The organizing committee for World Youth Day 2013 (to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) has presented the event’s official logo. Depicted in green, blue and yellow–the colors of the Brazilian flag–the logo is in the shape of heart that encloses a silhouette of the statue of Christ the Redeemer that stands on Sugarloaf… Read more »
Toward Healing and Renewal: this was the theme of the International Symposium Against Child Abuse held by the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy from 6-9 February 2012. The purpose of the Symposium was to help Episcopal and Religious Conferences draw up guidelines to protect children from sexual abuse by priests. The meeting fostered an exchange… Read more »
We join the whole Pauline Family and the Apostoline Sisters in particolar in thanking God for the birth of the latter’s new General Government: Superior General: Sr. Marina Beretti. General Councilors: Sr. Antonietta Leoni, Sr. Marialuisa Peviani, Sr. Tosca Ferrante, Sr. Paola Toninato.
More than 200 bishops of West Africa met from 23-29 January at Yamoussoukro, the political capital of the Ivory Coast, for a plenary assembly to set up a regional Episcopal Conference made up of all the Episcopal Conferences present in the 16 English, French and Portuguese-speaking countries of West Africa. The theme of the meeting… Read more »
The official website for the Beatification and Canonization of Giuseppe Toniolo is now online. The site sketches out various facets of this protagonist of the Catholic movement that inspired the thought of Fr. Alberione. “What Toniolo said about the duty of being apostles today and of using the means exploited by the opposition made sense… Read more »
The Apostoline Sisters are celebrating their 4th General Chapter (25 January to 11 February 2012, Ariccia, Italy) on the theme: Translating one’s whole life into a vocation apostolate. The Chapter opened with a Eucharistic Celebration presided over by Fr. Silvio Sassi, Superior General of the Society of St. Paul. We want to assure all the… Read more »
To give color and warmth to evangelization: this is the all-consuming apostolic commitment of SAB, the biblical animation service of the FSPs of Brazil. The purpose of SAB is to help individuals, groups and ecclesial communities read the Bible in its vital context, allowing this more profound understanding of the Word to cast light on… Read more »
After months of intensive work, the new website of the Daughters of St. Paul of South Africa went online on 15 January 2012. The site offers an abundance of information, easily accessible to navigators. This renewed online presence was made possible through the help of SICOM (our International Secretariat for Communications) and the graphics department… Read more »
The Institute’s International Course of Preparation for Perpetual Profession began on 20 January at Tor San Lorenzo, Italy. Twenty-five young Daughters of St. Paul from 14 different countries are participating in it. During the opening Eucharistic Celebration, presided over by Fr. Guido Gandolfo, ssp, five of the sisters renewed their temporary vows: Sr. Rose (Taiwan),… Read more »
