Early in the morning of Tuesday, August 23 2011, Sofia died in the peace of the Good Shepherd, and is now in the Kingdom, in the bosom of Abraham, in joy.
    I share this short passage that Sofia wrote 14th of March 1993, presented at the beginning of the mass, so that we may be with her in spirit along with the catechists, former children, and friends in Rome:
    I would like to remind those who attend my funeral, a funeral is a celebration of the resurrection, a profession of faith in life - the life force, in its being stronger than death. The Christian faith is - one might say - a stubborn faith that every time he meets with death proclaims that death does not have the last word. And this is what we believe, we would like to affirm and proclaim to the world, because we know that there is already a first victory of life over death in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Sofia
    The announcement in the newspaper (La Repubblica) says: The Maria Montessori Association for the Religious Formation of Child sings the Magnificat for the life of Sofia who gave the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd to the Church.