He went out at 78 years old. Lotito and the players were very close to her to her initiatives. Lazio chose its so. as sponsor. The company: “It will miss its smile”
The world of football and mourning TV: Sister Paola, born Rita d’Auria in Roccella Jonica, a very fans of Lazio and a well -known face of “Those that football”, a transmission in which she was a fixed guest from 1993 to 2005, was spent at 78 years old. The religious had been sick for some time and passed away in her convent room, in via Monti della Farnesina. He belonged to the Congregation of the Franciscan School Sisters of Cristo Re and dedicated his life to the assistance of prisoners and to the victims of violence through the non -profit organization SO.SPE (solidarity and hope), founded in 1998, in the Bravetta district. He created a family home for mothers and their children.
His Lazio
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Fan of the biancocelesti for decades, he has brought many players to gestures of solidarity over the years. Sister Paola was also very close to the current president Claudio Lotito, also very religious. In recent years, Lazio has often visited the family home that the nun has founded in the 90s. Countless initiatives not only with the biancoceleste club, but also with the fans. It is no coincidence that in more than one circumstance Lazio, devoid of a sponsor, has worn the inscription on the shirt SO.SPE., That is “solidarity and hope”, which represented. From Giuseppe Signori to Tommaso Rocchi, there are many players with whom Sister Paola has had a very close relationship. Less than a year ago, before the Europeans, he wrote an open letter to Zaccagni, the only biancoceleste in the national team. “This year you will be the only Lazio to represent our colors in such an important event for Italy. As a fan I wish you every good, but also from a private and personal point of view, having a wonderful family”. It was Zaccagni who scored the decisive goal that allowed Italy to overcome the group stage.
The club note
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In the evening the club’s note: “The SS Lazio, with the president Claudio Lotito and Dr. Cristina Mezzaroma in the lead, was moved to the condolence for the disappearance of Sister Paola D’Auria, a fervent religious and proud ambassador of Lazio. Her family home has donated solidarity and hope (like the name of her association) to many young people, prisoners, victims of poverty and violence. And people injured by social problems of our time will miss his smile, but he will certainly not cease the humanity of his collaborators in continuing what he created “.
the social commitment
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Official of the Italian Republic, Sister Paola was a real institution in the capital, where for years she worked as a teacher at the Sacred Heart Institute of Jesus at the Farnesina. He was also a football coach of the little ones, and during the twenty years of Lotito management, he also organized numerous charity events, often involving the biancoceleste club, with the Lazio players who in turn took part in waiters in dinners reserved for the categories of less fortunate people.
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