Author: danielafsp

ITALY
Voices from the Italian Province

Paoline.it and social media: around the clock. While waiting to find out how long we will have to “shelter in place,” the world is changing, and our ways of carrying out the apostolate are moving in pace with the times. “We are convinced that in these difficult days, thrown off balance by understandable and natural…

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Darkness and death do not have the last word

The grave is the place where no one who enters ever leaves. But Jesus emerged for us; he rose for us, to bring life where there was death, to begin a new story in the very place where a stone had been placed. He, who rolled away the stone that sealed the entrance of the… Read more »

PAKISTAN
A letter from our Faisalabad community

With the outbreak of the coronavirus, the whole world has suddenly changed. In Pakistan, the people, who are already poor, are now becoming poorer. In this tragic time, many of them are turning to God but there are also many who are losing their faith. We Daughters of St. Paul do not want to close… Read more »

Easter Sunday 2020

On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb. Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb and saw two angels in white…

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Easter 2020

Letter of Sr. Anna Caiazza, Superior General

Dearest Sisters and young women in formation, “Christ, my hope, is risen!” This is the joyful cry that the Easter Sequence places on the lips of Mary of Magdala. From the empty tomb on Easter morning, we continue to hear today the invitation to not fear because “Death and Life have fought a stupendous battle.”… Read more »

E-book of Prayers during Covid-19

In these days of quarantine, social desolation and terror triggered by news of the Covid-19 pandemic being broadcast by TV and the Internet, the Holy See is offering an aid to all believers in the form of a book entitled Forte nella tribolazione (Strong in Trials), available free of charge on the Vatican Publications website….

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March 2020

Hatsue – Maria Eletta TOKUTAKE, Carmela – Maria Emilia MAURO, Patricia Sheila – Mary Bernadette FITZGERALD, Bianca – Maria Chiara DE TONI, Maria Carmen CONTI

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Palm Sunday 2020

Hosanna to the Son of David!

The disciples went and did as Jesus had ordered them. They brought the donkey and colt and laid their cloaks over them, and he sat upon them. The very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and strewed them on the road. The crowds preceding him and …

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BRAZIL
Catechetical School

The Daughters of St. Paul have accepted the invitation of Bishop Philip Dickmans of Miracema-TO, to contribute to the systematic formation of the catechists of his diocese in 2020. The participants in the School for Catechetical Teachers come from various parishes, communities and mission areas. The two-year-long scholastic itinerary is divided into eight parts, one… Read more »

Prayer asking the protection of Mary, Queen of Apostles

Mary, our dearest Mother, Teacher and Queen of Apostles, our Founder, Blessed James Alberione, entrusted the Pauline Family to you, asking you to protect us from the dangers of war so that we could continue to proclaim your Son to the world. Today a new cloud is enveloping many countries, threatening and disorienting peoples and… Read more »