, vocation promoter, formator of aspirants and postulants (in Cameroon since December 2016)
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR/OTHER
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? spazio + spadoni is an association inspired by the Holy Spirit, created to help everyone carry out works of mercy wherever there are people in need and the poor.
Future projects: A workshop:
for liturgical linen, religious habits, school uniforms, kaba garments and other items;
to offer sewing courses.

Date and place of birth: 18/02/1943 India
Congregation: Istituto “Figlie di San Francesco”
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Pisa, Italy
Education and training: Superior General of the Istituto “Figlie di San Francesco”
Diploma in professional nursing.
Diploma in paediatric nursing (Vigilatrice d’infanzia).
Teaching qualification diploma for the preparatory level
Religious and spiritual journey. After several courses of formation and preparation for consecrated life, I entered the Institute in 1954.
Charism: The Figlie di San Francesco are inspired by the request Saint Francis made to the Lord in prayer at La Verna: to feel in his body and heart all the suffering of the Passion, and all the love that burned within him as he willingly endured the Passion for us sinners. From their holy Patron they draw the courage to persevere and the charity that is patient, kind and selfless, thinks no evil, does not rejoice in another’s misfortune but rejoices in the truth, believes all things, bears all things and hopes all things, as Saint Paul says. The Institute was not originally founded to establish a work to help the poor, those in need or others. Sister Caterina simply wished to live her vocation in intimacy with God, in the spirit of Saint Francis, through Prayer and Penance, serving the Community, working and sharing life together. Saint Francis said that a friar should eat through the work of his own hands; in this sense, they may be described as an institute of penitential life.
Missionary experiences: India
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: Our Institute’s collaboration with spazio + spadoni began when our community in Borgo a Mozzano welcomed two sisters from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who were undertaking HIC SUM training at a Misericordia in Italy. After that experience, we too decided to join the project, which is now developing in one of our communities in Timor-Leste with our Sister Ansila.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? I thank spazio + spadoni for its efforts to support our Congregation and many others.
Future projects: We are currently developing a fish-farming project in our community in Timor-Leste with Sister Ansila, who trained in Italy. She is also leading a group of volunteers with whom she carries out works of mercy according to spazio + spadoni’s charism. We hope the social enterprise can grow and become self-sustaining.

Congregation: Oblate dello Spirito Santo
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Lucca, Italy

Congregation: Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters of Morogoro – Mgolole
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Morogoro, Tanzania
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM

Date and place of birth: 27/03/1991 Nigeria
Congregation: Ancelle Del Santo Bambino Gesù
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): State of the Ancilla community, Calabar, Nigeria
Congregation website: https://hhcj.org/
Education and training: West African secondary-school certificate and school studies diploma.
Charism: The inspiration Mother Mary Charles Magdalen Walker, RSC, received from the Holy Spirit and passed down to us is “All-embracing charity”, founded on personal love for Christ and humanity.
Missionary experiences: My experience in my local surroundings is good, both inwardly and outwardly.
Experiences abroad: So far, wherever I have visited, I have always met good people, who also tell me I have been a positive presence. My experience has always been good.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: Working with spazio + spadoni has been a beautiful experience for me personally. Above all, it allowed me to build relationships with people I had never met before, especially the president of the Misericordia where I served in Italy, Mr Claudio, and all the people of Firenzuola. They all gave me a great deal on a personal level.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR/OTHER
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? Their work should continue to grow, and they should ensure that the next generation can also benefit from it, so that the poor may continue to benefit from these works of mercy.
Future projects: I would like to establish a poultry farm as a project of mercy, or another project, rather than continue producing bread as originally planned.

Date and place of birth: 05/02/1970 Burundi
Congregation: Congregation Des Soeurs du Coeur Immacule de Marie (Soeurs Bene Mariya)
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Ngozi, Burundi
Education and training: 1. General Humanities: Modern Literature stream 2. University of Ngozi, Faculty of Political, Economic and Administrative Sciences – Department of Advanced Business Studies 3. Catholic University of Lille, France – ISEA (Higher Institute of Expertise and Auditing): Accounting Control and Audit (CCA)
Experiences abroad: Studies at the Catholic University of Lille, France
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: – Participation in the course on the works of mercy in Loppiano from 21/11/2022 to 16/12/2022
– One week of experience at the Misericordia di Orta Nova from 17/12/2022 to 23/12/2022.
– One month of experience at the Misericordia di Otranto from 23/12/2022 to 23/01/2023
Role with spazio + spadoni: WORKS OF MERCY
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? spazio + spadoni was a new discovery for me. I greatly appreciate the courage to “speak to people about the works of mercy” and the many efforts to spread them throughout the world. I also admire the preferential choice for women’s Congregations.
I greatly enjoyed the sisters’ training in Loppiano and in the Misericordie in Italy.
I could say many more beautiful things, but simply… Congratulations and thank you!
Future projects: Spread the works of mercy among families.

Congregation: Sainte Famille di Kisangani
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo
She is engaged in the formation of novices and in making Blessed Anuarite, the Congo’s first beatified martyr, better known.
She was a speaker at the Forum on the rEvolution of the works of mercy held in Kisangani. On that occasion, she recalled the Blessed and how she lived the works of mercy through caring for the elderly, service and concrete commitment.

Date and place of birth: 12/12/1977 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Congregation: Suore Della Famiglia Missionaria Dominicana
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Bse Anuarite community – Magambe Isiro – Haut Uele – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Education and training: Doctor of Medicine, Surgery and Obstetrics
Charism: Preaching through family pastoral ministry
Missionary experiences: Kisangani (studies)
Durba (mission)
Dingila (mission)
Experiences abroad: Spain (community experience)
Colombia (formation)
Italy (formation)
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: In Loppiano, Italy, I lived a community, spiritual and educational experience aimed at strengthening my skills in the works of mercy.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR/OTHER
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? spazio + spadoni seeks to collaborate by accompanying and putting the works of mercy into practice through the HIC SUM project, within the different missions and charisms of the Congregations.
Future projects: Create a volunteer association, promote and expand the Centre Hospitalier Mere Lucie Idey, and establish cooperation for the development of families.

Date and place of birth: 28/05/1979 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Congregation: Piccole Suore della Presentazione di Maria al Tempio
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Noto, Italy
Role with spazio + spadoni: WORKS OF MERCY

Date and place of birth: 25/10/1972 Burundi
Congregation: Congrégation des Sœurs Servantes du Seigneur (Bene Umukama) du Burundi
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Bujumbura, Burundi
Superior General of the Sœurs Servantes du Seigneur (Bene Umukama) Congregation in Burundi.

Congregation: Petites Soeurs de l’Evangélisation
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Wamba, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Date and place of birth: 04/06/1961 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Congregation: Serve di Gesù
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Mattysen – Avenue Des Eurables – Ville De Kisangani – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Education and training: Diploma in Pedagogy
Diploma in Religious Formation (3 years)
Charism: The Congregation’s charism is service in simplicity and humility, following the example of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus.
Missionary experiences: My missionary experiences have taken the following forms:
Formator – 12 years
General Councillor – 6 years
Superior General – 6 years
Community Superior – 4 years
Community Treasurer – 4 years
Parish pastoral work as a vocation facilitator and catechist – 7 years
Experiences abroad: Italy
Uganda
Kenya
Tanzania
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: Since 2022, I have taken part in spazio + spadoni’s HIC SUM project, which led me to undertake 6 months of training in Italy at the Misericordia di Villanova Monteleone in Sardinia.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR/OTHER
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? Through the HIC SUM project, spazio + spadoni helped develop a local activity to finance my community’s work in support of the poor and those in need.
Future projects: For the future, we are planning with spazio + spadoni to improve the palm-oil extraction activity already present in my community, so as to increase production.

Date and place of birth: 18/01/1989 Rwanda
Congregation: Suore Ministre degli Infermi di San Camillo
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Molo Nakuru – Kenya
Congregation website: https://camilliane.it
Education and training: Primary and secondary school.
Specific training within the Congregation for the care of the sick.
Charism: Bear witness to the world of God’s love for the poor who are sick and for those who suffer.
Missionary experiences: Since entering the Congregation on 14/07/2016, I have had various missionary experiences, ranging from building community to apostolic work:
I visited, listened to and served the poor and the sick in the deprived neighbourhoods of GATAKA and KUWINDA.
I had a missionary experience at the dispensary of the Wajir Catholic Mission, where I served as a receptionist, worked in the pharmacy and also assisted in the maternity ward.
I served at a rehabilitation centre, where I gave massages to children with disabilities and taught them different school subjects. I fed them and involved them in physical activities, such as outdoor games.
I worked at TABAKA hospital, particularly in the women’s ward, carrying out various tasks such as accompanying sick women to the examination room and transporting the deceased to the mortuary.
I also took part in the apostolate of visiting women in prison.
I visited abandoned children in the orphanage.
Experiences abroad: ITALY AND KENYA
When I arrived in Italy, the sisters at our General House welcomed me warmly, showing me their love and care. They accompanied me to spiritual sites, including the birthplace and baptismal place of our Foundress, Blessed Maria Domenica Brun Barbantini; Piazza Maddalena, where Saint Camillus’ heart is kept; the Vatican Museums; and Saint Peter’s Square.
When I arrived in Viareggio, where I undertook HIC SUM training, I experienced the joy of the fraternal embrace of Luigi Spadoni, Gemma and the sisters of that community.
I lived in different communities, where I had the opportunity to meet people with different cultures and personalities. Being with elderly people helped me learn new things with wisdom through their advice. At the Misericordia di Viareggio, I learned and developed communication skills and ways of approaching people in need. I also helped check medicine expiry dates.
I assisted people with physical disabilities by transporting them from their families to rehabilitation centres, and I also worked with a group that helps disadvantaged people.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: Through the relationship between spazio + spadoni and the leaders of our Congregation, I freely accepted their invitation to come to Italy, experience the works of mercy and develop a spirit of volunteering in social services. I experienced the fraternal love and care of Luigi Spadoni, Selene Pera and the other sisters we met at San Cerbone, where we shared our joy, meals, a pilgrimage to Montenero and other moments. They helped me discover and deepen many things: the HIC SUM project, agricultural techniques, the works of mercy, first-aid procedures, making CROLINE, economic concepts such as budgeting, business, accounting, computing and more.
I also attended training on volunteering and the “Fare Spazio al Coraggio” convention.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR/OTHER
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? spazio + spadoni continues the work of the Holy Spirit, expressed in this great embrace of charisms and their missions, particularly those of women’s Congregations in the world’s poorer countries.
Future projects: My aim is to commit to projects such as agriculture and animal husbandry, to support and spread the spirit of voluntary works of mercy through the HIC SUM project.

Date and place of birth: 19/12/1971, Cameroon
Congregation: Suore Betlemite
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Bafia, Cameroon
Education and training: Secondary-school diploma with a languages specialisation.
Degree in Education Sciences and a second-cycle degree in Pedagogical Sciences. Degree in Theology. Various master’s qualifications.
Charism: Contemplation of the Incarnate Word in Bethlehem
Missionary experiences: Educator, catechist and popular mission in Italy
Experiences abroad: Italy
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: She organised the Forum on the rEvolution of the works of mercy in Bafia, Cameroon. She currently heads the diocesan office for spreading the works of mercy in Cameroon.
Role with spazio + spadoni: WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? I think spazio + spadoni is a new way of evangelising and carrying out mission through spreading the works of mercy. We bring the Good News and draw back towards the Church those who have moved away, among other things. I would like everyone to discover this new mission.
Future projects: Involve as many people as possible in getting to know spazio + spadoni and encourage them to live according to its spirit.

Date and place of birth: 22/06/1984 Philippines
Congregation: Oblate dello Spirito Santo
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Lucca, Italy
Charism: Our charism is devotion to the Holy Spirit: to love him and lead others to love him, cultivating and spreading devotion to the Holy Spirit, as well as preserving and propagating the faith.
Education and training: 2001–2005 Degree in Biology, Far Eastern University, Philippines
2014–2016 Diploma in Theology, Institute of Formation and Religious Studies, Philippines
2017–2019 Postgraduate School in Education, Cabarrus Catholic College, Philippines
Missionary experiences: 2013–2016 Teacher, Blessed Elena Academy, Pasay, Philippines (involvement in Campus Ministry and Parish Music Ministry)
2017–2022 Teacher, Cabarrus Catholic College, Negros, Philippines (involvement in Christian Formation Ministry and in the relief mission/outreach programme for victims of Typhoon Odette)
2020–2022 Coordinator, Congregation Vocation Ministry, Philippines
2023–present. Filipino community in Lucca (Cenacle Christian Community)
Experiences abroad: 10 years in the Philippines
2 years in Italy
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: July 2024 – Training on the works of mercy in Rome
Role with spazio + spadoni: Works of Mercy
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? In a troubled and wounded world, we are grateful to know that spazio + spadoni is one of the expressions of God’s mercy towards his people. spazio + spadoni is a safe space where God’s love and mercy become real through volunteers working together to reach those in need. spazio + spadoni is a family where there is room to be ourselves and become a joyful witness to God’s love and mercy. God’s mercy is always at work!

Date and place of birth: 01/06/1973 Côte d’Ivoire
Congregation: Movimento dei Focolari
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Rome, Italy

Date and place of birth: 17/03/1983 India
Congregation: Suore Francescane Di San Tommaso – India
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Anghiari (Arezzo) – Italy
Education and training: I studied intellectual disability, MSc Psychology and Family Counselling.
Charism: “Proclaim the Good News to the poor and the oppressed”
Missionary experiences: It is also an inner journey, discovering what truly matters, bringing out the best and putting it into practice every day wherever the Lord inspires us to serve. I worked in schools and with orphaned children, and for six years I was secretary to the Mother General. I am currently Delegate Superior for the mission in Europe.
Experiences abroad: I offer my personal talents to meet the needs of those who host us. At the same time, I remain fully available for any task: accompanying and helping the sick, welcoming people, pastoral work and supporting the simplest and humblest people. I do all this with great joy in serving those in need. I am currently carrying out my mission in Italy.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: It is an organisation that gives us rich experience and opens our eyes to help people in need. It guides us to recognise the value of spirituality through our activities and missions. It teaches us to make room for reciprocity and courage and conveys the value of mission within the Misericordia. It has allowed us to make every action fruitful and helps us grow in all our talents: knowledge, values, faith, friendships and culture. I learned from spazio + spadoni the wisdom of giving bread to the hungry and those in need: RECEIVING AND GIVING. Long live spazio + spadoni!
Role with spazio + spadoni: We follow all spazio + spadoni activities. Through it, we opened a community in Anghiari.
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? I believe spazio + spadoni offers a future rich in life to the poor throughout the world and to poorer Congregations such as ours. I sincerely thank LUIGI SPADONI for this opportunity and his generosity.
Future projects: BUILD A WELCOMING HOME IN INDIA, to welcome people in difficulty, regardless of nationality or religion, who for various social, environmental or family reasons are forced to leave their families and society, so that they may bring light to their lives in complete serenity.

Date and place of birth: 30/05/1966 India
Congregation: Suore Figlie di San Francesco di Sales
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Lucca, Italy
Community: Convent of San Cerbone (LU)
Charism: Be women with an ardent love for God and humanity.
In the light of the charism inspired by the Holy Spirit in the Founder, our missionary urgency is expressed through the apostolate of prayer, education in faith and charitable action.

Date and place of birth: 30/08/1991 Tanzania
Congregation: Suore di San Giuseppe di Mombasa
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Tanzania
Congregation website: http://www.ssjmombasa.org/
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM

Congregation: Suore Figlie di San Francesco di Sales
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Rome, Italy
Charism: Be women with an ardent love for God and humanity.
In the light of the charism inspired by the Holy Spirit in the Founder, our missionary urgency is expressed through the apostolate of prayer, education in faith and charitable action.

Congregation: Suore Mantellate Serve di Maria
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Florence, Italy

Date and place of birth: 13/10/1971 Central African Republic
Congregation: Figlie di Maria Missionarie
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Bouca, Central African Republic
Education and training: I trained in healthcare; I am a midwife.
Charism: We work in youth education and the advancement of women. We serve the poor and carry out parish ministry.
Missionary experiences: I worked in healthcare, education and the advancement of women, particularly with marginalised women and young girls in the small villages of Banguietà-Bouca. I taught catechism to children and organised activities with parish youth.
Experiences abroad: In Côte d’Ivoire, I worked with young people in our parish in Abidjan and provided catechesis.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: I had a beautiful community experience with sisters from different Congregations, during training to deepen our knowledge of the works of mercy.
Role with spazio + spadoni: WORKS OF MERCY
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? It is a movement that supports Congregations in difficulty.
Future projects: Continue training, project monitoring and evaluation.

Date and place of birth: 01/08/1965 Benin
Superior General of the Institut des Servantes de la Lumière du Christ Congregation, Benin.

Date and place of birth: 26/10/1971 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Congregation: Suore della Santa Famiglia di Kisangani
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Education and training: University studies: degree in Specialised Sociology and Sociology of Education.
Charism: The human and Christian development of the family, the fundamental cell of society and the Church.
We work mainly in schools, through catechesis and visits to families.
Missionary experiences: I had an excellent experience in pastoral work, teaching with students and colleagues, in Catholic Action movements and in training facilitators for small children, young people and others.
Experiences abroad: Abroad, I met Superiors of other Congregations. We held training sessions and worked in groups in Italy.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: We chose a sister from our Congregation to take part in the HIC SUM project. I came to know spazio + spadoni directly through meeting Luigi and Selene.
spazio + spadoni supports our fish-farming project and supported the training and travel of one of our sisters, Sister Annie, who returned to Italy for further training on the works of mercy.
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? Creating this initiative, open to the world and intended to reach people, is a very good idea. With God’s grace, we can look towards a better future by forming men and women and awakening in them a heart oriented towards sharing and mercy. We experience a Christian sense of fraternity and sharing.
Future projects: We encourage this initiative and congratulate the organisers of spazio + spadoni for this work of human development throughout the world. May it always continue to support works of charity and fraternity.

Congregation: Suore Mantellate Serve di Maria
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Florence, Italy

Date and place of birth: 22/10/1977 Egypt
Congregation: Movimento dei Focolari
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Loppiano, Italy
Education and training: Degree in Pedagogy and English Literature; master’s degree in Trinitarian Ontology, theological stream (in progress).
Charism: The spirit of the Focolare, of Chiara Lubich.
Missionary experiences: In Egypt (Sohag and Cairo), Syria (Aleppo and Damascus), Lebanon and Iraq.
Experiences abroad: Rome and Loppiano.
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? An opportunity that creates space and networks, effective in making the world a better place.

Congregation: Suore Comboniane del Cuore di Gesù
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Provincial head of the Congo Province. Sister Nicole was a speaker at the Forum on the rEvolution of the works of mercy held in Kisangani. On that occasion, she presented the Comboni charism and the experience of their mission as a work of mercy. The Comboni sisters in Kisangani welcome poor, abandoned and homeless people, and accompany children with learning difficulties and groups of people living with AIDS.

Date and place of birth: 13/11/1946 Italy
Congregation: Figlie di Maria Ausiliatrice
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Acireale, Italy
Education and training: Salesian spirituality
Charism: Salesian, oriented towards youth education
Missionary experiences: Pastoral mission among young people, in schools, youth oratories and catechesis
Experiences abroad:
Indirect sharing with some missionary sisters
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: Experience of collaboration with spazio + spadoni’s mission and shared prayer. A wonderful meeting with Luigi Spadoni and Selene through the Misericordia di Acireale.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? It is a wonderful worldwide movement for the common good, supporting the weakest and promoting their development.
Future projects: May the Lord bless projects that renew hope.

Congregation: Institut Famille des Disciples du Christ
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Bujumbura, Burundi

Date and place of birth: 31/12/1986 Burkina Faso
Congregation: Suore dell’Immacolata Concezione di Ouagadougou
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Burkina Faso
Charism: Work with priests for evangelisation in Africa and throughout the world. We are available for every form of apostolate considered necessary by local leaders and Superiors.
Missionary experiences: I worked in the pastoral life of different parishes, accompanying Catholic Action movements, young people, children and women.
Experiences abroad: I have been on mission in a parish in Italy since 2016.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: “Fare Spazio” convention in Lucca
Assisi – Economy of Francesco
Education and training: On the works of mercy in Loppiano
Experience at the Misericordia di Orta Nova for the HIC SUM project
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR/OTHER
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? spazio + spadoni is a work willed by God, and we are grateful for what it does in the world: making the works of mercy known and putting them into practice. Personally, I have never known anything similar. May the Holy Spirit always accompany you and make fruitful the work you have begun in collaboration with the different Congregations.
Future projects: We have already launched a honey project in Burkina Faso.

Date and place of birth: 18/09/1991
Congregation: Holy Spirit Sisters
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Moshi, Tanzania
Congregation website: https://www.holyspiritsistersalcs.com/
Charism: Our charism is to bring the incarnate love of Christ God to all people and every sphere of life, helping the Church in its work of renewal for a world filled with the Spirit. May God be all in all.
Missionary experiences: Mission is the purpose of the society: to serve the Church in the world, in every sphere of humanity, as a Church in miniature, continuing and bringing to fulfilment the Lord’s mission in the Holy Spirit: “That God may be all in all” (1 Cor 15:28).
Experiences abroad: The society is called, as a missionary community, to influence the world through its life and work. This calling is understood as mission in one’s homeland and culture, and mission among other peoples. We are now in various African countries: Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Malawi. We are also in Germany, the United States (USA), India and the Philippines. Our main apostolic activities focus on pastoral, social, educational and medical work.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: Our experience with spazio + spadoni is expressed in a good relationship during our work and throughout the training aimed at strengthening the works of mercy towards everyone, for example within families, sharing their difficulties.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? Like other organisations involved in the works of mercy, spazio + spadoni brings a missionary work in the world to fruition. We join hands with spazio + spadoni to fulfil God’s desires by carrying out works of mercy tirelessly for those in need.
Future projects: We are currently starting a small chicken-farming project. In future, if possible, we will develop other small projects to help the poor and strengthen the community to some extent.

Congregation: Fraternità Vincenziana Tiberiade
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Massafra (TA)
Founder, in 2011, and leader of the Fraternità Vincenziana Tiberiade, she lives in Massafra, near Taranto in Apulia, at the “Oasi Santa Maria degli Angeli”: one spiritual family bringing together people of different ages and states of life, lay and consecrated. “The inspiration grew out of a long inner journey”: after 27 years of consecrated life in the Congregation of the Daughters of Charity, she decided to follow a further call from the Lord to renew the Vincentian charism of charity, “responding to the urgency of a new evangelisation for today’s poor”.
For years, Sister Palmarita has promoted many initiatives in this distinctive corner of Apulia, overlooking the valley at the foot of the Murgia tarantina. She began by making the Oasi Santa Maria a place of spirituality open to individuals and groups for meetings, retreats and courses.

Date and place of birth: 02/06/1972
Congregation: Suore Domenicane del Santissimo Sacramento
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Orta Nova, Foggia
Education and training: Primary-school certificate and theological formation within the Congregazione delle Suore Domenicane.
Missionary experiences: Local missions welcoming elderly people and caring for children and their development.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: Welcoming sisters.
Role with spazio + spadoni: WORKS OF MERCY
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? I had the opportunity to welcome and help sisters who came for the HIC SUM project at the Misericordia di Orta Nova. It was an excellent initiative that allowed us to discover other cultures and traditions.

Congregation: Suore Passioniste di San Paolo della Croce
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Lagos, Nigeria

Date and place of birth: 28/10/1976
Congregation: Missionarie Catechiste dei Sacri Cuori di Gesù e di Maria
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Tlalpan – Mexico
Congregation website: http://www.misionerascatequistas.org/
Education and training: Diploma in Religious Studies
Diploma in Missiology
Various supplementary courses
Degree in Theology with a specialisation in Spirituality
Charism: Follow Christ the Missionary Catechist, reproducing within ourselves the sentiments of his Sacred Heart in his filial relationship with the Father and in fraternity with everyone, following Mary’s Heart and promoting the sanctification of families.
Missionary experiences: In my country, I have been in the provinces and regions of Puebla, Guerrero, Jalisco and the State of Mexico.
Experiences abroad: In the United States of America (Texas), Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) and Equatorial Guinea (Bioko Island).
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: My experience with spazio + spadoni concerns the HIC SUM project. I took part in two periods of training at San Cerbone. They were sisterly gatherings with other sisters, Luigi Spadoni, Selene, Alessia and Spadoni’s team.
They were interesting times in which I learned and shared spazio + spadoni’s vision of creating sustainable forms of support to help the poor, closely aligned with the Church’s social teaching promoted by the Pope through the Economy of Francesco.
The second occasion was the “Fare Spazio al Coraggio” convention, an important event for training and motivation for the project. All the speakers’ subjects and the testimonies were very interesting.
It was an enriching experience, both personally and ecclesially, through living and sharing with others. Many thanks for the welcome, the affection shown and the many special moments you enabled us to experience. Thank you.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR/OTHER
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? Today, the need to work in a network is felt more strongly, and this is being done in different parts of the world. I see spazio + spadoni as a response to God, who always seeks the good of his poor daughters and sons. In this sense, spazio + spadoni forms part of a response to the vulnerable part of humanity, through projects it promotes with various religious institutes and Misericordia associations in Italy.
It is a space that gives hope to many people and helps build justice, thereby promoting peace. It is a space where God’s Kingdom can sprout like a seed.

Date and place of birth: 15/05/1979 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Congregation: Domenicane Figlie Di Santa Caterina Da Siena
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Maison Constant, Isiro, Haut Uélé, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Education and training: Degree and master’s in Clinical Psychology at the University of Trento.
Charism: The Order’s charism: contemplate and share with others the fruits of one’s contemplation.
Our specific charism: the sanctification of members through the evangelical counsel.
Missionary experiences: Within our country, moving to another community is a missionary experience that allows us to encounter different cultures for evangelisation.
Experiences abroad: Studies in youth pastoral ministry.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: 6 months of training at the Misericordia di Orta Nova and training on the works of mercy in Loppiano.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR/OTHER
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? An excellent association for helping people in need spiritually and materially.
Future projects: Ambassador of the Works of Mercy; collaborate through twinning with the Misericordia di Orta Nova; create a local enterprise, a chicken coop.

Date and place of birth: 20/12/1982 Burundi
Congregation: Institut Famille des Disciples du Christ
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Bururi, Burundi
Role with spazio + spadoni: WORKS OF MERCY

Congregation: Suore Figlie di San Francesco di Sales
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Rome, Italy
Charism: Be women with an ardent love for God and humanity.
In the light of the charism inspired by the Holy Spirit in the Founder, our missionary urgency is expressed through the apostolate of prayer, education in faith and charitable action.

Date and place of birth: 29/05/1985 India
Congregation: Suore Francescane di San Tommaso
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Anghiari, Italy
Education and training: GNM (General Nursing and Midwifery)
Missionary experiences: “The Lord sustains them on their sickbed and restores them from their bed of illness.” Ps 41-3
I believe my calling was to help the sick and the poor. I was trained for this ministry of healing. I served as a nurse in hospitals, offering my knowledge and a listening ear, with great love and affection for the sick and suffering. I love serving them, especially children and the elderly.
Experiences abroad: When I arrived in Italy, learning everything seemed very difficult. It took several months to learn and adapt to this new place: its people, food, culture and more. Once I had adapted, I began to feel very happy. I know I can learn a great deal and work hard. Learning to care for elderly people and serve them with love and affection was very fulfilling. I feel happy and continue to find this happiness in everything I do.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: I would like to thank Mr Luigi Spadoni for giving me the opportunity to work with the Misericordia. I learned many things. I was extremely happy to work for sick children and children with neurological problems, and to learn about the missions being carried out, the number of beneficiaries and more.
Role with spazio + spadoni: WORKS OF MERCY
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? I greatly admire this ministry of helping the poor throughout the world, especially where many suffer hunger, thirst and unemployment. Through it, I feel strongly that I am serving Jesus himself by caring for the sick and the elderly. I am grateful to God for this wonderful opportunity to work with this Movement.
Future projects: We plan to help elderly people, but we do not have a home in which to care for them. Thanks to spazio + spadoni, we are building one, so that we can do our best for them.

Date and place of birth: 30/05/1990 Central African Republic
Congregation: Suore Figlie Di Maria Missionarie
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Nostra Signora della Pace in Mbaiki (Central African Republic)
Education and training: After secondary school, I trained as a nursery-school teacher and attended various training workshops on the risk of trauma and the protection of minors and vulnerable people.
Charism: Youth education, advancement of women and vocation outreach
Missionary experiences: I have 6 years of missionary experience.
Experiences abroad: I undertook two years of training in Côte d’Ivoire and three months of training in Italy.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: I had a very beautiful month-long experience with spazio + spadoni on the works of mercy.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR/OTHER
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? spazio + spadoni is an association that supports missionary Congregations committed to promoting the works of mercy in various ways. It also seeks to promote initiatives and activities to help future generations of third-sector workers in Italy, nurturing volunteers’ discovery of the ideals and spiritual motivation behind their service and encouraging missionary experiences.

Date and place of birth: 05/01/1990 India
Congregation: Suore Francescane di San Tommaso
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Christian, karungullam, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India.
Congregation website: https://fsttrichy.com
Education and training: Nurse
Charism: Preach the Good News to the poor and the oppressed.
Missionary experiences: Our Congregation was founded in 1978. Our mission is to proclaim the Good News to the poor in the Congregation’s name. We provide many services: above all, educating children, serving the sick, helping unemployed women who lack the means to care for their children, welcoming orphans, those without parents, and poor children, providing social services and tailoring, and carrying out pastoral work in the parish. Most of our communities are in rural areas.
Experiences abroad: I know missionary life and the value of work. I want to do my best for our place. Everyone needs our help, particularly elderly people and children with mental difficulties who have no work to support their families. I believe God will give us support and knowledge to do everything with a positive outlook.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: This project aims to support economically disadvantaged people and ensure their livelihood. Sisters working among the poorest people receive training to improve their livelihoods through specific courses: typing, computing, tailoring, napkin-making and bag-making. They provide employment opportunities that should help families manage their lives and support the centre’s upkeep. The project includes a morning task list and budget planning according to the programme we have organised.
This project is entirely based on charity and the development of activities benefiting poor, abandoned and destitute people.
This project motivates us to continue serving without interruption. It should not stop. We should expand it in every possible way.
Jesus called me to religious life. Above all, he called me to carry out this project for the poorest people in my country.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? I would like to thank the spazio + spadoni Foundation for giving us the opportunity to undertake the 6-month project. I have learned many things in these few weeks, especially through listening to the vulnerabilities of sick people. I enjoy working with them. I have discovered the world’s problems and people’s needs. I greatly admire this ministry.
Future projects: Home for the Elderly
I would like to help elderly people.

Date and place of birth: 03/04/1972 Benin
Congregation: Institut des Servantes de la Lumière du Christ
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Cotonou, Benin
Charism: Contemplate the Light of Christ, who is Jesus Christ, in the school of Saint John the Evangelist, and bear witness to him like Saint John the Baptist, who is not the light but comes to bear witness to the Light.
Missionary experiences: Regina Pacis Hospital in the Diocese of Kandi, northern Benin
Experiences abroad: Visits to Parma (Italy) and Valais (Switzerland); leprology course in Fontilles (Spain); Raoul Follerau congress in Paray-le-Monial (France)
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: My experience with spazio + spadoni brought to life the biblical teaching that there is more joy in giving than in receiving. spazio + spadoni is a generous organisation eager to proclaim and live the Gospel Beatitudes, sharing with those in need without expecting anything in return.
Role with spazio + spadoni: WORKS OF MERCY
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? spazio + spadoni is an institution to admire and support for its determination to help religious Congregations and everyone, regardless of circumstances or social standing, awaken to the Lord’s own mission through the works of mercy: a human and spiritual urgency. This is a work guided by the Holy Spirit that must be constantly and continually renewed, and never lost from sight.
Future projects: “The glory of God is the human person standing upright”, Saint Irenaeus said. For future projects, we aim to renew our commitment to the works of mercy. This entails comprehensive spiritual, human and material support. • Carry out works of mercy • Establish profit-making and non-profit activities • Conduct follow-up and evaluation

Date and place of birth: 13/11/1982 India
Congregation: Suore Francescane di San Tommaso
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Tamil Nadu, India
Education and training: M.A., B.Ed. (teacher)
Charism: Proclaim the Good News to the poor and the oppressed.
Missionary experiences: Through my ministry, I am a servant of God.
Experiences abroad: Thanks to my experience at the Misericordia, I am helping the sick. I learned many things to develop my great ministry.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: I admire spazio + spadoni and its significant work in Italy and throughout the world. It renewed my way of thinking about religious life. Thanks to spazio + spadoni, I can do small but necessary things for people in need around the world.
Role with spazio + spadoni: WORKS OF MERCY
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? spazio + spadoni helped us open a community in Anghiari, where I carried out works of mercy.
Future projects: Work in the home for the elderly with poor people and those in need.

Date and place of birth: 27/04/1990 Kenya
Congregation: Suore Carmelitane Missionarie di Santa Teresa di Gesù Bambino
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Dalung, Indonesia
Charism: Love Jesus and lead others to love him, restoring wounded humanity through prayer, fraternity and service.
Education and training: Degree in Accounting and Finance
Missionary experiences: Treasurer in one of our schools in Tanzania for six years.
Experiences abroad: In Italy, I studied Third-Sector Management.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: Short training course and meeting with Luigi Spadoni.
Role with spazio + spadoni: WORKS OF MERCY
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? It is an organisation that aims to transform the world in Christ.
Future projects: My Congregation is collaborating to launch a social enterprise project.

Congregation: Soeurs Auxiliatrices de Marie Immaculée de Kolwezi
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Kolwezi – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Sister Rita, Superior of the Congregation, discovered spazio + spadoni in Rome in May 2025, on the occasion of the UISG Assembly.

Date and place of birth: 10/09/1946 Italy
Congregation: Figlie della Carità Canossiana
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Catania Italy
Congregation website: www.canossian.org
Education and training: Teacher-training secondary school – ISSR qualification (Licenza)
Charism: “Ispicet et fac secundum Exemplar”. Service of charity to the poorest through contemplation of Christ Crucified: contemplatives in action through the ministries of education, evangelisation and care of the sick.
Missionary experiences: The ministry of educational charity in schools of every type and level.
The ministry of evangelisation as a catechist, parish collaborator and catechist formator. Responsible for a youth oratory and formation programmes for adolescents and young people discerning their vocation within the Institute. Volunteer at the Caritas listening service.
The ministry of consolation: visiting the sick and serving as an extraordinary minister of the Eucharist.
Experiences abroad: None, although I entered the Institute to become a missionary. Perhaps this is why I immediately and wholeheartedly embraced the cause of spazio + spadoni’s mission.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: For about two years, I served at the Misericordia, with particular attention to Social Service Volunteers. With a sense of wonder and an open heart, I attended several conventions and was invited on other occasions to share my experience of the works of mercy with the HIC SUM sisters. At times, I helped write themed texts for OPERA M.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? For me, spazio + spadoni is today the most innovative response for restoring, in a synodal spirit, the Face of God’s Love and Mercy to the contemporary Church. Its multifaceted view of the world restores the Church’s true image. We no longer belong to Apollos or Paul, but all belong to God, as brothers and sisters guided by one passion: making God and his Mercy known through different Congregational charisms, lay associations, or simply through brothers and sisters who place themselves at the service of this great “Society of Love”. They bring God to the poorest and smallest, God who still makes himself present in the spiritual and corporal works of mercy, listening attentively to the earth’s cries and pain. Its awareness-raising through social media about every painful event affecting the whole world is extraordinary, and its desire to dialogue with everyone and welcome everyone into spazio + spadoni’s great Agora is truly synodal. spazio + spadoni thus restores to us a Church of brothers and sisters on an equal footing, within the catholicity of the Church willed by Jesus.
Future projects: My future projects dwell in a “dream”. With Martin Luther King, I like to repeat “I have a dream”. I too have a dream before me… that one day, on the red hills of Georgia, the children of those who were once slaves will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood… and every valley will be exalted… every mountain brought low… and the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all living beings will see it… This is the faith with which I set out… With this faith, we will be able to work together, pray together, go to prison together and defend everyone’s freedom together… On that day, everyone will be able to sing with new meaning. Everyone will know how to become humble instruments in the Lord’s hands, so that God’s mercy is always at work — OPERAM.

Date and place of birth: 17/01/1956 India
Congregation: Suore Figlie di San Francesco di Sales
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Lucca, Italy
Charism: Be women with an ardent love for God and humanity.
In the light of the charism inspired by the Holy Spirit in the Founder, our missionary urgency is expressed through the apostolate of prayer, education in faith and charitable action.

Date and place of birth: 05/04/1982 India
Congregation: Suore del Sacro Cuore di Gesù
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Camaiore (Lucca)
Congregation website: http://sacredheartvellore.com
Education and training: Childhood social-care worker (OSA)
Charism: Serve abandoned people and the poor.
Missionary experiences: I am having a very special experience at the Misericordia. The association carries out a variety of activities, which help me understand the importance of what I do, particularly within the facility.
Experiences abroad: My experience in Italy encourages me to move forward without fear. This is truly real!
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: I feel fortunate to serve. I have learned to share what I have with others. Every encounter, every situation and every thing is a precious gift.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR/OTHER
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? spazio + spadoni is a great space for everyone and for the poor who receive help. It is a great space throughout the world. It is a gift! I hope and pray that spazio + spadoni can bring all its projects to completion.
Future projects: We want to open other communities and continue collaborating with spazio + spadoni.

Date and place of birth: 15/05/1980 Uganda
Congregation: Suore Della Nostra Signora Del Buon Consiglio Di Mbarara Uganda
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): St. Joseph’s Primary School Kyabirukwa – Uganda
Congregation website: http://sistersofolgc.org/
Education and training: Three-year degree in Primary Education Sciences
Diploma in Primary Education
Grade 3 teaching certificate
Charism: Obedience out of love, in complete submission to God’s will and service to others.
Missionary experiences: Headteacher at St. Joseph’s Kyabirukwa Primary School
Director of Studies at Butare Central Primary School
Teacher at Bubangizi Primary School and Kenengyere Primary School
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: Speaker at the Forum on the rEvolution of the works of mercy in Mbarara, Uganda
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR/OTHER

Congregation: Suore Mantellate Serve di Maria
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Florence, Italy

Date and place of birth: 10/01/1972 India
Congregation: Suore Figlie di San Francesco di Sales
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Lucca, Italy
Charism: Be women with an ardent love for God and humanity.
In the light of the charism inspired by the Holy Spirit in the Founder, our missionary urgency is expressed through the apostolate of prayer, education in faith and charitable action.

Congregation: Sœurs Missionnaires de Jésus Emmanuel
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Monterotondo, Italy
Charism: Revealing the Father to humanity and reconciling people with him through a life of harmony.
The Congregation’s main activities are based on schooling, education and mentoring unemployed young people.

Date and place of birth: 26/04/1988, Burundi
Congregation: Foyer de Charitè de Bujumbura
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Rome

Date and place of birth: 03/05/1986 India
Congregation: Suore Del Sacro Cuore Di Gesù
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Camaiore (Lucca)
Congregation website: www.sacredheartvellore.com
Education and training: I worked as a primary-school teacher.
Charism: Serve abandoned people and the poor.
Missionary experiences: I had various experiences in India, some of which I would like to highlight: I taught in a primary school for 5 years, carried out pastoral work and catechesis, visited the sick and more.
Experiences abroad: I have been in Italy for six years. I served in Novi Ligure in pastoral mission, where I had the opportunity to teach dances and songs from Indian culture. In Milan, I worked in a nursery school.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: I have been in Camaiore for a few months. Here I am experiencing a new mission thanks to spazio + spadoni.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
FORMATOR/OTHER
We have a community in Camaiore.
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? It is a mission of mercy made up of spirituality and closeness, both in Italy and abroad. Congratulations, and may your work continue well.

Date and place of birth: 04/04/1972 Madagascar
Congregation: Suore del Sacro Cuore di Gesù di Ragusa
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Antananarivo, Madagascar
Congregation website: www.suoresacrocuorediragusa.it
Education and training: University studies in Management and Finance
Charism: Special care for the poor, particularly children and people in need.
Missionary experiences: I have completed 27 years of religious life. I took my vows on 2 August 1997 and was immediately sent to university to continue studying Management and Finance until 2003. After those studies, I worked in our schools as a teacher, prefect of studies and headteacher from 2004 to 2008. In 2008, I was appointed Superior of the community in the forest and, at the same time, headteacher of the school. In 2013, I was sent to manage the finances of the Catholic University in the Diocese of Morondava, southwestern Madagascar. At the same time, the Bishop called me to assist him as diocesan treasurer until 2018. In September 2018, I was transferred to the orphanage in the Diocese of Antsirabe as community leader, responsible for the smooth running of the Catholic University and all activities within the centre. In September 2022, the Delegate appointed me project coordinator. To facilitate collaboration, I joined her in Antananarivo. Since then, I have been in the Antananarivo community, as a community member in the 1st year, and from September 2022 the community has been entrusted to me until now. Meanwhile, the Delegate sister sent me to Italy for 6 months of training at the Misericordia di Adrano.
Experiences abroad: I spent 6 months at the Misericordia di Adrano – Catania, from March to August 2024. During this course, I attended several days of training on the HIC SUM project within spazio + spadoni.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: 6-month placement and training at the Misericordia di Adrano. One week of training in Rome on the works of mercy.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? In my view, spazio + spadoni promotes human development. Its work aims to help the Church and the State overcome every form of poverty through a new approach: helping people regain their dignity as children of God. To do this, it works with the religious Congregation, priests and laypeople.
Future projects: It is urgent for me to promote and explain spazio + spadoni’s purpose within the Congregation, the Church and society in Madagascar. At the same time, I am starting to create and follow small projects with people from the surrounding community, beginning with two people. In future, I intend to improve farming and agriculture within our orphanage to ensure this work can continue. The project will then spread to all the communities in Madagascar, according to each community’s needs.

Date and place of birth: 12/08/1979 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Congregation: Soeurs de Jésus Educateur
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Bondo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Education and training: Higher School of Veterinary Agronomy
Experiences abroad: I had a beautiful experience abroad, in Italy, especially sharing activities with people from different cultures. I found it difficult to adapt to the cold temperatures.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: What joy with spazio + spadoni! A wonderful, unforgettable experience of living joyfully together.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
WORKS OF MERCY
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? I hope spazio + spadoni will continue providing training for us “Luigine” sisters, to strengthen our experience further, especially in living the works of mercy.
Future projects: Wherever we are, we will do our best to ensure that those around us understand the works of mercy.

Date and place of birth: 20/01/1977 Brazil
Congregation: Suore Carmelitane Missionarie
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): Santa Marinella, Italy

Date and place of birth: 22/02/1977 Tanzania
Congregation: Sister of Immaculate Heart of Mary – Sisters Bene Mariya
Community (Municipality–Province–Country): KIDAHWE, TANZANIA
Education and training: S.T.C. Social and Catechetical Formation Centre
Counselling
Missionary experiences:
Apostolic collaboration in Kidahwe Parish as a catechist and sacristan
Apostolic work in the Bishop’s house
Aspiring formator
Apostolic work at the convent of Kasangezi
Experiences abroad: Experience in Italy. I cared for people belonging to different groups, of varying ages and backgrounds.
Experiences with spazio + spadoni: Experience caring for people from different groups.
Role with spazio + spadoni: HIC SUM
What do you think of spazio + spadoni? It is an organisation that builds relationships with people through acts of compassion towards those in need, providing practical, psychological and spiritual services.
Future projects: For our social enterprise project, we chose pig farming because it offers several benefits: not only meat production, but also involving young people in the activity, enabling them to earn an income for their families.