To promote Fr. Grun?s new book, Spiritual Accompaniment in the Fathers of the Desert, the FSPs of Taipei, in collaboration with the Protestants and the Tien Educational Centre (run by the Jesuits), organized a meeting with the author on the theme of Spiritual Accompaniment.About 500 people attended the event?a very surprising and gratifying turn-out in… Read more »
The young FSPs of Madagascar recently visited each class of a local school, where they presented the Book of Psalms in such a way as to make its beautiful message meaningful to the students of every grade level.The students all listened very attentively to the sisters? presentations and afterward asked many questions concerning how use… Read more »
The year of formation on the Pauline charism opened with a welcome address delivered by Sr. Marta Finotelli, sgbp who, in the name of all the General Governments of our Institutes, said: ?This new academic year is brimming over with hope because it also marks the journey of the whole Pauline Family toward our centenary… Read more »
In collaboration with a community of Franciscan brothers, the Daughters of St. Paul of Prague recently held a Bible Mission in Liberec, a city with a reputation for being strongly atheist. It was the first mission of this type to be held in northern Bohemia in 67 years.Since one of the FSPs in the Prague… Read more »
Sr. Emiliana Park, a Daughter of St. Paul from Korea, concluded her specialized studies in social communications at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, with a dissertation entitled, Changes in the Print Medium in the Internet Age. The subtitle of the work, “Challenges and Prospects Offered by the Press to the Daughters of St. Paul of… Read more »
The 31st Manila International Book Fair, held from 15-19 September in Pasay City, revolved around the theme “Words without Borders,” underscoring how books can be powerful and influential tools in the work of evangelization. The FSP booth, which showcased a wide variety of publications and DVDs, was visited by religious coordinators, catechists, school librarians and… Read more »
Our sisters of San Juan, Puerto Rico, have written to tell us about the first profession of Sr. Simona Acosta Rosario, which they are celebrating as a concrete sign of hope for all our FSP communities of the Caribbean, including Sr. Simona?s homeland, the Dominican Republic.With great joy and apostolic enthusiasm, Sr. Simona has accepted… Read more »
In his annual message for World Mission Day (24 October), Pope Benedict XVI reflects on the gratuitous service that is a necessary part of mission: “In a multiethnic society that is experiencing increasingly disturbing forms of loneliness and indifference, Christians must learn to offer signs of hope and to become universal brethren, cultivating the great… Read more »
Within the framework of redesigning our presences, the FSPs responsible for Pauline Editions in the Congo and Ivory Coast met in Kinshasa to reorganize and give new thrust to their book publishing and audiovisual departments.After evaluating the 30-year journey of our publishing house in this part of the world, and after analyzing the socio-politico-cultural situations… Read more »
Last June, during the celebration of Vespers in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls on the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, patrons of the Diocese of Rome, Pope Benedict XVI announced that he was creating a new dicastery to promote the re-evangelization of the Western world. In fact, the purpose of the… Read more »
