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 »
A whole galaxy of female artists and singers of West Africa are currently gathered in the capital of Mali for the Fifth Annual Voices of Bamako Festival (18-22 January)–a forum for celebrating African women and traditional African arts, as well as for discussing various topics related to women’s issues. The Festival, which was initiated by… Read more »
What is the future of publishing in the Internet age? Many people are asking themselves this question, in particular the publishers, book sellers and authors who will be participating in an international e-book conference, IfBookThen, to be held in Milan from 2-3 February. The encounter, which will be entirely in English, was organized by Bookrepublic,… Read more »
Concluding message Letter of SGFP Statuto • Concetto e prassi della Vita Consacrata in don Alberione, Don Teófilo Pérez ssp • Evoluzione della teologia della Vita Consacrata dal Concilio Vaticano II ad oggi, P. Bruno Secondin ocarm • Omelia conclusiva, Don Silvio Sassi, Superiore Generale ssp Tavola Rotonda (SSP, FSP, PDDM, SJBP, AP)
The apostolic efforts of the Daughters of St. Paul of Colombia and Ecuador have led them to produce a series of online courses that have been recognized and approved by various Catholic universities. The purpose of these courses is to offer teachers the training and methodology they need to improve their pedagogical approach to various… Read more »
Never before has the world experienced so many contemporaneous acts of violence, leading to death and destruction everywhere. The widespread horrors being enacted in numerous parts of today’s world have roused the international community to denounce the dire situation, which shows no sign of diminishing. All appearances to the contrary, the commandment “You shall not… Read more »
This year Doctors without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is celebrating its 40th birthday. One of the world’s largest non-governmental organizations devoted to humanitarian aid, MSF was founded in 1971 by a group of French doctors, who were shocked by the situation of famine in Biafra and concluded that a new aid organization was needed that… Read more »
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has published a Note with pastoral recommendations for the Year of Faith proclaimed by Pope Benedict XVI in his apostolic letter Porta Fidei (11 October 2011). The Year of Faith will begin on 11 October 2012, the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Ecumenical Vatican… Read more »
The FSPs of South Africa and Mozambique gathered in Maputo from 27-29 December 2011 for the first annual meeting of their new delegation. In a serene and fraternal climate, the communities of the two countries presented a very interesting report on our Pauline life and apostolate in its particular geographical area. A significant moment was the… Read more »
