Our sisters of Fortaleza recently launched the new book, A Cruz em Paulo (The Cross in St. Paul), by Sr. Agda França, fsp, whose reflections can help readers rethink their experiences with suffering and find meaning in it. Understanding the role of suffering in one’s life is a real challenge for Christians today. Sr. Agda… Read more »
SPEGNIMENTO DEL CERO PASQUALE Terminata l’orazione alla fine dei Secondi Vespri la guida fa una breve introduzione alla liturgia della luce. Guida: Sorelle, nella notte che ha dato vita al “lietissimo spazio” del tempo Pasquale, il giorno di cinquanta giorni, all’accensione del Cero abbiamo acclamato a Cristo nostra Luce. E la luce del Cero pasquale… Read more »
From 8-11 September FSPs from Europe and Quebec, Canada involved in carrying out the Pauline apostolate via the Internet gathered at the Generalate in Rome for a meeting on the theme: Making a Home for Ourselves Online and the Use of Digital Technology: Crossmedia at the Service of Mission. Also participating in the encounter were… Read more »
The FSPs of Lima are using their large and beautiful San Isidro book center to launch a new socio-cultural initiative known as “The Pauline Atrium.” The purpose of this animation activity is to offer participants an opportunity for meditation and dialogue concerning various aspects of faith and culture. Held on a monthly basis, the initiative… Read more »
From 1-8 September the Junior Professed FSPs of Europe were gathered at the Generalate in Rome for their annual formation meeting. Eight sisters-2 from Italy, 2 from Romania, 2 from the Czech Republic, 1 from Portugal and 1 from Poland- participated in the encounter, which revolved around the theme: The Pauline Community: All Together Toward… Read more »
Smartphone software dedicated to religion is multiplying in today’s world. In fact, the Daughters of St. Paul of Korea have launched a series of software applications for smartphones so as to offer assiduous users of the new technologies instruments for praying. iPhone and iPad applications are by now the preferred channels for communicating with others…. Read more »
With Christmas just around the corner, the Fourth Sunday of Advent draws us into the mystery that surrounds Joseph, the husband of Mary. A descendant of David, Joseph is called to be a father to a Child not his own. How is this possible? And what does the birth of this mysterious Child mean to… Read more »
We already met John in the desert and on the banks of the Jordan River, preach-ing with great passion to the crowds (cf. Mt. 3:11), but the Liturgy of the Third Sun-day of Advent gives us a glimpse of a different John. After a time in the vast emptiness of the desert and then alongside… Read more »
Advent features radiant “presences” that, like beacons in the night, illuminate the path leading to the One who comes. On the Second Sunday of Advent, we meet John the Baptizer, a witness to the Light. He is a decisive, convinced and profound “mouthpiece of God”-the herald of a prophetic message that speaks to hearts, urging… Read more »
The very meaning of the word advent (from the Latin adventus = arrival, coming) offers us the perspective that every Christian should strive to adopt during this season. In fact, all of Sacred Scripture speaks to us about the continual advents of God in human historycomings that find their complete fulfillment in Jesus of Nazareth…. Read more »
