On 30 June 2017, the Centenary Year of the Pauline Cooperators officially opened in Rome with a solemn Eucharistic Celebration presided over by Fr. Valdir José De Castro, Superior General of the Society of St. Paul. The Liturgy, which took place in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, was filmed live by Telepace.
In fact, on 29 June 1917, the Union of Cooperators for the Good Press was set up with the consent of Bishop Francesco Re of Alba, and on 29 September 1918 it received canonical recognition through the approval of its Statute.
By 1925, there were already 15,000 Cooperators. From the very beginning, the Cooperators were considered to be indispensable to the fulfillment of the mission of the Pauline Family.
Celebrazione di apertura del Centenario dei Cooperatori Paolini