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Final Message 2020

37th MEETING OF THE GENERAL GOVERNMENTS OF THE PAULINE FAMILY

Dear brothers and sisters of the Pauline Family, At the end of the now traditional annual meeting of our General Governments, we would like to share with you some of the “lights” we received in these days, lived in an atmosphere of joy and fraternity, having at heart the growth of our Family spirit. We felt…

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Baptism of the Lord 2020

Let It Be So

Jesus gets in line with the sinners on the banks of the Jordan, revealing in a definitive way that God is unequivocally “God with us,” that is, the Love that says to me: I am on your side. I am for you, in your favor. I am with you just as you are right now… Read more »

Swahili Lectionary

The Daughters of St. Paul of Nairobi have published a Swahili Lectionary–a work of great significance for the Catholic Church of Kenya and other nations that use the same language. The Lectionary uses the text of the Biblia ya Kiafrika, published by our sisters of Nairobi with the approval of the Kenya Bishops’ Conference …

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Missionaries Killed in 2019

The Extraordinary Missionary Month, celebrated by the Church in October 2019, was an opportunity to rediscover many witnesses of the Faith who spent their lives for the Gospel in very diverse contexts and situations in their local Churches. Like every year, Fides News Agency gathered information about the missionaries killed during the past year. For …

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Epiphany of the Lord 2020

Open-Ended Anticipation

True intelligence is not closed in the asphyxiating circle of reality, but instead leaves a window open to the impossible. A person’s happiness does not lie in answers, in contentment–even about the things of God. Instead, it lies in search, in restlessness, in dissatisfaction, because if we think we have found God, if we think… Read more »

December 2019

Giovanna – Maria Sara TETI, Marina – Maria Innocenza SALVONI, Francisca – Maria Rufina QUIRUZ, Socorro – Maria Gerarda CRUZ

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INDIA
Musical Performance for Christmas

Every year the Daughters of St. Paul of Bandra hold a musical performance in various parishes and schools of the Archdiocese of Mumbai in preparation for Christmas. Organized and performed by the Postulants, the program this year consisted of a wide variety of songs, including the angel’s announcement to Mary, the birth of Jesus, the… Read more »

ITALY
90 Years of FSP Presence in Palermo

The Daughters of St. Paul arrived in Palermo from far-away Alba on 28 November 1929, sent by our Founders, Fr. Alberione and Maestra Thecla, to initiate the “apostolate of the good press.” They began their mission in simplicity and poverty–“from Bethlehem,” as Fr. Alberione always said. Many of the citizens of Palermo joyfully participated in… Read more »

Feast of the Holy Family 2019

THE WORK OF THE FLESH

Joseph is commanded stop dreaming and wake up: “Get up!” His dream corresponds to the dream of God, which is to awaken human beings from their somnolent state. It is necessary to live life, not just dream about it. Joseph wakes up and responds to the divine summons not with words but with his flesh: with deeds and in truth

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Christmas 2019

RE-CREATION OF THE HUMAN BEING

The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ. Thus begins the Gospel of Matthew. Jesus of Nazareth is pointed out as the new birth of the human being–the re-creation of the entire created world. The long list of names from Abraham to Jesus is divided into three parts, telling us that God was incarnated in… Read more »