Gema de Lucca, fue una mística italiana, la "hija de la Pasión" por su profunda imitación de la Pasión de Cristo.

1. Santa Gemma Galgani, Flor de Lucca,
mística italiana 1887-1903

2. Throughout her
life, Gemma was
to be chosen for
many mystical
experiences and
special graces.
These were often
misunderstood by
others, causing
ridicule

3. Gemma Umberta Maria Galgani was born on 12 March 1878, in the
hamlet of Camigliano in the province of Capannori.

4. Gemma was the fifth of eight children and the first daughter;
her father, Enrico Galgani, was a prosperous pharmacist

5. Her parents moved the family to Lucca to increase educational opportunities
available to their children. Gemma's mother, Aurelia Galgani, contracted
tuberculosis when Gemma was two-and-a-half years old. Due to the
difficulty of raising a child without her mother, young Gemma was
placed in a private nursery school run by Elena and Ersilia Vallini

6. Several members of
the Galgani family
died during this
period.
Their firstborn
child, Carlo, and
Gemma's little
sister Giulia died at
an early age.
On 17 September
1885, Aurelia
Galgani died from
tuberculosis, which
she had suffered
from for five years,
and Gemma's
beloved brother
Gino died from the
same disease while
studying for the
priesthood

7. Galgani was sent
to a Catholic half-
boarding school in
Lucca run by the
Oblates of the Holy
Spirit. She excelled
in French,
arithmetic,
and music.
Elena Guerra,
foundress of the
Oblates of the
Holy Spirit

9. At the age of
nine, Galgani
was allowed
to receive
her First
Communion

10. FIRST COMMUNION RESOLUTIONS
Before leaving the convent I made
certain resolutions regarding the
conduct of my life:
§ 1. I will receive Confession and
Communion each time as though it
were my last.
§ 2. I will visit Jesus in the Blessed
Sacrament often, especially when I
am afflicted.
§ 3. I will prepare myself for every
feast of our Blessed Mother by some
mortification, and every evening I will
ask my heavenly Mother’s blessing.
§ 4. I want to remain always in the
presence of God.
§ 5. Every time the clock strikes I will
repeat three times: My Jesus, mercy

11. She studied at a
school run by the
Sisters of St. Zita
Though quiet
and reserved,
she always had
a smile for
everyone.

12. Unfortunately,
Gemma had to
quit school due
to her chronic
ill health before
completing the
course of study

13. At age 16, Galgani
developed spinal
meningitis,
but recovered.
She attributed her
extraordinary cure to
the Sacred Heart of
Jesus through the
intercession of Saints
Gabriel of Our Lady of
Sorrows and Marguerite
Marie Alacoque.

14. Galgani had
a particular
devotion
to the
Sacred
Heart

15. Shortly after turning 19, Galgani was orphaned, and thereafter was
responsible for raising her younger siblings, which she did with her
aunt Carolina. She became a housekeeper with the Giannini family

16. Gemma had an
immense love for the
poor and helped them
in any way she could.
After her father's
death, the 19-year-old
Gemma became the
mother-figure for her
seven brothers and
sisters. When some of
her siblings became old
enough to share the
responsibility, Gemma
went to live briefly
with a married aunt

17. She was frequently
found in a state of
ecstasy and on one
occasion she was
believed to have
levitated. Her words
spoken during her
ecstasies, were
recorded by her
confessor and a
relative from her
adoptive family

18. two young men
proposed marriage to
her. However, Gemma
refused because she
wanted silence,
retirement, and more
than ever, she desired
to pray and speak
only to God

19. Gemma returned home
and almost immediately
became very ill with
meningitis. Throughout
this illness, her one regret
was the trouble she
caused her relatives who
took care of her. Feeling
herself tempted by the
devil, Gemma prayed for
help to the Venerable
Passionist, Gabriel
Possenti. Through his
intercession, Gemma was
miraculously cured
Saint Gabriel

21. Gemma wished to become a nun, but her poor
health prevented her from being accepted. She
offered this disappointment to God as a sacrifice

22. Gemma dialogued with her guardian
angel as though with her conscience

25. On June 8, 1899,
Gemma had an internal
warning that some
unusual grace was to be
granted to her. She felt
pain and blood coming
from her hands, feet
and heart. These were
the marks of the
stigmata. Each
Thursday evening,
Gemma would fall into
rapture and the marks
would appear

26. Her spiritual director,
Germano Ruoppolo,
wrote in her biography
that Galgani began to
manifest the stigmata
on 8 June 1899, at the
age of 21. She stated
that she had spoken
with her guardian
angel, Jesus, the Virgin
Mary, and other saints
especially Gabriel of
Our Lady of Sorrows

27. “I felt an inward sorrow for my sins, but so intense that I have never felt the
like again ... My will made me detest them all, and promise willingly to suffer
everything as expiation for them. Then the thoughts crowded thickly within
me, and they were thoughts of sorrow, love, fear, hope and comfort”

28. In a rapture,
Gemma saw
her guardian
angel in the
company of
the Blessed
Virgin Mary:
The Blessed
Virgin Mary
opened her
mantle and
covered me
with it.

29. At that very
moment, Jesus
appeared with his
wounds all open;
blood was not
flowing from them,
but flames of fire
which in one
moment came and
touched my hands,
feet and heart

30. her confessor,
Reverend Germanus
Ruoppolo, advised
her to pray for their
disappearance due
to her declining
health.
Through her
prayers, the
phenomenon
ceased, but the
white marks
remained on her
skin until her death

31. all witnesses
testified that there
was no artfulness
in Gemma's
manner.

32. Most of her
severe penances
and sacrifices
were hidden
from most
who knew her

33. She wrote a great deal. - There are two large volumes of her writings
published in Italian. One volume, Lettere di S.Gemma Galgani contains
459 pages of her letters alone. - Another, Estasi—Diario—Auto-biografia
Scritti Vari di S. Gemma Galgani contains 316 pages of her other writings

34. Her diary, scorched by a demon

35. In January of
1903, Gemma
was diagnosed
with tuberculosis.
At the start of
Holy Week in
1903, Gemma
began suffering
greatly.

36. A religious nursing sister said - by Good Friday she was
suffering tremendously, eventually dying in a small room
across from the Giannini house on 11 April 1903, Holy Saturday

37. beatified on May 14, 1933 by Pope Pius XI and canonized on
May 2, 1940, only 37 years after her death, by Pope Pius XII.

38. Galgani's relics are housed at the Sanctuary of Santa Gemma associated
with the Passionist monastery in Lucca, Italy. Her bronze effigy atop her
tomb was crafted by sculptor Francesco Nagni. In 1985, her heart was
enshrined in the Santuario de Santa Gema in Madrid, Spain

40. She is the patron saint against temptations, against the
death of parents, against tuberculosis, of students and
of pharmacists. Her feast day is celebrated on April 11

41. Devotion to her has spread throughout the world

44. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
CHRIST
Resurrection – according to the gospels
Christ the King
Christ lives
Body of Christ - Corpus Christi 1,2,3,4
Christ and his Kingdom
Sacred Heart 1 + 2 – bible and doctrine –
Haurietis aquas – the cult of the Sacred Heart
Vocation to beatitude
Vocation to evangelize with Christ
CHURCH
Divine Revelation
Priestly Ministry
Human Community
Church, Mother and Teacher
Signs of hope
youth synod
CULTURE and HISTORY
Columbus and the discovery of America
Confraternities and processions– Hispanic
Diwali – Festival of lights – Hindi feast
Football in Spain
President Trump
Russian Revolution and Communism 1, 2, 3
Sevilla's fair
Virgen del Pilar and Hispanicity
FAMILY, CHILDREN
Grandparents
Love and Marriage 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Dignity of women – John Paul II
God of Love (sex)
World Meeting of Families Rome 2022 – festival of families
Familiaris Consortium 1,2,3,4
GOD
Angels
Come Holy Spirit
God is Love 1,2– Benedict XVI
Man, image of God
Trinity
LITURGICAL YEAR
Advent and Christmas, 1 + 2
All departed souls
All Saints – Halloween for Christians
Carnival and Lent
Christmas – the birth of our Lord
Holy Week for adults
Holy Week for children 8+ years
Holy Week - drawings for children
Holy Week – Views of the last hours of JC – the passion
Sunday – Lord's Day – JP2
Thanksgiving
POPE FRANCIS – TRAVEL
Pope Francis in Africa
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in Bahrain 1+ 2
Pope Francis in Brazil WYD 2013
Pope Francis in Bulgaria and Macedonia
Pope Francis in Canada 1,2,3
Pope Francis in Central African Republic
Pope Francis in Chile 1 + 2
Pope Francis in Cyprus
Pope Francis in Colombia 1 + 2
Pope Francis in Congo 1+ 2
Pope Francis in Cuba 2015
Pope Francis in Egype
Pope Francis in Slovakia 1 + 2
Pope Francis in Europe – parliament
Pope Francis in Fatima
Pope Francis in Greece
Pope Francis in Holy Land,
- Israel, Palestine Jordan
Pope Francis in Hungary 2021 + 2023
Pope Francis in Iraq 1,2,3
Pope Francis in Ireland
– world meeting of families
Pope Francis in Kenya
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Kazakhstan 1+ 2
Pope Francis in Malta
Pope Francis in Mexico
Pope Francis in Mexico 2016
Pope Francis in Mongolia
Pope Francis in Morocco
Pope Francis in Panama – WYD 2019
Pope Francis in Peru
Pope Francis in Poland - Auschwitz
Pope Francis in Poland WYD 2016
Pope Francis in Portugal 2021 + WYD 2023
Pope Francis in Romania
Pope Francis in Sudan
Pope francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in Thailand
Pope Francis in Uganda
Pope Francis in United Arab Emirates
MARIA
Fatima – History of the Apparitions of the Virgin
Mary and the Bible
Mary Doctrine and Dogmas
Medjugore pilgrimage
Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico – apparitions
Virgen de Pilar – Hispanic festival
Our Lady of Sheshan, China
SCIENCE
Mars Rover Perseverence – Spanish
Juno explores Jupiter
Parker Solar Test
MORAL AND ETHICAL
Christian holidays - JP2
Conscience, human community,
human freedom and salvation
justification and grace, Life in Christ, merit and holiness
moral law, Morality of human acts, Passions, Sin, Sincerity
social justice, Social Life – participation, Virtue, vice
United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Human Dignity – declaration of dicastery for doctrine of faith
Vocation – www.vocation.org
Vocation to evangelize
Vocation to beatitude
Pope John XXIII – Peace on Earth
Pope Paul VI
Pope Juan Pablo II –
Redeemer of man,
Karol Wojtyla + Pontificado 1+2
Pope Benedict XVII - in Germany WYD 2005
POPE FRANCIS – DOCUMENTS
love and marriage - Amoris Laetitia – 1.2 – 3.4 –
5.6
Christ lives - 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Evangelii Gaudium 1,2,3,4,5
Gaudete et Exultate 1,2,3,4,5
FRATELLI TUTTI - 1,2 – 3,4,5 – 6,7,8
LAUDATE Sii
1 – care of the common home
2 – gospel of creation
3 – The root of the ecological crisis
4 – integral ecology
5 – lines of action
6 – Ecological Education and Spirituality
LAUDATE DEUM
LUMEN FIDEI – chapter 1,2, - 3,4
Misericordiae Vultus in Spanish – Face of Mercy
Dear Amazonia 1,2,3,4

45. SAINTS and MARTYRS
Martyrs of Albania
Martyrs of Algeria
Martyrs of Korea
Martyrs of Libya
Martyrs of Japan
Martyrs of Uganda
Martyrs of Vietnam
Martires North American
Saint Albert the Great
Saint Alphonsus Maria Liguori
Saint Ambrose of Milan
Saint Andrew, Apostle
Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Anthony of the desert (Egypt)
Saint Bruno, founder of the Carthusians
Saint Charles Borromeo
Saint Clement of Rome, Pope and Martyr
Saint Ciyil y Methodius
Saint Columbanus 1,2
Saint Daniel Comboni
Saint Damien of Molokai
Saint Donnán, irish mok and missionary to Scotland
Saint Dominic de Guzman, Dominican founder
Saint George and the legend of the dragon
Saint Dominic Savio
Saint Stephen, proto-martyr
Saint Philip Neri
Saint Fidelis of Simaringen, martyr
Saint Francis of Assisi 1,2,3,4
Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis Xavier
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Saint Joaquin and Saint Ana
Saint Joseph, worker, husband, father
Saint John Bosco, founder of the Salesians
Saint John Chrysostom
Saint John of Damascus
Saint John of God
Saint John of the Cross
Saint John Ma Vianney, Curé de'Ars
Saint John Henry Newman, Cardinal
Saint John N. Neumann, of Philadelphia
Saint John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla
Saint John Ogilvie, Scottish Jesuir Martyr
Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist
Saint Leo the Great
Saint Luke the Evangelist
Saint Mark the Evangelist
Saint Martin de Porres
Saint Martin of Tours
Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Saint Nazarius and Celsus
Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus)
Saint Paul, 1 + 2
Saint Padre Pio of Pietralcina
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Saint Perpetua and Felicity
Saint Peter Claver
Saint Robert Bellarmine
Saint James the Apostle
Saint Simon and Judah Thaddeus, apostles
Saints Timothy and Titus, bishops, martyrs
Saint Zacharias and Elizabeth,
- parents of John the Baptist
Saint Thomas Becket
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Saint Valentine
Saint Vincent of Paul
Saint Zacharias and Saint Elizabeth
Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr
Saint Agnes of Rome, virgin and martyr
Saint Bernadette of Lourdes
Saint Brigid of Ireland
Saint Catherine of Alexandria,
- virgin and martyr
Saint Catherine of Siena
Saint Cecilia
Saint Dymphna
Saint Faustina and divine mercy
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
Saint Lucia, virgin and martyr
Saint Margaret of Scotland
Saint Maria Goretti
Saint Mary Magdalene
Saint Martha, Mary and Lazarus
Saint Monica, mother of Saint Augustine
Saint Rita of Cascia
Saint Teresa of Avila
Saint Teresa of Calcutta
Saint Therese of Lisieux 1 + 2
Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus
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46. LISTA de PRESENTACIONES en ESPAÑOL
CRISTO
Resurrección – según los evangelios
Cristo Rey
Cristo vive
Cuerpo de Crito - Corpus Christi 1,2,3,4
Cristo y su Reino
Sagrado Corazón 1 + 2 – biblia y doctrina–
Haurietis aquas – el culto del Sagrado Corazón
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
Vocación a evangelizar con Cristo
IGLESIA
Revelacíon Divina
Ministerio sacerdotal
Comunidad humana
Iglesia, madre y maestra
Signos de esperanza
Sinodo jovenes
CULTURA Y HISTORIA
Colón y el descubriento de America
Confraternitdades y processiones– Hispanic
Diwali – Festival de luz – Fiesta Hindi
Futbol en España
Presidente Trump
Revolución y el Comunismo 1, 2, 3
Feria de Sevilla
Virgen del Pilar y Hispanicidad
FAMILIA, HIJOS, NIÑOS
Abuelos
Amor y Matrimonio 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Dignidad de la mujer – John Paul II
Dios de Amor (sexo)
Encuentro Mundial de Familias - Roma 2022 – festival de ls familias
Familiaris Consortium 1,2,3,4
DIOS
Angeles
Ven Espiritu Santo
Dios es Amor 1,2– Benedicto XVI
El hombre, imagen de Dios
Trinidad
AÑO LITURGICO
Adviento y Navidad 1 + 2
Todos las Almas
Todos los Santos– Halloween para Cristianos
Carnival y Cuaresma
Navidad– el nacimiento del Señor
Semana Santa para adullos
Semana Santa para niños 8+ años
Semana Santa – dibujos para niños
Semana Santa– Vistas de las ultimas oras de JC – La Pasión
Domingo– Dia del Señor – JP2
Accion de Gracias - Thanksgiving
MARIA
Fátima – Historia de las Aparitciones de la Virgen
Maria y la Biblia
Maria Doctrina y Dogmas
Medjugore peregrinación
Virgen de Guadalupe, Mexico – aparitciónes
Virgen del Pilar –festival hispanica
Nuestra Señora de Sheshan, China
SCIENCE
Mars Rover Perseverence – Spanish
Juno explora Jupiter
Parker Sonda Solar
MORAL Y ETICA
Vacaciones Cristianos - JP2
Conciencia, Comunidad Humana, Libertad Humana y
Salvacion
Justificación y gracia, Vida en Cristo, Merito y Santidad, Ley
moral
Moraliidad de actos humanos, Pasiones, Pecado ,
Sinceridad
Justicia social ,Vida Social– participacion,Virtud
Las Naciones Unidas y la declaración universal de los
derechos humanos.
Dignidad Humana – declaracion del dicasterio por la
doctrina de la fe
Vocación– www.vocation.org
Vocación a evangelizar
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
Papa John XXIII – Paz en la tTerra
Papa Paul VI
Papa Juan Pablo II –
Redentor del hombre,
Karol Wojtyla + Pontificado 1+2
Papa Benedicto XVII – en Alemania JMJ 2005
PAPA FRANCISCO – DOCUMENTOS
Amor y matrimonio- Amoris Laetitia – 1.2 – 3.4
– 5.6
Cristo vive - 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Evangelii Gaudium 1,2,3,4,5
Gaudete et Exultate 1,2,3,4,5
FRATELLI TUTTI - 1,2 – 3,4,5 – 6,7,8 (somos todos hermanos)
LAUDATE Sii
1 – cuidado de la casa común
2 – evangelio de la creación
3 – la raiz de la crisis ecologica
4 – ecologia integral
5 – lineas de acción
6 –Educación y Espiritualidad Ecological
LAUDATUM DEUM
LUMEN FIDEI – capitulo 1,2, - 3,4
Misericordiae Vultus in Spanish – Rostro del Perdón
Querida Amazonia 1,2,3,4
PAPA FRANCISCO – VIAJES
Papa Francisco en Africa
Papa Francisco en America
Papa Francisco en Bahrain 1+ 2
Papa Francisco en Brazil WYD 2013
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria and Macedonia
Papa Francisco en Canada 1,2,3
Papa Francisco en Central African Republic
Papa Francisco en Chile 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Chipre
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Congo 1+ 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba 2015
Papa Francisco en Egypto
Papa Francisco en Eslovaqiia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Europa – parliamento
Papa Francisco en Fatima, Portugal
Papa Francisco en Grecia
Papa Francisco en Tierra Santa, Israel, Palestine Jordan
Papa Francisco en Hungria 2021 + 2023
Papa Francisco en Iraq 1,2,3
Papa Francisco en Ireanda – encuentro mundial de familias
Papa Francisco en Kenia
Papa Francisco en Japón
Papa Francisco en Kazaquistan 1+ 2
Papa Francisco en Malta
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco en México 2016
Papa Francisco en Mongolia
Papa Francisco en Panama – JMJ 2019
Papa Francisco en Peru
Papa Francisco en Polonia- Auschwitz
Papa Francisco en Polonia – JMU - 2016
Papa Francisco en Portugal 2021 + JMJ 2023
Papa Francisco en Romania
Papa Francisco en Sudan
Papa Francisco en Suecia
Pope Francis en Tailandiia
Papa Francisco en Uganda
Papa Francisco en United Arab Emirates

47. SANTOS Y MÁRTIRES
Mártires de Albania
Mártires de Algeria
Mártires de Corea
Mártires de Libia
Mártires de Japón
Mártires de Uganda
Mártires de Vietnam
Mártires de Nortd America
San Alberto Magno
San Alfonso Maria Liguori
San Ambrosio de Milan
San Andrés, Apostol
San Antonio de Padua
San Antonio del desierto (Egypto)
San Bruno,
- fundador de los cartujos
San Carlos Borromeo
San Ciril and Metodio
San Clemente de Roma, papa y martir
San Columbanus 1,2
San Damian de Molokai
San Daniel Comboni
San Domingo de Guzman,
-fundador de los Dominicos
San Dominic Savio
San Donnán, misionario a Escocia
San Esteban, proto-martir
San Felipe Neri
San Fidelis of Simaringen, martir
San Francis co de Asís 1,2,3,4
San Francisco de Sales
San Francisco Xavier
San Ignacio de Loyola
San Joaquin y Santa Ana
San Jorge, y la leyenda del dragón
San José, obrero, marido, padre
San Juan Bosco, fundador de los Salesianos
San Juan Crisostom
San Juan Damascene
San Juan de Dios
San Juan de la cruz
San Juan Ma Vianney, Curé de'Ars
San Juan E. Newman, cardinal
San Juan N. Neumann, obispo de Filadelfia
San Juan Ogilvie, Jesuita, Escosés, Martir
San Juan Paul II, Karol Wojtyla
San Juan, Apostol y Evangelista
San Leon el Grande
San Lukas, Evangelista
San Marcos, Evangelista
San Martin de Porres
San Martin de Tours
San Mateo, Apostol y Evangelista
San Maximiliana Kolbe
San Nazareo y Celso, martires
San Nicolas (Santa Claus)
San Pablo, 1 + 2
San Padre Pio de Pietralcina
San Patricio de Irlanda
San Pedro Claver
Santa Perpetua y Felicidad
San Roberto Bellarmino
Santiago, Apostol
San Simon y Judas Tadeo, apostoles
Santos Timoteo y Tito, obispos, mártires
San Zacharias e Isavel,
- padres de Juan el Bautista
San Tomás Beckett
San Tomás de Aquinas
San Valentino
San Vincent e de Paul
San Zacharias y Santa Isabel
Sant’ Agueda, virgen and martir
Santa Bernadita de Lourdes
Santa Brigid a de Irlanda
Santa Caterina de Alexandria, virgen y martir
Santa Caterina de Siena
Santa Cecilia, virgen e martir
Santa Dinfna
Santa Faustina and divine mercy
Sant’ Agnes of Rome, virgen y martir
Sant’ Isabel de Hungria
Sant’ Inés, virgen y martir
Santa Lucia, virgen y martir
Santa Margarita de Escocia
Santa Maria Goretti
Santa Maria Magdalena
Santa Marta, Maria y Lazaro
Santa Monica, madre de San Augustine
Santa Rita de Cascia
Santa Teresa deAvila
Santa Teresa de Calcutta
Santa Terese de Lisieux 1 + 2
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