The month of October, dedicated to the missions, finds its high point in the celebration of World Mission Day, which this year falls on 23 October and revolves around the theme: “As the Father has sent me, so I send you” (Jn. 20:21). In his message for this day, Pope Benedict XVI reminds everyone that… Read more »
The 63rd Frankfurt International Book Fair, the world’s most important publishing event, opened on 12 October 2011. FSPs representing Pauline publishing sectors from all over the world participated in the event with books and audio visuals on the Bible, spirituality, current issues, material for children, etc. A theme that our publications–and also those of other… Read more »
T-shirts, yellow balloons, prayer sessions, concerts and testimonies of life-all were a fundamental part of the “Mission to Youth” Week organized by the diocese of Rome from 1-8 October 2011. An outreach program of “youth to youth,” the mission was placed under the protection of Blessed John Paul II and involved more than 400 young… Read more »
The course for our young FSP missionaries held in Rome from 15 September to 10 October has now concluded. Entitled, Serving the Word with Universal Horizons, the encounter was the fruit of the process of redesigning our presences, which has led to the reassignment of sisters from various circumscriptions to other countries. The purpose of… Read more »
The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded jointly to three courageous women: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the President of Liberia; Leymah Gbowee, a Liberian peace activist, and Tawakkul Karman, a Yemeni human rights activist. Sirleaf is the first woman president of an African country; Gbowee is an activist for peace, and Karman works to defend… Read more »
When the Daughters of St. Paul of Madagascar courageously accepted what they called the “titanic” request of the local Bishops’ Conference to produce an edition of the Bible in the Malagasy language, Sr. Antonieta Bruscato, Superior General of the Institute, encouraged them to accept the project, saying: “You are capable of working miracles!” The desire… Read more »
On 20 August, in Lubumbashi, at the ceremony opening the three-year period of preparation for the Centenary of foundation of the Pauline Family, one of our sisters’ collaborators, Gabriel Ilunga, offered the following testimony in gratitude to the Daughters of St. Paul: “My name is Gabriel Ilunga. I am a writer, sociologist and communications consultant…. Read more »
Silence and the Word: Path of Evangelizationz : this is the theme chosen by Benedict XVI for World Communications Day 2012, which most countries celebrate on the Sunday before Pentecost (in 2012, 20 May). Commenting on the Pope’s choice of theme, a representative of the Pontifical Council for Social Com-munications said, “It is clearly the… Read more »
Environmentalist and political activist Wangari Maathai died of cancer on 25 Sept. 2011 at the age of 71. Her death was announced by the Green Belt Movement, the environmentalist organization she founded, which up to now has planted more that 40 million trees in a battle to slow down the deforestation of Africa. In 2004,… Read more »
Our sisters of Fortaleza recently launched the new book, A Cruz em Paulo (The Cross in St. Paul), by Sr. Agda França, fsp, whose reflections can help readers rethink their experiences with suffering and find meaning in it. Understanding the role of suffering in one’s life is a real challenge for Christians today. Sr. Agda… Read more »
