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Grandparents’ Prayer: “Don’t abandon us to loneliness”

“Do not cast me off in my old age.” This is the theme of the Fourth World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. This year, the World Day falls on 28 July, the Sunday closest to 26 July, the day on which the Church celebrates the liturgical memorial of Saints Joachim and Anne, the grandparents… Read more »

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ITALY
Meeting on the theme of fragility

Held on 23 February in the FSP Treviso Book Center, the meeting was sponsored by Cittadinanzattiva Treviso in collaboration with our local Pauline Book Center and District House. The theme of the encounter, “Fragility: ideas and facts, for the inclusion of fragile people, consisted of a reflection on human frailties triggered by the FSP initiative…

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International Women’s Day: An Ecumenical and Interreligious Online Gathering

Entitled “Women Cultivating Peace and Nurturing Encounter,” this event, held on March 5th, was organized by the World Union of Catholic Women’s Organizations (WUCWO), in collaboration with the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. This virtual gathering served as a commemoration of International Women’s Day 2024, bringing together women of diverse faiths from across the… Read more »

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The School of Synodality on The Mission of Women in the Church

Through its World Women’s Observatory, the World Union of Catholic Women’s Organizations (UMOFC) launched a new initiative on 27 February 2024. Known as The School of Synodality: Women’s Mission in the Synodal Church, the project began with a series of Webinars held from 27-29 February in Spanish, English and French, with the primary objective of…

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12th Apostolate Assembly

The words of politics and the clarification of their function were the theme of the 12th Apostolate Assembly (February 19-20, 2024), which saw the participation (both in person and online) of sisters and laity engaged in the publishing apostolate. Andrea Grillo, professor of Theology and Philosophy, highlighted how in the “society of dignity” even the… Read more »

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MADAGASCAR
New Pauline Book Center

The inauguration of our new Librairie Md Paoly in Tamatave (now known as Toamasina, Madagascar’s most important port), took place on 20 January 2024, on the eve of the Sunday of the Word. The date was chosen to mark this ecclesial event and also to remind us of our mission as Daughters of St. Paul… Read more »

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PAKISTAN
60th Anniversary of the Birth to Heaven of Ven. Thecla Merlo

On 5 Feb. 2024, our Divine Master community in Lahore, together with our young women in formation, our collaborators, and our Pauline Cooperators and their families, celebrated with great devotion and joy the 60th anniversary of Venerable Thecla Merlo’s birth to heaven. The day began with a consideration of the characteristics of Maestra Thecla, which… Read more »

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ITALY
International Conference for the Ongoing Formation of Priests

From 6-10 February 2024, the Dicastery for the Clergy sponsored an International Conference for the Ongoing Formation of Priests, entitled “Fan into a flame the gift of God that is in you” (2 Tim. 1:6): The beauty of being disciples today: a unique, integral, communal and missionary formation.” The encounter was held in the Paul…

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PAKISTAN
Celebrating the Sunday of the Word

On 28 Jan 2024, the Daughters of St. Paul of the Karachi Archdiocese joyfully celebrated the Sunday Dedicated to the Word of God. A catechist gave a stirring introduction to the Liturgy, inviting the faithful to gather at the entrance of the church and then re-enter it in procession with the Holy Bible borne aloft… Read more »

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