Venerable Mother Seraphina Farolfi the foundress of the Clarist Franciscan Missionaries of the Most Blessed Sacrament (CFMSS) intituted the Congregation on May 1st, 1898 with a preferential love for the poor.

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2. Mother Seraphina Farolfi (1853-1917)
Foundress of the Clarist Franciscan Missionaries of the Most
Blessed Sacrament

3. Mother Seraphina (Francesca Farolfi) was
born on October 7, 1853 at Tossignano in
Italy.

4.  The Clarist Franciscan Missionaries of the
Most Blessed Sacrament (CFMSS) the new
Congregation founded by Mother Seraphina
and officially approved by Rome, came into
being on May 1, 1898 opening branch houses
in various parts of Italy and abroad.

5.  On February 3, 1901 four young sisters set
sail for India in order to serve the women
and children especially destitute in the
Gangetic plain.

6.  On May 30, 1907 four zealous missionaries
sailed for Brazil with the specific aim of
educating the tribal people in the backwards
of Minas Gerais. Itambacury (1907),
Diamantina (1909) and Concecao (1910) all
home to the Xavatos, Pugixao, Bugre and
other woodsmen, became the scene of the
educative/medical activities of the CFMSS.

7.  When the earthquake of 1908 rendered many
a child homeless, Seraphina opened Welfare
Centres to shelter the orphaned girls.
 Medical Care became a regular feature of the
mission of the CFMSS, ever since Italy
entered the First World War.

8.  However, Seraphina’s
avowed aim was the
education of the girl
child.
 Her Education policy was
geared to the integral
formation of the pupils
with stress on character
training and practical
skills in fine arts and
household works.

9.  She always urged the teachers to be role
models for pupils by their comprehensive
knowledge of the subject matter, effective
teaching methods and above all, by the
example of their own upright character.
 She insisted, too, on the teachers “keeping
themselves abreast of scientific progress,
new findings and whatever can contribute to
sharpen their intellect.”

10.  “It is truly a great and wonderful thing to
know oneself and to know Jesus: a boon that
rains down streams of celestial consolation.”
- Mother Seraphina

11. “In comparison with the deprivation of
God’s love, I consider sweet all the
torments, the cross and whatever
tortures human cruelty can invent.” -
Mother Seraphina

13.  “O Jesus, may you be honey in my mouth,
music to my ears and delight to my heart.”
- Mother Seraphina

14. “The most insignificant act done for
God’s sake becomes
noble with God’s own nobility.”
- Mother Seraphina

15. “How poignantly sweet it is to spend
some days alone with God: to forget
whatever is around us and whatever
we have to leave behind!” - Mother
Seraphina

16.  Mother Seraphina passed away after a prolonged
illness on 18 June 1917 leaving behind the great
example of her life as a guide in our journey
towards Jesus our Lord and Master.

17.  Almighty eternal Father! you blessed your
handmaid Seraphina with a deep spirit of
contemplation and zeal for the salvation of souls.
You filled her with a burning desire to unite her
life with the love of your Son in the Eucharist. You
enabled her to share in your Son’s redemptive
sacrifice of the Cross through her continuous life
of sacrifice in the selfless service of all, especially
the children and the youth. We praise and thank
you. Merciful Father, through the intercession of
Mother Seraphina I beseech you to grant me the
grace I ardently desire………………(make your
intention) and pray that she may be raised to the
honours of the altar in accordance with your holy
will. Amen.

18. Happy institute day
By
Sr.Sheeba cfmss