When the Pauline Family launched its Year of the Bible, Sister Anne Joan Flanagan of the US-ESC province felt strongly inspired to read the Word of God from cover to cover–but not by herself. On 24 November 2020 she sent the following invitation to her 28,000 Twitter followers: “Read the Bible with me!” Her…
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To celebrate the Pauline Bible Year, Paulines Publications Africa organized formation meetings for catechists on the theme: The Bible and Catechesis. The animations were held in the dioceses of Maralal, Isiolo and Marsabit–three of the poorest and most marginalized Kenyan dioceses. Due to economic problems, catechists here lack the essential tools they need for their… Read more »
Mother of the bewildered Lk. 2:16-21 Virgin Mother, daughter of your Son, in whom your Creator did not disdain to become your creature” (Dante). Mary is the mother of those who find it hard to understand what is happening. With the serenity of a person permeated by love, she became her Son’s disciple. We know… Read more »
On 9 December, a meeting was held in the Vatican to highlight moral and ethical issues regarding the impact of today’s new technologies in the post-pandemic world. The theme developed was “Promoting Integral Human Development and Peace in the Digital Age. New Technologies in the Post-Covid World.” The meeting was organized by the Dicastery for… Read more »
Dearest Sisters and young women in formation, Our Advent journey leads us once again to the grotto of Bethlehem, where the mystery we contemplate each year takes on flesh and blood: “A child is born for us, a son has been given to us” (Is. 9:5). The eternal Word of the Father, “he whom the…
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Incarnating God in the World Luke 2:1-14 At Christmas, we remember our supreme existential task, the one that defines our reason for living: to incarnate the good by becoming more human. Yes, to incarnate the good, or–if we want to give flesh to God since God is the highest Good–then we can say: to incarnate… Read more »
After its success in Brescia, Naples, Udine, Lodi, Novara and Palermo, the project to donate books to prisoners for Christmas is also being carried out this year by our FSP book center in Messina. The Caritas Foundation of the Archdiocese of Messina, the D’arteventi Association and the Chaplains of the Messina and Barcellona Pozzo di… Read more »
To celebrate the 5th World Day of the Poor, 14 November 2021, the FSP Book Center of Treviso, in collaboration with the diocesan branch of Caritas, organized an initiative entitled: Donate a Book: It’s Food for the Soul! Customers were able to choose titles from a display case set up for the occasion. The books…
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Experiencing the Impossible Lk. 1:39-45 «Faced with the angel’s announcement, Mary welcomed the improbable, the unforeseen, the impossible, because, after all, life is nothing but waiting without an object» (Simone Weil). In order for there to be an event, in order for the other–the surprising–to reveal itself for what it is, one must experience the… Read more »
Italy’s annual Book Fair for Small and Medium-sized Publishing Houses was not held last year because of the pandemic. This year it is back. Entitled More Books, More Freedom, the event took place from 4-8 December at the Nuvola dell’Eur, a futuristic and suggestive location in Rome. Promoted and organized by the Italian Publishers Association …
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