BRIEF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND “Charity is the flame that spreads and seeks to embrace all” Responding to the invitation of Bishop Alejandro Olalia, a small group of Italian Missionary sisters, Canossian Daughters of Charity – daughters of St. Magdalene of Canossa, arrived in Santa Rosa. Two sisters Mo. Ida Tamburlini and Mo. Marley Sardinha arrived first …
Last S.Y. 2014-2015, Canossa School celebrated its 60th Anniversary and we launched the“Search for the 2014 St. Magdalene of Canossa Alumni Awards”. The purpose of selecting the St. Magdalene of Canossa Alumni Awards is to recognize graduates of Canossa School, City of Santa Rosa, Laguna for their outstanding professional, academic, or research achievements, as well …
These words of St. Magdalene of Canossa, foundress of the Canossian Daughters of Charity, inspired Mother General M. Antoinetta Novello to seek new mission in the Philippines after the Missionaries in China were driven out of the country during the take-over of the communist government. The Canossians were forced to leave their flourishing mission: the …