Lesson 3: Mother Ignacia's Life of Witnessing

• Abraham - a biblical character who has the same calling as Mother Ignacia
• Christian witness - a person that bears witness to Jesus Christ.
• Christian witnessing - a great privilege to bear witness to God
• New Evangelization - calls each of us to deepen our faith, believe in the Gospel message and go forth to proclaim the Gospel
• Catechism - Christian witness for others
• Catechist - we ought to proclaim the Good News through our lives; before they preach the word, they must make it their own and live by it
• Sister Maria Rita Ferraris, RVM - extracted clear evidences of Mother Ignacia’s life of witnessing and holiness in her book
• Sister Ferraris book: “Behold the Handmaid of the Lord!”
• From 9 young women that join her foundation to 33
• Pampanga - a neighboring province that supported their foundation with their needs
• Edification - the moral or intellectual instruction or improvement of someone
• Summa Pobreza - means to bear poverty and penance
• Her biographer paid her tribute by saying: “fue mujer verdadermente fuerte”
• the proverbial of Scriptures: “mulier fortis”
• Mother Dominga del Rosario - successor of Mother Ignacia
• RVM - founded by Mother Ignacia at the age of 21