My name is Ghazia Akbar and I am from Pakistan. I am a Christian, a Catholic and a member of the Institute of the Daughters of St. Paul, founded by Blessed James Alberione. My parents, who surrounded me with love when I was a child and who continue to do so today, are devout Catholics…. Read more »
“Would you like to go to Taiwan? The sisters there need help and I thought of you.” The voice was that of the Superior General. Go to Taiwan? The Far East? The dream I had nourished since childhood was about to come true! I needed a passport and a white habit. I had to say… Read more »
Back in 1987, when Sr. Maria Cevolani was Superior General, she asked me to go to the Congo (or Zaire, as it was then called) for a year. When I arrived in Kisangani, I found myself in the midst of a huge, damp rainforest, which, combined with the intense heat, encouraged the spread of malaria…. Read more »
The UNESCO Report on the World Day To End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists says that 55% of the journalists killed in the last two years were working in non-combat areas, which means that they lost their lives not as a result of bombs or other weapons of destruction while performing their duties as reporters…
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Hope is the humblest of virtues, for it remains hidden in the recesses of life; yet it is like the yeast that leavens all the dough. We nurture it by reading ever anew the Gospel, “reprinted” in so many editions in the lives of the saints who became icons of God’s love in this world…. Read more »
My vocation to the Pauline life was a big discovery because, in India, I had never seen or heard anyone speak about the Daughters of St. Paul. Today, many years later, as I look back over the road I traveled, I thank God for the “abundant riches of grace and mercy” that I received. The… Read more »
A small island in the immensity of the Atlantic Ocean, a piece of land merely 67 square miles, a speck on a map; unbelievably, this is where God placed me to call me to himself among the Daughters of St. Paul. It seems that the words of Isaiah were meant just for me: “Listen to… Read more »
One of the unforgettable memories of my vocational journey is the shadowed nave of the splendid Gothic cathedral in my diocese of Crema, Italy. I can still see myself seated in one of the pews, reading the Letters of St. Paul with great passion. I don’t recall whether or not I understood the words I… Read more »
My name is Emma Marie Umurerwa Ruhunga. A Rwandese by birth, I am currently a member of our FSP community in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Rwanda is located in eastern Africa and is bordered by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania and Burundi. I was born in Rwanda in 1951 but for various reasons… Read more »
I can sum up who I am and why I became a Daughter of St. Paul in these words: I am who I am because the Lord loved me and continues to love me with great mercy in spite of my limitations. My name is Carmen Maria Dellaserra and I was born in Rabbi (Trent),… Read more »
