Maria Dolores Inglese Servant of Mary Reparatrix U 1866-1928 U 1 Maria Dolores Inglese was born in 1866 at Rovigo. From her childhood she nourished a particular devotion to Our Lady.

When she was sixteen, Maria and Even before she joined the Servants her mother were seamstresses. When she of Mary Reparatrix, Maria Dolores promoted was seventeen years old, our Blessed Mother devotion to Mary in the north of Italy with showed her “the world in ruins” and silently the recitation of the and the holy urged her to pray and perform acts of observance of Saturday. penance. That apocalyptic never left This was the beginning of the first the thoughts of Maria. Thus began the first Saturday devotion of Holy Communion for of her many acts of reparation. Later, the Virgin reparation; it was the result of a Mary repeatedly asked her: “Do something she received in 1903. Her devotion to the for me!” Moved by such a request, Maria Blessed Mother accompanied by her fervent Dolores asks: “Most Holy Virgin, what can I more than once enabled her to possibly do to please you in my lowliness?” overcome the attacks from the devil who was The reply came quickly. enraged by the new devotion – which was providentially mentioned by the Virgin Mary

In 1899, enraptured in the contem- at Fatima in 1917 – not content to terrify the plation of Calvary, she thought about the young woman with coarse and vulgar visions, reparation that was offered to by loving the devil physically approached her, saying: and devoted hearts. Why was there nothing “Your daily recitation of the rosary offered to Mary even though she had causes me more pain and suffering than co-operated in our redemption and still was anything else. This makes me incapable so often offended? This sudden inspiration of causing you to sin by leading you into so overwhelmed the heart and soul of temptation; how I would wish to pull you Maria Dolores that she personally solicited down!” She replied: “I’m glad because now anyone wishing to embrace such a devotion that you have told me this, I will never abandon of reparation to the Blessed Virgin Mary. this prayer!” She immediately organized the reception of Gnashing and grinding his teeth, Holy Communion as a means of reparation; the devil pounced on her, wishing to throttle this was granted an in 1904 by her. At once, Maria Dolores’ Guardian Angel Pope Pius X. She combined this practice to appeared with a fiery countenance. As he

a of Reparation with the recitation extended his golden wings to protect the © Associazione Amici di Carlo Acutis - www.carloacutis.com of the rosary and other prayers of reparation. young woman, the devil was forcedS to flee! She died on December 28, 1928 with a saintly reputation.