Thecla Prophetic Voice In Media Evangelization

Meet Venerable Mother Thecla Merlo, cofoundress of the Daughters of St. Paul, in this insightful biography by author and journalist Domenico Agasso. Trace Mother Thecla's path through the first half of the twentieth century when she first emerged as the humble leader of a new adventure in the Church's history. As the first superior general of the Daughters of St. Paul, an international congregation founded to proclaim the Gospel through the media, Mother Thecla collaborated with Blessed James Alberione to found religious family with an unprecedented and complex multimedia mission. Moved by only one intention—"to do good" by spreading the Gospel—Mother Thecla put her uncommon gifts, unshakable confidence in God, and broadness of vision at the service of the Church, making her a prophetic voice for evangelization. This illuminating biography, issued as part of the 2015 centenary celebration of the Daughters of St. Paul, profiles a prophetic woman whose gifts and spirit live on today through the sisters and mission of the Daughters of St. Paul.