Author: danielafsp

KOREA
The climate is changing. What about us?

This is the title of a book published by the Daughters of St. Paul of South Korea as a pledge to help reduce carbon emissions by donating a portion of the book’s revenues to the planting of trees. And this pledge was fulfilled. Our sisters collaborated with the Ecology and Environment Committee of Suwon Diocese… Read more »

Easter 2023

Letter of Sr. Anna Caiazza, Superior General

Dearest Sisters and young women in formation, With great joy and renewed awe I greet you with the proclamation that grounds our faith, sustains our hope, and motivates our love: Christ is risen! He is truly risen! This proclamation makes us race ahead and gives wings to our heart…because it is impossible to contain the…

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Easter Sunday 2023

Mary of Magdala and the other Mary go to visit the tomb of Jesus. Matthew’s Gospel doesn’t say why because the reason doesn’t matter. Are they going to anoint the body of Jesus or to complete some funeral rite? The fact that they just go is beautiful to me. Their simple act, which can be…

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Joint Agreement Between Christians and Muslims

To continue to improve the relationship between Christianity and Islam, the prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, Cardinal Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, and the secretary general of the Muslim Council of Elders, Judge Mohamed Abdelsalam, signed a memorandum of understanding on 6 March. The goal is to strengthen interfaith and intercultural dialogue between… Read more »

March 2023

Aiko – Maria Elisa NAGATA / Grazia LA CARRUBBA / Elena – Maria Dorotea D’OTO

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Palm Sunday 2023

The crowds spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and strewed them along the route.We must return to loving our roads: those roads that enable us to take steps towards Life; those roads that offer possibilities for relationships; those roads that savor and anticipate the promise of a…

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ITALY
Meeting with Cardinal Robert Sarah

On 23 March 2023, the FSP International Multimedia Center, Via del Mascherino, Rome, hosted a presentation of the book, Catechism of the Spiritual Life, the latest work of Cardinal Robert Sarah, published in Italian, English, Spanish, French and Portuguese, all of which are available in the Center. The Cardinal, of Guinean ethnicity, is Prefect Emeritus…

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ITALY
The Suspended Gospel

Lent is one of the times when, as Christians, we tend to take the Gospel more seriously and try to render it visible in daily life. There are many ways to do this, but this year our FSP Book Center in Brescia teamed up with prison chaplains and several local parishes to concretize the words… Read more »

Fifth Sunday of Lent 2023

When Jesus hears that Lazarus is sick, he remains right where he is for another two days.  He does not race to the side of his friend. He is the Lord of time, so it is he who decides when to move. When he reaches the tomb of Lazarus, Martha says sorrowfully: Lord, if you…

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ITALY
Arezzo: Two Days Dedicated to the Word

The FSP community of Arezzo organized two special days around the Word of God: 13 March in their book center, and 14 March in a local parish. The theme of the book center encounter was Exodus, as an event and as a book. Three names, all female, gave color and warmth to the evening. The…

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