SAINT GIANNA BERETTA MOLLA MASS GUILD 
PATRONESS OF EXPECTANT MOTHERS
Join a Community United in Prayer
Enroll yourself or a loved one in the Saint Gianna Molla Guild, offering intentions for expectant mothers, those hoping to conceive, and their physicians.
When you join a Mass Guild, you become part of a sacred community. Each month, your intentions are offered at Holy Mass alongside those of fellow guild members. Through the intercession of Saint Gianna Molla, we pray for conception, healthy pregnancies, and the safe delivery of children. In prayer, we can accomplish what none of us can do on our own.
The Saint Gianna Guild is one of seven Mass Guilds at the Shrine. Through this Guild, your intentions unite with the Shrine’s ceaseless prayer and are remembered during Holy Mass, offered every second Monday of each month at 12:15 p.m. CT.
Painting: Saint Gianna Beretta Molla
Side-Aisle Shrine, Oil on Linen – 133″ x 54″
“When I received the commission, I was told only one thing by Cardinal Burke: ‘Think the Sound of Music’.”
Thus, the scene in this painting depicts Saint Gianna in the hills above Magenta, Italy, surrounded by the “Gianna Babies,” children whose births were attributed to her intercession. Saint Gianna is depicted as wearing her lab coat with stethoscope in her pocket, accoutrements of her profession as a pediatrician. What might not be readily noticeable is that she is wearing a maternity top and is, therefore, pregnant.
The design leading up to Our Lady is based on the double-helix, alluding to her position as the Patroness of the Unborn. The flowers offered by the children are pink, a color which is a combination of red (symbolizing the life Saint Gianna offered for her child) and white (purity of spirit).
I wanted the color of the flowers to progress from pink to white – from earthly to spiritual. Thus, the color transitions from solid pink (flesh) to white (purity). The children above who attend Our Lady in purity and bliss hold white flowers.
The three children in the air around Saint Gianna’s shoulders are “Gianna Babies”, born through the intercession of Saint Gianna, as are the children at her side and the child in her arms. In the original design, the child in her arms was supposed to be Laura, Saint Gianna’s third child. The child in her womb is Gianna Emanuela Molla.
Choose Your Enrollment
Choose the guild enrollment that fits your intention, for yourself or a loved one, living or deceased. Your gift sustains monthly Mass intentions and supports the Shrine’s mission of calling others to Christ through Mary.
What It Means to Be a Guild Member
Monthly Remembrance
Your intentions will be remembered at Holy Mass on the second Monday of each month.
Personal Intercession
Receive prayerful intercession from Saint Gianna.
Prayer Card Gift
Receive a beautiful prayer card to keep or share, by request.
Prayer Community
Find strength and support in a compassionate community.
About Saint Gianna Beretta Molla
Saint Gianna was a devoted wife and mother as well as a pediatric surgeon who lived a joy-filled life in Italy.
When she was pregnant with her fourth child, she developed a cancerous uterine tumor. The doctors advised her to terminate the life of her baby or risk possible death herself. She chose the life of her baby and died a few days after giving birth. Saint Gianna is considered a pro-life saint, and many Shrine pilgrims have benefited from her intercession for conception and for the safe delivery of children. This guild is especially for expectant mothers, those who wish to be mothers, and physicians.
St. Gianna Relics
At her side altar in the Shrine Church, a first-class relic of Saint Gianna is permanently on display for veneration by the faithful, especially those seeking her intercession.
Become Part of This Community
Join the Saint Gianna Guild and unite your intentions with the Shrine’s ceaseless prayer. Each month, you or your loved one will be held in prayer at the altar. Choose the enrollment that speaks to your heart.
“Love is the most beautiful sentiment the Lord has put into the soul of men and women.”
—St. Gianna Molla
