NOME DATA LUOGO DI TUMULAZIONE Maria De Lourdes MOREIRA SILVA 15/10/2017 Lisboa (Portogallo) Keiko – Maria Paola KAIBARA 12/10/2017 Tokyo (Giappone) Gemma – Maria Grazia BARINI 06/10/2017 Albano (Italia)
October 2017
Author: danielafsp
COLOMBIA Mission in San Vicente de Caguàn Parish
To celebrate the Centenary of Foundation of the Pauline Cooperators Association, the Daughters of St. Paul of the Colombia-Ecuador Province joined forces with an Annunciationist and several Pauline Cooperators to carry out a mission in San Vicente del Caguàn Parish on the feast of its patroness, Our Lady of Mercy. During the mission, 5 radio… Read more »
Feast of the Divine Master 2017
Letter of Sr. Anna Maria Parenzan, Superior General
Dearest Sisters The Gospel for the Feast of Jesus Master, Year A, invites us to reflect on the last evening of Christ’s earthly life. In the so-called “Cenacle” or Upper Room of a house in Jerusalem, he performs the surprising gesture of washing the feet of his disciples–an act that even Jewish servants were not… Read more »
SabirFest 2017
The fourth edition of SabirFest was held in Catania, Messina and Reggio Calabria, southern Italy, from 5-8 October 2017. The event, which focuses attention on the Mediterranean Sea, the countries surrounding it and their inhabitants, is a space for cultural growth and participation that is decisive in prefiguring new forms of Mediterranean citizenship in the… Read more »
@Pontifex Tops 40 Million Followers
The papal Twitter accounts, in nine different languages (including Latin), have grown by over 9 million followers in the past 12 months–a significant figure that the Pope, like his predecessor, attributes to the presence of Christian witnesses on the “digital continent” and above all on social media. According to a recent press release from the… Read more »
ITALY 2nd International Seminar for SSP Publishers
The Second International Seminar for Pauline Publishers was held at Ariccia (Rome), Italy from 16-21 October 2017. About 60 members of the SSP from various parts of the world took part in the encounter, including all the Institute’s General Directors and Publishing Directors. To enrich the event and reflect on the Pauline mission in depth,… Read more »
UNITED STATES Month of the Word
To celebrate the Month of the Word, the FSPs of St. Louis, Missouri, organized an exposition of the Gospel and Acts of the Apostles–one of the 7 volumes of the Heritage Edition of the Bible. This special edition of the Word of God is the first hand-written, hand-illuminated Bible to be realized in the 500… Read more »
GERMANY Frankfurt Book Fair 2017
Daughters of St. Paul from various parts of the world traveled to Germany to participate in the Frankfurter Buchmesse (the world’s most important Book Fair), which took place from 10-15 October 2017. Almost 8,000 publishers from 100 different countries, as well as translators, writers, printers and mass-media experts took part in this huge international event,… Read more »
Asia Bibi Nominated for the Sacharov Prize 2017
Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian woman condemned to death for blasphemy and imprisoned since 2009, has been nominated for the European Parliament’s 2017 prestigious Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. The prize is awarded to individuals who have made an exceptional contribution to the fight for human rights across the globe, drawing attention to human… Read more »
CONGO Bible Day
“From here I want to enlighten….” These words of the Divine Master to Fr. Alberione, reinforced by the invitation of Pope Francis to celebrate a special day dedicated to the Scriptures, inspired our sisters of the Congo to organize meetings in several Kinshasa parishes so as to help people read the Word of God and… Read more »