Author: danielafsp

Fifth Sunday of Lent 2020

I know he will rise

When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. (Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, only about two miles away. And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother.) When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him…

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Queen of Apostles Hospital Becomes a COVID-19 Hospital

Because of the current emergency, Queen of Apostles Hospital, located in Albano, owned by the Daughters of St. Paul and accredited with Italy’s National Health Care System, has become a reference point in the Castelli Romani area for people suffering from the new coronavirus. The 70 beds set aside for the infected has made the… Read more »

KOREA
The FSPs on YouTube

To meet the needs of the moment due to the new coronavirus, Covid-19, the FSPs of Korea have expanded their digital productions through the creation of YouTube video clips on opportune themes: – A series of prayers on specific topics, each one about 6 minutes long, entitled Sister, please pray for us: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLucENx23CIbkpbu6GkKE-7Og41QVQRrx6. – The… Read more »

Fourth Sunday of Lent 2020

Go and Wash

As he walked along, Jesus saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned; it is so that the works of God might be made visible through him. We have to do…

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ITALY
Who will separate us: Confronting the Coronavirus

The Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI) has set up a new digital platform to help the faithful meet the challenge of the coronavirus epidemic. Practical advice and a variety of articles, reflections, news and pastoral material can be found at https://chiciseparera.chiesacattolica.it. The initiative, says a CEI press release, wants to offer signs of hope for rebuilding… Read more »

Third Sunday of Lent 2020

He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired from his journey, sat down at the well. It was about noon. A woman of Samaria came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Give…

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ITALY
To Serve and Animate…in the Internet Era

From 9-11 March 2020, the FSP General Government held an online formation meeting for the new provincial government of Brazil. The theme of the meeting was: Serving Communion, Animating the Mission. The sisters of our Brazilian governing team were enthusiastic about this possibility, from which they drew ideas and incentives for realizing in their turn…

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ITALY
Tell Your Neighbor

Tell Your Neighbor: Pastoral Practice in the Digital Culture, a newly-released publication of FSP Editions, Italy, discusses how to live the commandment “Love your neighbor” in today’s digital era. In the text, author Massimiliano Padula brings to life this teaching of Jesus, rereading and applying it in the light of the numerous invitations and stimuli…

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Second Sunday of Lent 2020

Listen to him

Jesus took Peter, James and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them; his face shone like the sun and his clothes became white as light. And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, conversing with him. Then Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is …

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Artificial Intelligence

Many experts and prominent individuals recently took part in a Workshop entitled The “Good” Algorithm? Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Law, Health, organized by the Pontifical Academy for Life and held in the Vatican. At the end of the event, the participants were asked to ratify a Charter entitled A Call for AI Ethics. The first signers …

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