Blessed Gianna Beretta Molla

by Giuliana Pelucchi

An attractive woman. Physician. Mother of four. Enthusiastic downhill skier. Experienced mountain climber. Opera aficionada. Passionate for her husband. Single-minded toward her children. Uncompromising for her patients. In 1962, she made a quiet, heroic choice. In 1994, the Church proclaimed her blessed, and canonized her as a saint in 2004. This is her story.