Maria Luisa Manganiello was born to a farming family. She was strongly drawn to religious life and became a Secular Franciscan Tertiary. Having received the blessing of Pope Bl. Pius IX for her project, Teresa was in the process of forming a new congregation when she died of a sudden illness. However, her work led to the creation of the Franciscan Immaculatine Sisters by Fr. Lodocivo Acernese,...