I am happy to say that a Jesuit Priest has accepted Divine Principle

Barbara Burrows [Van Praag]
May 27, 1970
Milan, Italy

We are quite busy here in Milan and also in Florence. I am happy to say that a Jesuit priest has accepted Divine Principle. He has been studying it since November and after having thoroughly examined it through the Bible he recognized it as the truth and has accepted our Leader as the Man sent by God hence the Messiah. His name is Toni Sansone and is one of the rebels of the church. Marie Louise in Florence approached him last year accompanied by Iolanda. About three weeks ago I went there to clarify a few points (he read the book) and now after a serious of conditions which we made here in Milan he has accepted it fully. He is already thinking how to approach other rebel priests and lay people and has thought of using Iolanda's experiences to demonstrate that outside the church people have strong valid revelations then from there he intends to introduce the Leader.

Why this? Iolanda, the medium, has for over 22 years testified to the Messiah and has had various experiences in which many people have been witnesses. Therefore, through the tapes she had made years back and individual testimonies, people will be helped into accepting the Master. The experiences will be published in a book then we shall see the result. Do ask the Leader if this is alright. We have prayed quite a lot about this. The other people involved in Florence are Nalla Nicolini and her daughter Nicoletta. This breakthrough in Florence has to be kept out of the publications for now because the Vatican must not know about it. They have spies everywhere and seeing that Toni is actually a Jesuit it would hinder his plan.

The family is growing in Milan and as you can see I have enclosed some testimonies. They are really working hard and many are learning to teach. They may be slow at this but I must say that they are thorough. They each have their own witnessing plans (remember we do not do open witnessing) and through this many new people are studying. Franco has a special plan, he witnesses through correspondence and is kept quite busy. Giorgio is attending the University lay group and little by little he is making friends with the people there with the scope of bringing them to the center. Pino the sixteen year old is working hard at trying to bring in his colleagues. So on the while many people are quite active. Thirty people were present at our Parents Day celebration in which Martin took part. We have had two 21 day indemnity drives and another prayer vigil. We are now on a thirty day indemnity drive. We were given quite a favorable write-up in "Il Giorno" one of the daily newspapers which has quite a wide circulation, because of this many people are looking for us, seeing that this paper originates here in Milan I intend speaking to the journalist so that I could let him have the addresses of the two Italian centers. We are now planning a monthly bulletin which will include translated articles from the Way of the World especially the Masters sermons. We also formed a working committee and the following people were elected into office:

President: Carla Castelbarco
Vice-President: Elio D'Alberti
Secretaries: Angela Amoroso, Anita Bertoncini, and Pin Festa
Treasurer: Adele Schiroli
Librarian: Giorgio Re
Public Relations: Mario Ferrario
Asst. Public relations: Miriam and Mario Rancatti
Translator: Franco Ravaglioli
Asst. Translators: Carmen Cordova, Paola Rancatti
Documentation: Lina Pizzi
Advisors: Iolanda Pizzi, Amelia D'Alberti, and Tullio Nannetti (Social worker)
Typist: Luciana Ferrario
House Duties: Rosin Peirano and Armanba Semino

Last month Carla, Elio, Olanba, Miriam and I visited Rome. Every month a small group will visit Rome so as to have the benefit of being with the Blessed couple Martin and Dawny [Porter].

Love and best wishes from the Milan family to our leader, Mother, the children, and to all the True Family in Korea.

In Their Precious Names
Barbara Burrows [Van Praag]