Mo.

Guiditta Martelli
Founder of PHHS
 BIRTH
AND
ADOLESCENCE
BORN: April 13,1893
IN PORTIGLIOLA (LITTLE DOOR) A TOWN OF THE
ANCIENT REGION OF LOCRI EPIZEPRI, SOUTHERN ITALY

Parents
Father: Doctor Martelli
Mother: Francesca enrichetta
paola petroli

Siblings: 10 children (4 boys and 6 girls)

She was the first born
 Doctor Martelli

DOCTOR IN MEDICINE
A MAN OF STRONG FAITH AND
MORALS
WAS ADMIRED AND RESPECTED
BY EVERYBODY IN TOWN FOR
PRACTICING MEDICINE AS A
REAL MISSION
Donna Francesca Enrichetta Paola Petroli

A PLAIN HOUSEWIFE
SIMPLE AND PIOUS WOMAN
GENEROUSLY HELPED THE NEEDY
OUT OF HER MEANS.
FOLLOWING HER EXAMPLE
GUIDITTA GREW UP AS A
CHARITABLE AND RELIGIOUS
PERSON
First sign
of her
Vocation
Town of condoianni province of reggio calabria:
At the age of 19, guiditta
inspired to abandon her
family house and
consecrate her life to the
lord in 1912.
Rev. Fr. Antonio Tuscano
Parish priest of Roccella Jonica, a
holy priest. He spoke to his homily
the meekness of Christ. Guiditta
felt the first sparkle of vocation on
her heart and begun a more ascetic
life.
Became her spiritual director
Searching
for an
Answer
One day, Guiditta and her friend Rosina Zito
(who was also discerning her vocation in life),
meet Fr.Toscano. After listening to them, Fr,
Toscano prophesized that Rosina are meant for
cloistered and Guiditta will found a Religious
Institute dedicated to the Holy Spirit.
May 21,1957- Death of Mo.Guiditta

July 16, 1923- She consecrate forever to

the Lord, she took the habit of the
monaca de casa (Nun at Home), and in
the same year she started a
kindergarten and gave informal lessons
on home arts for girls. In a short time,
many young girls joined her.
 1933
Mo.Guiditta together with her first daughters, took
the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience in the
hands of His Excellency Msgr. Giovanni Batista
Chiappe, thus giving birth to a new Congregation.
Received from the Holy See the
Decree of Pontifical Approval.
March 25, 1983
Houses
Italia-5
Philippines-2
Indonesia-2
Foundation in the
Philippines
April 12,1987
APOSTOLATE
Pastoral Activities
-Catechesis/Evangelization
-Giving Seminars for marriage
-Preparations for first communion, confirmation,
-Giving communion to the sick
-Giving recollection
-Feeding
-Liturgical Animation
-Prayer Groups
-Extraordinary ministry of the Eucharist
Medical and Dental Mission

Home for the aged

Orphanage
Ministry of Vocation
 EDUCATION
Schools

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Sisters
Perpetuals: 87
Juniors: 28
Novice: 3
Postulants : 5
Aspirants : 2
Spirituality
and Charism
Parochial
We feel called to collaborate with
salvific mission of Christ within
and in communion with the local
Church, there , where the Spirit
inspires the Church through the
centuries
Handmaids
Because like Mary, true
Handmaid of the HolySpirit, we try
to know the will of God and to
practice it with total commitment
and evangelical joy
Of the Holy Spirit
In the Holy Spirit we find the
compelling strength of Holiness and
apostolate. The Holy Spirit is always the
soul of our work and of the Church.
Through the Holy Spirit we wish to vitally
insert ourselves in the pastoral work of
the local Church in witnessing unity and
charity.
 MOTTO
SPIRITUS UBI VULT SPIRAT
Where the Holy Spirit leads
and inspires, in the Church
trough the centuries