A special event for Ecclesia in Asia (the Church in Asia) was held from 12-30 October 2022 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of foundation of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences. The theme of the encounter was: “And they took another way” (Mt. 2:12). 17 cardinals, 125 archbishops and bishops, 25 priests, 6 women religious…
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Gospel 2022: A Word for Every Day, a Pauline publication, was in a backpack on the rear seat of a military vehicle, when its Ukrainian driver, Yuri Bovt, was suddenly caught under a hail of Russian artillery. To his amazement one of the bullets, which could have fatally wounded him, penetrated the center of the…
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The Daughters of St. Paul in Abuja celebrated Mission Sunday this year in a small parish in the village of Tasha, where most people speak Hausa, an Afro-Asiatic language widely used in northern Nigeria. Sr. Josephine Idowu and Sr. Oluwakemi Akinleye had the opportunity to inform parishioners about the scourge of human trafficking. Their input… Read more »
World and Mission, the monthly magazine of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME), is celebrating its 150th birthday. Italy’s oldest missionary magazine, it chronicles the life of the Church in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Oceania, offering a glimpse into the peoples and societies of these continents through the stories of missionaries. The periodical…
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“You shall be my witnesses”: this was the slogan of World Mission Day 2022, celebrated on Sunday, 23 October. The Daughters of St. Paul of Brescia wanted to commemorate this anniversary in union with the other parishes of their diocese, fostering the desire to be close through prayer and offerings to the people of Pakistan,…
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The small book and media center opened by the Daughters of St. Paul in Calabar, Nigeria on 18 October 2022 was blessed by the Archbishop of the diocese, Joseph Effiong Ekuwem. After months of searching, waiting and praying, the modest building has been transformed into an apostolic center of light from which to spread the… Read more »
The Delegation of East Africa/South Sudan/Zambia/Malawi held an Apostolic Meeting in Nairobi from 19-24 September 2022, on the theme Accounting Systems and Digital Marketing. The Delegation Superior and the sisters in charge of the book centers, apostolic sectors, and the circumscription bursar’s office all participated in the event. They reflected in the impact of the…
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Talitha Kum, the International Network of Women Religious Against Human Trafficking, has a new International Coordinator: Maryknoll Sister Abby Avelino of the Philippines. The statement from the International Union of Superiors General reads: “As a member of Talitha Kum’s International Committee, Sr. Abby has contributed to the growth of the Network and its many initiatives…
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After several years of absence due to covid, Portici di Carta (Paper Arcades) has now resumed–a two-kilometer (mile-long) open-air book salon set up along the arcades of Turin. The 2022 edition of this yearly celebration offers the public 140 book-related events featuring international authors. Portici di Carta is a 2-day literary event that each…
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From 7-11 October, the annual Assembly of Superiors of the Italian Province was held in the St. Paul House at the Generalate, Rome. The gathering revolved around two main conferences, the first on the theme The Daughters of St. Paul: between the bond of fraternity and the exercise of synodality, by Fr. Salvatore Farì, a…
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