Author: danielafsp

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 »

December 2017

NOME DATA LUOGO DI TUMULAZIONE  Catterina – Maria Caterina RIVIERA 24/12/2017 Castagnito (Italia)

INDIA
Christmas Concert

The Daughters of St. Paul of Bandra, Mumbai held a Christmas Concert that was attended by their Pauline Cooperators, some children of neighborhood, our employees, supporters, friends and priests and religious who live nearby. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the performance and signaled this by their enthusiastic applause. The FSP Choir also received invitations to perform in… Read more »

Feast of Mary, Mother of God 2018

God’s Dwelling Place It is not by chance that the Feast of Mary, Mother of God, is also World Peace Day. In fact, the presence of the Spirit, which fills the heart and womb of Mary, reminds us that we will have peace only if we allow ourselves to be inhabited by the mystery we… Read more »

KOREA
Online School of Prayer

To celebrate the 102nd anniversary of the foundation of the Daughters of St. Paul, our sisters of Korea launched a school of prayer on Facebook. The five-week course, entitled Attraction, which introduces participants to prayer, also makes use of a candle, the rosary and several videoclips to help the user learn about prayer and put… Read more »

New Portal: vaticannews.va

The Vatican’s new portal is perfectly in line with today’s digital environment. An eye-catching feature is its menu, which is set up in an agile and functional way. The choices displayed on a red band are confined to four pivotal words: Pope, Vatican, Church, World. The terms themselves immediately convey the idea of a Church… Read more »

Christmas 2017

Christmas is here! God has been incarnated and reveals his glory. The Inaccessible One has finally made himself known. Only when the glory of God is proclaimed from the heavens can the peace which the angels announced at Bethlehem spread on earth. In fact, the last stage of our journey speaks to us precisely about… Read more »

Letter of Christmas 2017

Dearest Sisters, It’s Christmas! The joyous announcement resounds: “Today a Savior has been born to you: Christ the Lord” (Lk. 2:11). Mary settles him into a new grotto–that of our earth, our history, our hearts. He comes as salvation, as Emmanuel, God-with-us. We are a poor grotto, stripped bare and empty, but in it shines… Read more »

Fourth Sunday of Advent 2017

Becoming Small so as To Welcome God’s Greatness The next step on our journey toward Christmas is to enter the mystery of “smallness”–a paradox because only those who are small are able to welcome the greatness of God. The Eternal One makes himself small: he whom the whole universe cannot contain takes on flesh and… Read more »