The Daughters of St. Paul of Bucharest are celebrating their 25th anniversary in Romania at the service of the Gospel. Several initiatives were held to commemorate this happy event:
– 19 October: Presentation of the book Clothe Yourself in Light, by Giuseppe Forlai, igs;
– 20 October: Lectio Divina on the theme, It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me (Ga. 2:20), guided by Francesca Pratillo, fsp;
– 21 October: Eucharistic Celebration of thanksgiving in the parish church.
Our sisters write: “We are celebrating this anniversary with the Annunciationists, our Pauline Cooperators, collaborators and friends of the community. We thank Jesus Master for the miracles he has accomplished through us, his small instruments, in this wonderful country, and for the Gospel that has been diffused to many families. We ask for the grace to live and give Jesus to everyone, and we beg the Lord of the harvest to send the holy vocations necessary to help us carry out this urgent and beautiful apostolate.”
The Daughters of St. Paul arrived in Romania in November 1993. The foundation was born of the Congregation’s 1992 Missionary Project, which aimed to establish new FSP presences around the world. In 1997, our sisters opened a book center in Bucharest and launched a small publishing house. Every year they visit several Roman-Catholic and Greek-Catholic parishes, where they refresh their book deposits and hold book and media exhibits. They also hold vocation encounters, biblical and media-education sessions for young people and an annual spiritual itinerary for the laity. We place in the hands of the Lord all the people who contributed to the birth and development of this Pauline presence in the heart of Europe. Our best wishes to everyone!