About Us
We are a Private Association of the Faithful “Association Luisa Piccarreta – Little Children of the Divine Will” Philippines & USA. Ours is a Catholic community committed to the promotion and diffusion of the spirituality “of living in the Divine Will”, asserted to be revealed by our Lord Jesus Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, and contained in the writings of Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta, Dominican Tertiary. Luisa was a Catholic mystic and writer who was born in Corato, Italy on April 23, 1865 and died in the odor of sanctity on March 4, 1947.
The Little Children of the Divine Will (LCDW) Philippines-USA gathers Catholic faithful from all walks of life across the Philippines and the USA to learn about the Gift of Living in the Divine Will and help each other know, love and possess this Gift. We consecrate our lives to the fulfillment of the Lord’s Prayer, “Thy Will be done on earth as It is in Heaven” (Matthew 6:10) by “Living in the Divine Will”, a new way towards holiness taught by Jesus Christ and the Blessed Mother to Luisa Piccarreta.
We call ourselves the Little Children of the Divine Will (LCDW) in obedience to the Lord Jesus’ command, “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 18:3) and in honor of the term of endearment by which our Lord Jesus called Luisa Piccarreta, the little daughter of the Divine Will.
Our Association
The LCDW Philippines-USA had its humble beginnings in the Philippines (Metro Manila) and the USA (California) in 1997. Interest and participation in the study of this spirituality has spread over the years across the Philippines, USA and, with the advent of virtual connectivity, around the world. With endorsements from various Bishops in the many dioceses that study Luisa’s writings, the LCDW is now an Association with its statutes submitted to the mother institution in Corato, through the Archbishop in Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie.
As seen in their official website, LCDW Philippines-USA is officially associated with the Family of the Divine Will by the Associazone Luisa Piccaretta as originally founded and established in Corato, Italy.
The LCDW Philippines & USA is associated with the “Family of the Divine Will” a service organization of the Associazone Luisa Piccaretta, P.F.D.V – Corato, Italy
It has also received official decrees of recognition from the Philippine Dioceses of Bacolod, Novaliches and Parañaque.
Our Mission
The LCDW-Philippines and USA, inspired by the example and spirituality of the Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta, with the whole Church, intends to help the faithful, to know and understand more about the Will of God, by propagating the spirituality of the Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta and her Writings in light of the teaching Magisterium of the Church. It seeks, therefore, by means of prayer and spiritual formation, that all may strive to attain the growing firmness of life in the Divine Will according to the Lord’s prayer, “Thy Will be done on earth as It is in heaven (fiat voluntas tua sicut in caelo et in terra)” (Matthew 6: 10)
In fulfillment of our mission, the life and spirituality of “Living in the Divine Will” as revealed by our Lord Jesus Christ to the Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta has been shared with religious communities and congregations; diocesan priests, deacons and seminarians; diocesan and parish lay organizations; other secular communities.
Our Relationship to the Catholic Church
The foundation of the spirituality of “Living in the Divine Will” as contained in the writings of Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta is Luisa’s love and obedience to the Catholic Church and its teaching magisterium. Therefore, the LCDW
- Is guided by a Bishop Advisor who acts as spiritual father to the association.
- Operates within the framework of the Catholic Church and Its defined jurisdictions.
- Ensures its members are under the jurisdiction of the appropriate ordinary [Diocesan Bishop, Religious superior, etc] .
- Promotes the study of Luisa’s writings within Divine Will Cenacles or Prayer Groups moderated by either a Priest or Religious (where possible) or a duly recognized and trained Divine Will Facilitator.
- Works in unity and in obedience to the directives of the Archdiocese of Trani- Barletta-Bisceglie and the Postulation office with regards to the beatification- canonization process and the publications of the biographies and Writings of the Servant of God, Luisa Piccarreta.
Our Activities
As a Catholic community of believers, we gather in weekly prayer cenacles in person or through online meetings to learn about Jesus’ private revelations to Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta about the sanctity of Living in the Divine Will. Our members throughout the Philippines, USA and across the world join weekly Divine Will cenacles to study Luisa’s writings through the lens of Sunday Liturgical Readings, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and alongside relevant Papal Homilies and Angelus Reflections of the Holy Fathers, as released through the official Vatican website of the Holy See.
Guided by the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, we study excerpts from Luisa’s diary all that Jesus revealed to her about the interior of His most Holy Humanity, which He lived on earth in loving obedience to the Divine Will of His Father, and in sacrificial love of fallen man, that all may be redeemed from eternal ruin.
In prayerful discussion and reflection about Jesus’ teachings about this sanctity of Living in the Divine Will, we are deeply moved and inspired to live more fully what has already been revealed publicly in Sacred Scripture contained in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
That is, our salvation lies in our return to our original state of holiness in which we were created by God, and to which all are called to return to. This one true path to sanctity which comes only through profound union with the humanity of His begotten son Our lord Jesus Christ, by living in His Divine Will, as we are also taught by the Catechism of the Catholic Church
CCC 562 “…Christ’s disciples are to conform themselves to him until he is formed in them (cf. Gal 4:19). ”…
CCC 2825 “…We ask our Father to unite our will to his Son’s, in order to fulfill his will, his plan of salvation for the life of the world…”