Can a single “eye” contain 1.2 million books? Yes, if it is the one designed by Dutch architectural firm MVRDV to house the Tianjin Binhai public library in China. The atrium of the 5-storey-high edifice is graced by a huge 3D eyeball framed by floor-to-ceiling bookshelves staggered at different levels. The curving lines of the… Read more »
Drafting of the Editorial Guidelines • Workshop • Meetings on the continental or linguistic levels to share projects and find modes of apostolic collaboration
Experiences – Personal study • Presentation of several experiences in the publishing field (Korea, Italy, Colombia, Brazil, East Africa) • Presentation of the methodology for the Workshop • Personal study
“‘We are members one of another’ (Eph. 4:25). From network community to human communities.” This is the theme Pope Francis has chosen for World Communications Day 2019. According to a Vatican Press release, “The theme underlines the importance of giving back to communication a broad perspective, based on the person, and emphasizes the value of… Read more »
Rome, 1 October 2018 Intense work continues for the variegated group of Daughters of St. Paul that has gathered in Rome from all world’s continents to reflect together, compare ideas and seek common guidelines for the future of the FSP publishing apostolate. The sisters are receiving a flood of deeplyappreciated messages from all our… Read more »
Practical Aspects of Book Production Economic aspects, contracts, printing runs, warehouse stock and turnover of products, graphics, ecc. Sr. Natalia Maccari – Sr. Gabriella Santon • Practical exercises / Comparison • Prayer at the “Book Salon”
Several Daughters of St. Paul of the Generalate community, Rome, celebrated the Sunday of the Word (30 September) with a visit to Regina Coeli prison, where they spent some meaningful time with the inmates. In his Apostolic Letter, Misericordia et Misera, Pope Francis explains that the annual celebration of this Day is meant to “renew
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Comparison of ideas with several publishers San Paolo (Simone Bruno, ssp, editorial manager) EMI (Lorenzo Fazzini, editorial manager) Città Nuova (Luca Gentile, editorial manager) • Group work • Prayer: Window on the World
In September, the month dedicated to the Bible, the FSPs and their collaborators in the city of Arequipa carried out for the second consecutive year the initiative, The Bible Recounted to Children–an event calling for collaboration, unity of strength and programming. The residents of Arequipa participated with great enthusiasm in the educational and recreational
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