Year: 2012
BRAZIL Giving Color and Warmth to Evangelization
To give color and warmth to evangelization: this is the all-consuming apostolic commitment of SAB, the biblical animation service of the FSPs of Brazil. The purpose of SAB is to help individuals, groups and ecclesial communities read the Bible in its vital context, allowing this more profound understanding of the Word to cast light on… Read more »
46th World Communications Day
"Silence and Word: path of evangelization"
SOUTH AFRICA New Website, New Proposals
After months of intensive work, the new website of the Daughters of St. Paul of South Africa went online on 15 January 2012. The site offers an abundance of information, easily accessible to navigators. This renewed online presence was made possible through the help of SICOM (our International Secretariat for Communications) and the graphics department… Read more »
ITALY Course of Preparation for Perpetual Profession
The Institute’s International Course of Preparation for Perpetual Profession began on 20 January at Tor San Lorenzo, Italy. Twenty-five young Daughters of St. Paul from 14 different countries are participating in it. During the opening Eucharistic Celebration, presided over by Fr. Guido Gandolfo, ssp, five of the sisters renewed their temporary vows: Sr. Rose (Taiwan),… Read more »
“Voices of Bamako” Festival
Supporting Women's Rights
A whole galaxy of female artists and singers of West Africa are currently gathered in the capital of Mali for the Fifth Annual Voices of Bamako Festival (18-22 January)–a forum for celebrating African women and traditional African arts, as well as for discussing various topics related to women’s issues. The Festival, which was initiated by… Read more »
E-book Revolution?
Scattered Advance in Europe
What is the future of publishing in the Internet age? Many people are asking themselves this question, in particular the publishers, book sellers and authors who will be participating in an international e-book conference, IfBookThen, to be held in Milan from 2-3 February. The encounter, which will be entirely in English, was organized by Bookrepublic,… Read more »
XXX Meeting of the General Governments of the Pauline Family
Documents
Concluding message Letter of SGFP Statuto • Concetto e prassi della Vita Consacrata in don Alberione, Don Teófilo Pérez ssp • Evoluzione della teologia della Vita Consacrata dal Concilio Vaticano II ad oggi, P. Bruno Secondin ocarm • Omelia conclusiva, Don Silvio Sassi, Superiore Generale ssp Tavola Rotonda (SSP, FSP, PDDM, SJBP, AP)
Colombia A New Pedagogical Approach
The apostolic efforts of the Daughters of St. Paul of Colombia and Ecuador have led them to produce a series of online courses that have been recognized and approved by various Catholic universities. The purpose of these courses is to offer teachers the training and methodology they need to improve their pedagogical approach to various… Read more »
“You shall not kill” at the Center of Jewish-Christian Dialogue
Never before has the world experienced so many contemporaneous acts of violence, leading to death and destruction everywhere. The widespread horrors being enacted in numerous parts of today’s world have roused the international community to denounce the dire situation, which shows no sign of diminishing. All appearances to the contrary, the commandment “You shall not… Read more »