In this book Salvatore Garofalo, a well-known Biblical scholar presents the life of Olga Gugelmo of the Mother of God, Daughter of the Church. Olga’s life span is rather short (33 years). She gracefully lives her day-to-day life as a Christian woman, a teacher and a consecrated religious with great commitment. 

At the time of Maddalena Volpato (1918-1946), the ecumenical movement was taking its initial steps. The necessity of communion between sister Churches and separated brethren was neither sufficiently stressed nor felt. Maddalena was a pioneer who grasped the importance of such communion and offered her life for this cause. She was hit by a spinal tuberculosis, which caused her terrible pain until her death. She willingly accepted the painful illness without any...