Antonietta Giacomelli (1857-1949) was a prominent figure in Italian Catholicism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, whose literary and social work originally intertwined religious renewal with the promotion of education for Catholic women. Born into a wealthy family with roots in the Risorgimento and a cultural orientation open to modern demands, her early literary output (mainly educational novels), was intended as a tool for civic as well as religious education: through narratives aimed primarily at young women and adolescents, Giacomelli proposed models of active women, capable of social commitment and independent religious reflection. These works were characterized by a constant pedagogical tension and a desire to promote Christian social commitment attentive to issues such as economic justice and the condition of workers. During his stay in Rome, from 1893 to 1898, Giacomelli came into contact with circles of religious and cultural renewal in the city and contributed to the founding of the Unione per il bene, an association that carried out charitable activities and was characterized by a secular and strictly non-denominational approach. Upon her return to northern Italy, her editorial and pedagogical activity focused on the dissemination of religious texts intended for female audiences, with the aim of bringing religious practice closer to biblical and liturgical sciences. However, these initiatives met with resistance from the ecclesiastical authorities, culminating in the condemnation of the work Adveniat Regnum Tuum (a collection of prayers, pious reflections, sacred hymns, and invocations combined with translations of biblical passages) and its inclusion in the Index in 1913, until its subsequent rehabilitation in 1942. This paper aims to present Giacomelli and some of her most significant works, with the goal of outlining the pedagogy she expresses and the role she envisions for Catholic women in the religious and civil life of liberal Italy.