BIBLIOGRAFIA
SU MADRE GIULIA

Founder

THE LIFE OF THE BLESSED GIULIA SALZANO

The end of 1800 in Naples constituted an awakening spring of activities with regards to cristian education, even if the  political and social situation was more complex.

Among the big personalities, who they desire to evangelize and catechize, to assist and educate the people in life of faith with simple  and effecient pastoral instruments, we can found Madre Giulia Salzano, foundress of the the Catechist Sisters of the Sacred Heart.

Giulia Salzano was born in Santa Maria Capua Vetere(Ce) Italy the 13th of October 1846, from Diego, Captain of the  Lancers of  Ferdinando I and Adelaide Valentino. Orphan of father,when she was  4 decided to enter in orphanage of St. Nicholas La Strada. Graduated in the school of Caserta she received the diploma as a teacher of primary school in 1865;in the same  year she was called to exercise her profession in Casoria(Naples); We must remember she was the first teacher in this small rural place, paid by the municipal goverments.. Her intention was not only to give education to he children but more further.She started to riunite them down the stairs in her residence to educate them in faith, standing with patience and love all her neighbours’ complaints. She extended the catechetical teaching non only to the children of the first communion and confermation, but also to the young daughters of Mary, to the workers, mothers,  operators, and soldiers during the first world war. In 1877 she organized and directed a  laboratory in Casoria for the preparation of sacred dress for the poor church. She promoted the devotion of Sacred Heart of Jesus and the devotion of the Holy Rosary, encouraged the devotion in the month of May and personally preached with more entusiasm in the church of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel:” Now lets listen the words od Lady Juliet.” This is the expression of the witnesses who are still alive.

Juliet understand immediately that there was a need of evangelizzation and who could continue her catechetical works.”  All Casorians must know, love, and serve God», so she wrote in one of the letters to Cardinal Sarnelli Archbishop of Naples.

In 1905 among great difficulties but with great profetical spirit and with the help of  her students founded the

CONGEREGATION OF THE CATECHIST SISTERS OF THE SACRED HEART.

She was a model techear and superior of a new community. She was a mother and an adviser in the residents of Casoria and they were so appreciated to the works of Lady Juliet as she was lovingly called.

The activities she dedicated all her life was the CATECHISM. Mother Giulia at the end of  ‘800 anticipated the impulse that the Holy church today have given to he catechism : in other words to catechize in all levels,  in different class of the society, and different kinds of age ; every day of the week she was well occupied with different encounters,  and when one of  her daughters saw her so much tired they want her to go away, she  immediately answered them repeating this expression:

the catechist sisters must be always prepared in all time to educate  all the young and ignorants; she must not count her sacrifices that ask this apostolate,  nevertheless must desire to die in the breach, as God’s will.

she offered her life to her daughters and to all who knew her, infact in May 16, 1929 the day before her death, at he age of 83 years, she examinized more than hundred children of the first communion, living the fullness in her aim : I WILL CATECHIZE UNTIL I HAVE  A LITTLE BIT OF LIFE.

At dawn of May 17, 1929 she gave completely her heart to the Holy Lord God that leads us to know and love.

CRONOGICAL SYNOPSIS OF SALZANO