Author: danielafsp

Vatican News Exceeds 4 Million Users on Social Media

A community that exceeds 4 million users between Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram: this is the result of the reorganization of the social media channels of the Holy See’s Secretariat for Communication, which have been unified under the logo Vatican News. In particular, according to a statement from the dicastery, the launch of a Global… Read more »

MADAGASCAR
FSP Bookmobile

            Blessed James Alberione often said: “We have to go out to the people. We can’t wait for them to come to us!” And so the three members of the circumscription’s new Toamasina community (opened in January 2017) have been joyfully trying to reach their fellow-citizens via bookmobile: a new apostolic endeavor that is helping… Read more »

Final Message 2018

35° Meeting of The General Governments of The Pauline Family

  Evangelii Gaudium Questions The Pauline Family The challenges regarding the family and the protection of creation   Dear Sisters and Brothers, We are writing to you from Ariccia, Italy at the end of the 35th Annual Meeting of the General Governments of the Pauline Family. We thank the Lord that once again we had… Read more »

BOLIVIA
Inauguration of a New FSP Book Center

The FSPs of Bolivia have finally realized their dream of opening a second book center in La Paz. During the inauguration ceremony, Fr. Gregory, the pastor of St. Michael’s parish, where the book center is located, cited the words of Blessed James Alberione: “Our centers irradiate light and truth”–and invited our sisters to launch this… Read more »

Jerusalem: Loss and Recovery of the Word…

The Journey of the Word in Mary

After having moved through the streets of Nazareth in fresh, verdant Galilee, and from there journeyed south to Ain Karem and Bethlehem in dusty, sun-baked Judea, the travels of the Word come to a halt in Jerusalem (the Hebrew word Yerûšälaºim means “city of peace” and its Arabic counterpart, al-Quds, means “holy city”). The best… Read more »

Farewell to Fr. Emilio Mayer The “Priest of the Cinema”

Fr. Emilio Mayer, the “cinema priest” of Bergamo, Italy, died on 2 January 2018 at the age of 99. He had served as director of SAS (Servizio Assistenza Sale) of the Lombard capital from 1965-2008, and as president of the Catholic Association of Cinema Operators from 1981-1999. At the outset of his priestly ministry, Fr…. Read more »

SOUTH AFRICA
New Website

After months of planning and hard work, the FSPs of South Africa have launched their new website: www.paulinesa.org. The new portal has been completely updated with regard to language, graphics and the organization of content. Through their online presence and intense activity in the sphere of social media, our sisters hope to reach an ever-greater… Read more »

Epiphany 2018

Prayer, the Rhythm of Life We have come to the end of the Christmas season. The Liturgy for the Feast of the Epiphany brings to a close our Advent reflections, pointing out to us, through the adoration of the Magi, the element on which the whole spiritual life is founded: prayer, or even better, adoration, that is,… Read more »

PHILIPPINES
Pauline Family Reunion Goes Ecological

The Pauline Family celebrated the 46th anniversary of death of Blessed James Alberione (Nov. 2017) with the theme “Paulines Go Green.” Hosted by the Pious Disciples of the Divine Master, the event was held in the beautiful grass-carpeted backyard of their convent in Antipolo. The reunion was attended by the Society of St. Paul, Daughters… Read more »