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FOREWORD TO THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION

The “SPIRITUAL WRITINGS OF VEN. MARIA BARTOLOMEA
CAPITANIO” collected by Luigi Ignazio Mazza sj, published in
Italian in 1904 and in an anastatic copy in 1968, were translated
in English various times along the years.
Very often, however, they were simply translations of extracts of
the text to be used for the formation of the Sister of Charity
according to Institute’s own charism - as Vatican II has
constantly emphasized the necessity to return to the original
sources, - and for the immediate needs bound to the ever more
international spreading of the Institute.
For a long time, we longed to have at our disposal an integral
translation, not only faithful to the contents but that it might, as
much as possible, abide by the setting of the Mazza collection of
the “Spiritual Writings”, following also the same layout in order
to facilitate consultation and comparison between the Italian and
the English text.