The Vatican has set up a counsultation team of young people from all over the world to collaborate with its Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life in matters of youth ministry, especially concerning issues of life. Its first summit will take place in April 2020. A news release issued by the Holy See… Read more »
They did not know…. Life is a practice of attention. The drama is to live unconsciously–passively, routinely–in such a way that inattentiveness becomes the principal feature of one’s existence. In the end, the “flood”–biological death–will touch everyone and will submerge those who always lived as though dead because while death cannot touch the living, it… Read more »
The Daughters of St. Paul concluded their 80th Anniversary of Foundation celebrations in the Philippines with a solemn Eucharistic Liturgy presided over by Fr. Rollin Flores, SSP Provincial Superior. Among the symbols carried to the altar were the flags of the four countries that make up the Province (Philippines, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Thailand),… Read more »
It is a good idea for everyone, especially consecrated persons, to take a brief pause from time to time on the journey through life. Occasions for this are not lacking: for example, courses of spiritual exercises, retreats, in-depth reflection sessions…. But it is also important to look within and around us so as to make… Read more »
While visiting my uncle, Fr. Joseph, my mother’s brother, I was fascinated by the library in his study. Whenever he was out, I would seize the chance to examine the titles, leaf through some of the books, and read a few pages here and there. One day, one of the books I picked up was… Read more »
Sometimes the Lord takes us out of our customary routine so that he can enter our world and our life. This is what happened to me before I even became a Christian. A year in France changed my whole life. In Korea, I had received a degree in French literature because I always wanted to… Read more »
In conjunction with the celebration of the first Sunday of the Word of God, scheduled for 26 January 2020, the remains of the body of St. Timothy will be accessible for veneration in St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome. It is the first time that the urn containing the remains of St. Paul’s disciple, preserved in the… Read more »
When I was young, the thing that fascinated me to the point of making me decide to enter the Congregation of the Daughters of St. Paul at the age of 14 was a vocation film that showed the sisters and their candidates working at the printing presses. And when I entered the Institute in the… Read more »
My Vocation Story A vocation is a response to the gift and mystery of God’s call: “You did not choose me; I chose you” (Jn. 15:15). I am Sr. Carmencita Garcia, a Filipina missionary in Italy. Looking back on my journey of faith and my relationship of love with the Master in this 24th year… Read more »
