On 18 March, during the Religious Education Congress, Film Showcase held in Los Angeles, California, Sr. Rose Pacatte, fsp, received the Magis Award for 2011 in acknowledgement of her significant contributions to the world of the cinema and that of religious formation. The word “magis,” which means “the more,” is a Jesuit term intended as… Read more »
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India First Religious Professions
On 12 March 2011, in the FSP community of Mumbai, India, three young women-Bishoyee Anyana, Kanta Shashi Kujur, and Dharmanayagam Shyni D.-made their first religious professions as Daughters of St. Paul in a beautiful and moving Liturgical Celebration. The day before, the young women, dressed like Indian brides, received the religious habit. FSP Superior General… Read more »
Japan Fear and Solidarity in Sendai
A number of different masculine and feminine religious congregations and institutes carry out activities in the diocese of Sendai, the epicenter of the earthquake/tsunami that struck the coast of northeastern Japan a few days ago, devastating a large segment of that region. The Daughters of St. Paul have 13 communities and 140 sisters in the… Read more »
Kenya The Roman Missal for Africa
The Episcopal Conferences of Africa have entrusted the publishing of the Roman Missal for Africa to our Paulines Publications in Nairobi, Kenya. The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, together with ICEL (the organism that supervises the English translation of the Liturgy), have granted us this authorization thanks to the valuable… Read more »
Italy Award for Anselm Grün’s Book “Survive by Working”
The latest book of Fr. Anselm Grün, a Benedictine monk from the Munsterschwarzach Monastery in Baveria, Germany, has been awarded first prize for non-fiction in the International competition “St. Benedict, Patron of Europe and of Cassino.” Published by the Daughters of St. Paul, “Sopravvivere lavorando” (“Survive by Working”) focuses on the theme of work today… Read more »
Taiwan The Bible for Children in Chinese
The Daughters of St. Paul of Taiwan have published the first Chinese version of the Bible for Children accompanied by a CD. Many Catholic schools on the island have adopted this text. For those who live in a non-Christian context like Taiwan, where the Church does not have many instruments of evangelization at her disposal,… Read more »
Superior General – Lent 2011
Lent 2011 Dearest sisters and young women in formation, Two weeks ago we ended our Interchapter Meeting, a time of immense grace for the whole Congregation. Moved by the Spirit, we came to understand more clearly the need to persevere in listening obediently to the Lord so as to allow his Word, dwelling within us, to… Read more »
Italy Synod 2012 on the New Evangelization
On Friday, 4 March, in the John Paul II Hall of the Vatican Press Office, Archbishop Nikola Eterovic, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops, presented the “Lineamenta” for the 13th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, to be held in Vatican City from 7-28 October 2012. The theme of the Synod is:… Read more »
Brazil Rooting the Bible in the Heart of Macapa
At a recent meeting on the theme of biblical formation attended by about 800 pastoral workers, the diocese of Macapa (capital of the state of Amapa), Brazil launched a plan of pas-toral action aimed at encouraging the faithful to read the Bible and form Bible study groups in their parishes. “Bible circles” first emerged in… Read more »
Intercapitolo 2011 – Information n. 2
Rome, 21 February 2011 Dearest Sisters, We have come to the end of our Interchapter Meeting, during which we felt the vibrant presence of Maestra Thecla among us, not only because we opened our encounter on the anniversary of her death and closed it on the anniversary of her birth, but also because she… Read more »