Author: danielafsp

Happy Birthday, Wikipedia!

Wikipedia is 20 years old! With more than 55 million entries in over 300 languages, it is the largest encyclopedia ever written and is among the most visited web sites in the world. The online initiative, whose content is created and maintained by a community of volunteer editors, came into being on 15 January 2001…. Read more »

UNITED STATES
#homeforChristmas

Begun 26 years ago as an apostolic initiative to proclaim Christ to the people of the cities of New York and Boston through a lively program of Christmas caroling, the Daughters of St. Paul Choir has over time extended the Concert’s outreach from one coast to the other of the United States. When it became… Read more »

ITALY
FSP Missionary Celebrates Her 100th Birthday

On 12 January 2021, Sr. Eulalia D’Ettore, FSP, celebrated 100 years of life and 84 years of religious consecration, surrounded by the affectionate members of the James Alberione community, Albano, to which she belongs, and also several Korean sisters stationed in Italy. Sr. Eulalia’s relatives, who live in her native Puglia region in southern Italy,… Read more »

Religious Life and the New Media: Being in Relation or Being Connected?

Religious life always mirrors the changes taking place in society. Religious communities are microcosms within which people who enter it bring with them all the baggage they acquired prior to their entrance, but also all the material received from contact with the outside world. In this way, the religious community finds itself managing all the… Read more »

Final Message 2021

38th MEETING OF THE GENERAL GOVERNMENTS OF THE PAULINE FAMILY

Dear brothers and sisters of the Pauline Family, At the end of the 38th Meeting of our General Gov-ernments, we are writing to share with you some of the wealth we received in these days. For the first time in 38 years, due to the…

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Baptism of Jesus 2021

Baptism is God’s declaration of love for me. This Love remains at my side; it never forsakes me no matter what happens to me or around me; it takes care of me without being ashamed of me. Jesus begs John the Baptist, and each one of us, to allow him to remain at our side,…

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Missionaries Killed in 2020

According to information gathered by Fides News Agency, 20 missionaries in various parts of the world were killed in 2020: 8 priests, 1 male religious, 3 women religious, 2 seminarians and 6 lay people. On the continental level, the highest number of missionary deaths recorded this year was once again in America, where 5 priests… Read more »

ITALY
Give Your Grandparents the Gift of a Book

In the wake of the #io leggo perché initiative, aimed at expanding and enriching school libraries around Italy, the parish priest of St. Peter the Apostle Cathedral Parish in Treviso, in collaboration with our FSP Book Center in that city, decided to raise awareness throughout his parish and its various catechetical groups concerning the importance…

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Epiphany of the Lord 2021

I like to think of today’s Feast, the Epiphany, as a homage to restlessness. The Magi are restless individuals. Their lives can be described by verbs like: to depart, to abandon, to leave, to embark, to undertake, to venture, to doubt. They are adventurous people because they don’t see anything as certain. They are not…

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December 2020

Bertilla TURCATO / Gina Maria – Maria Candida TORNERI / Rita – Maria Elena SANCHEZ ESPINOSA / Leny – Maria Edvige PASTORFIDE / Porferia OCARIZA / Camilla – Eugenia Maria MONTERSINO / Bernardetta – Maria Cristina MEI / Maria Concetta – Maria Joseph LI CASTRI / Maria – Maria Ausilia GIRARDI / Teresa – Maria Carla DELLA NOCE / Irma D’ANGELO / Raffaella – Maria Marina CORREDDU / Caterina – Maria Carla CASTELLINO / Rita CAMPARA / Clelia – Maria Teresita CACEFFO / Vincenza – Maria Domenica ATTARDO

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