Who is Madre Giuditta Martelli?

Giuditta Martelli was born in Portigliola (RC) Italy on April 13, 1893 from a rich, Christian family. She had a profound Christian education that favored the development of the most elect virtues in her soul. As a young girl, she usually help her father, who was a doctor and was very active in helping the sick and the poor people in their place. She grew and fell in love with Christ. At the age of 22, deeply touched by the needs of the orphans, she opened our first house in Portigliola. The poor children were given shelter, food, love and proper Christian education. Filled by the Holy Spirit, her works grew like burning fire.
She gradually acquired the Christian virtues and has grown in her devotion to the Holy Spirit. In love and inspired with the same Spirit, she founded a Religious Congregation, the “Parochial Handmaids of the Holy Spirit” (Ancelle Parrocchiali dello Spirito Santo) in the year 1933 to embrace the local poor and the abandoned youth with true Christian education and love. In a few years, the Congregation has spread in different parts of the world, always catering to the needs of our poor brothers and sisters.
Madre Giuditta Martelli, the true handmaid of the Holy Spirit, was called back to heavenly home on May 21,1957 leaving behind the many pastoral activities which still continue up to now. The Congregation received from the Holy See the Pontifical approval on March 25, 1983. The acts of love which Madre Giuditta has planted have grown and will continue to grow because her spirit together with the Unseen God will hover along in the journey through life. The MGMS is just one of the many fruits of her labor of love.
On Decemebr 1, 2007, the Cause for Beatification of Madre Giuditta was officially announced by Mons. Giancarlo Bregantini, Bishop of the Diocese of Locri-Gerace.

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from "HOLY SPIRIT KIDDIE LEARNING CENTER" to "MADRE GIUDITTA MARTELLI SCHOOL"

True to the charism of the Parochial Handmaids of the Holy Spirit, the Community in Silang, Cavite have started in the year 1998 a catechetical lesson for the children living in the vicinity who need to grow in their love for God and for them to acquire Christian virtues. Most of the children came from poor families and some could not even go to school because of their poor economic conditions. To respond to the needs of these children who were eager to learn, the Community have extended a basic informal education in preparation for the children’s entrance to the formal elementary education. It started with only six children who faithfully came everyday for a two-hour lesson in the Community’s nipa-hut. After a year, the children received from the Community a certificate and medals in appreciation for their attendance and performance.

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The following school year,1999-2000,many parents from the neighborhood have requested the PHHS Community to continue with the basic education for their children. However at that time, the Community was lacked of facility to accommodate the growing number of children, but could not also refuse the persistent request of the parents because their children were really in a necessary need for a preparatory education.
The Community, in order to help both parents and children, have made use of the existing multi-purpose hall and turned it into a two make-shift classrooms for Nursery and Prep classes. The place was called the “Holy Spirit Kiddie Learning Center, very much like a day-care center for the children but with a closer supervision from the Sisters. Since then, a growing number of parents continued to enroll their children for the preparatory education. In the year 2001-2002,another classroom was added to provide a Kindergarten class. Gradually, The Holy Spirit Kiddie Learning Center have grown, responding not only to the children’s educational need living in the vicinity but also to those children from Amadeo, Tagaytay City and even from the town proper of Silang.
In the year 2005 the Holy Spirit Kiddie Learning Center was renamed into what is now known as the MGMS – Madre Giuditta Martelli School. The Securities and Exchange Commission recognized and approved its Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws on February 18, 2005, while the Department of Education granted the Government Permit Nos. K-260, s.2006; E-238, s. 2006 on March 15, 2006.
Year 2007, through the effort of the Congregation's Superior General, Mo. Rita Sgambellone with the generous collaboration of an italian group- "VOS" headed by Mr. Dante Siano, a three-storey school building was built. A year after, exactky on May 25, the newly built building was inaugurated and blessed by His Excellency Bishop Luis Antonio Tagle, together with the Mother General and all the Community of the Parochial Handmaids of the Holy Spirit, with all the students and their family, guests and benefactors.

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MGMS has not only provided the facility for the proper education of the children, but it has also successfully maintained a wholesome family atmosphere for the children to grow more fully. Indeed, MGMS is “YOUR CHILD’S SECOND HOME”.

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