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1. Women of “Here I am” – listening with Mary of Nazareth (Lk 1:26-38)
2. Women of Prayer – listening with Esther (Esther 4: 17l-17t)
3. Women for the New Times – listening with Judith (Judith 10:1-10)
4. Women for what kind of maternity? – listening with Hannah (1Sam 1:9b-17)
5. Women in the mystery of suffering – listening with Rachel (Gen 35: 16-20)
6. Women in daily life – listening with Martha and Mary (Lk 10: 38-42)
7. Donne dal cuore universale – In ascolto di Rut (Rt 1,14-18)7. Women with universal hearts – listening with Ruth (Ru 1:14-18)
8. Women with missionary courage – listening with Mary of Magdala (Jn 20:11-18)
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2. Women of Prayer – listening with Esther (Esther 4: 17l-17t)

Esther: After having prayed and fasted with her people, she approaches the king.  In her supplication she involves her own body, prostrating herself in penance even before the vocal prayer.  Prayer, therefore, does not mean going outside of oneself nor separation from other people.  Prayer involves our entire existence.
Scholastica: From the testimony of a Sister: “She found light and comfort in the daily Eucharistic adoration, to which she was always faithful.  In prayer Sr. Scholastica maintained a habitual recollection that never ceased to amaze and edify us.  Her eyes were fixed on the tabernacle; her gaze was habitually serene, smiling, sometimes with a hint of sadness.  Sometimes it would happen that someone having recourse to her during the adoration would not receive a response.  She continued in her ecstatic position in silence, so that, unless it was an emergency, the person often left without an answer”.



 

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The process for the Cause has reached the moment in which the Positio super vitutibus (deposition on the virtues) of the Servant of God Mother Scholastica Rivata is consigned to the Theologians for examination.  The volume of the Positio will be sent to nine Theological Consultants of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints.  Each one of them will express his own votum (evaluation).  After the scheduled study time and the written formulation of the votum, which requires several months, the “Theological Congress” will be held.  The report of the Theological Congress, edited by the General Promoter of the Faith, will then be consigned for scrutiny by the Session of Cardinals and Bishops who are members of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints.  The Cardinal Prefect will then relay the conclusions to the Supreme Pontiff for the final decision and the publication of the decree on the “heroic virtues”.  At this point, if the outcome is positive, the Servant of God is called Venerable.

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