The Pauline Book Center in Potenza is turning 90 years old, and to commemorate this anniversary our sisters have scheduled a number of cultural events during November and December to underscore the significance of our Pauline presence at the service of the ecclesial community and civil society. Particularly significant are several liturgical and catechetical formation… Read more »
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INDIA Growing with the Word of God
The Daughters of St. Paul of Mumbai are guiding a Bible study course entitled Growing with the Word of God (GWG). The initiative, which is dense with meaning, was organized in response to Pope Francis’ invitation to our last General Chapter to get involved in biblical animation since biblical ministry is at the heart of…
Read more »ITALY Spiritual Itinerary of the Pauline Family 2023
The retreat inaugurating the spiritual itinerary of Pauline Family 2023 was held, as usual, in the St. Paul House (San Giovanni Eudes), Rome, from 14-22 November 2022, on the theme, “Let your minds be transformed to discern the will of God” (Rom. 12:1-2). The theme, with its distinctly Pauline coloring, was competently developed by the… Read more »
TAIWAN Two New Pauline Cooperators Make Their Promises
On 30 October, the Pauline Family around the world celebrated the Feast of Jesus Master. In the small FSP community in Taichung, this day took on a climate of special joy. The festive atmosphere intensified with the arrival of many Daughters of St. Paul from Kaohsiung and Taipei, as well as their Cooperators. All looked… Read more »
THAILAND Golden Jubilee of FABC
A special event for Ecclesia in Asia (the Church in Asia) was held from 12-30 October 2022 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of foundation of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences. The theme of the encounter was: “And they took another way” (Mt. 2:12). 17 cardinals, 125 archbishops and bishops, 25 priests, 6 women religious…
Read more »Ukraine Soldier Saved by a Copy of the Gospel
Gospel 2022: A Word for Every Day, a Pauline publication, was in a backpack on the rear seat of a military vehicle, when its Ukrainian driver, Yuri Bovt, was suddenly caught under a hail of Russian artillery. To his amazement one of the bullets, which could have fatally wounded him, penetrated the center of the…
Read more »NIGERIA Mission Sunday
The Daughters of St. Paul in Abuja celebrated Mission Sunday this year in a small parish in the village of Tasha, where most people speak Hausa, an Afro-Asiatic language widely used in northern Nigeria. Sr. Josephine Idowu and Sr. Oluwakemi Akinleye had the opportunity to inform parishioners about the scourge of human trafficking. Their input… Read more »
ITALY World Mission Day in Brescia
“You shall be my witnesses”: this was the slogan of World Mission Day 2022, celebrated on Sunday, 23 October. The Daughters of St. Paul of Brescia wanted to commemorate this anniversary in union with the other parishes of their diocese, fostering the desire to be close through prayer and offerings to the people of Pakistan,…
Read more »NIGERIA New Book Center in Calabar
The small book and media center opened by the Daughters of St. Paul in Calabar, Nigeria on 18 October 2022 was blessed by the Archbishop of the diocese, Joseph Effiong Ekuwem. After months of searching, waiting and praying, the modest building has been transformed into an apostolic center of light from which to spread the… Read more »
KENYA Delegation Meeting on the Apostolate
The Delegation of East Africa/South Sudan/Zambia/Malawi held an Apostolic Meeting in Nairobi from 19-24 September 2022, on the theme Accounting Systems and Digital Marketing. The Delegation Superior and the sisters in charge of the book centers, apostolic sectors, and the circumscription bursar’s office all participated in the event. They reflected in the impact of the…
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