I am the Expected one, You are waiting for me, You are waiting for me to finally decide to be born. This will happen you know, only at the end. The breath of death will be the true first definitive cry of the newborn, but in the meantime, You continue to wait for me. Advent… Read more »
From November 12th to 20th, the Daughters of Saint Paul hosted the annual spiritual exercises of the Pauline Family at “Casa San Paolo” in Rome. This gathering offered an opportunity for 40 participants, representing various Pauline Congregations and aggregated Institutes of Italy, to engage in deep prayer, reflection, and sharing. The theme of the exercises, Conformed… Read more »
From November 5th to the 13th, the ninth event of #ioleggoché (#ireadbecause) took place in more than two thousand Italian bookshops (including the Pauline Bookshops), a solidarity initiative to supply school libraries. #ireadbecause is a national project for the education and promotion of reading organized by the Italian Publishers Association (AIE), which invites everyone to… Read more »
On the ninety-eighth World Mission Day, Agenzia Fides presented some data obtained from the latest “Statistical Yearbook of the Church.” In general, the percentage of Catholics of the world population is growing very slightly, at 17.7% (+0.03 percentage points): Africa (+7,271,000), the Americas (+5,912,000), Asia (+889,000) and Oceania (+123,000), while in Europe there continues to… Read more »
The Daughters of Saint Paul first arrived in Düsseldorf in 1964. They began the apostolate of communication and the Word through our bookshop in Nuremberg in. Here are some memories about these past sixty years. Sr Elena Barchetti, who arrived in Germany on September 15, 1964, together with Sr Cecilia Baron Toaldo, today lives in…
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On October 28, 2024, a presentation of the book Witnesses, Not Administrators: The Priest in a Changing Era by Cardinal François-Xavier Bustillo was held at the University Bookstore of Mary Most Holy of the Assumption (LUMSA, Rome). The event, organized by the Pauline International Bookshop (Via del Mascherino, Rome), brought together distinguished figures from the ecclesiastical world…
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I grew up in a military barracks in Lagos, Nigeria because when I was born my father was in the Nigerian Army. I went to primary and secondary school in Ikeja Cantonment (the name of the barracks) and was an active member of the Legion of Mary and the Altar Girls parish group. We had… Read more »
Why did I choose this title for my vocational story? Because I entered very young (11 and a half years old) and also because I heard Jesus call me one day, in prayer, with this name. It was not a vision, just a gentle voice within my heart. First vocational seed My mother always prayed… Read more »
I was born into a family of 9 children, two girls and 7 boys. When I was born, my parents weren’t practicing Christians, but I studied in Catholic schools and went to Mass, a compulsory practice at school. I was baptized and made my first communion when I was nine years old. In 1990 my… Read more »
When I was growing up, becoming a Sister was the last thing on my mind. I was never religious or pious. When I went to the UK for my university studies, I found the Catholic Church and liturgy an utter bore. I was attracted to the Christian Youth Movement and began a journey of searching… Read more »
