FINAL MESSAGE THE FAMILY CHALLENGES THE PAULINE FAMILY Dear Sisters and Brothers of the Pauline Family, With joy, we are writing to you after our 39th Meeting of the General Governments of the Pauline Family. We would like to share with you a summary of the days we lived and thank you for your… Read more »
According to data collected by Fides News Agency, twenty-one missionaries were killed throughout the world in 2021: 12 priests, 1 male religious, 2 women religious, and 6 lay people. Regarding the continental distribution of those killed: the highest number recorded was in Africa, followed by the Americas, Asia, and lastly Europe. In the collection of… Read more »
The 90th anniversary of the presence of the Daughters of St. Paul in Brazil (1931-2021) was commemorated throughout the country with celebrations, events, conferences, interviews and other modes of underscoring this big occasion. Among the many events that highlighted the presence and apostolic activities of the FSPs in this nation was a tribute from Rio… Read more »
When the Pauline Family launched its Year of the Bible, Sister Anne Joan Flanagan of the US-ESC province felt strongly inspired to read the Word of God from cover to cover–but not by herself. On 24 November 2020 she sent the following invitation to her 28,000 Twitter followers: “Read the Bible with me!” Her…
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To celebrate the Pauline Bible Year, Paulines Publications Africa organized formation meetings for catechists on the theme: The Bible and Catechesis. The animations were held in the dioceses of Maralal, Isiolo and Marsabit–three of the poorest and most marginalized Kenyan dioceses. Due to economic problems, catechists here lack the essential tools they need for their… Read more »
On 9 December, a meeting was held in the Vatican to highlight moral and ethical issues regarding the impact of today’s new technologies in the post-pandemic world. The theme developed was “Promoting Integral Human Development and Peace in the Digital Age. New Technologies in the Post-Covid World.” The meeting was organized by the Dicastery for… Read more »
Dearest Sisters and young women in formation, Our Advent journey leads us once again to the grotto of Bethlehem, where the mystery we contemplate each year takes on flesh and blood: “A child is born for us, a son has been given to us” (Is. 9:5). The eternal Word of the Father, “he whom the…
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After its success in Brescia, Naples, Udine, Lodi, Novara and Palermo, the project to donate books to prisoners for Christmas is also being carried out this year by our FSP book center in Messina. The Caritas Foundation of the Archdiocese of Messina, the D’arteventi Association and the Chaplains of the Messina and Barcellona Pozzo di… Read more »
To celebrate the 5th World Day of the Poor, 14 November 2021, the FSP Book Center of Treviso, in collaboration with the diocesan branch of Caritas, organized an initiative entitled: Donate a Book: It’s Food for the Soul! Customers were able to choose titles from a display case set up for the occasion. The books…
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Italy’s annual Book Fair for Small and Medium-sized Publishing Houses was not held last year because of the pandemic. This year it is back. Entitled More Books, More Freedom, the event took place from 4-8 December at the Nuvola dell’Eur, a futuristic and suggestive location in Rome. Promoted and organized by the Italian Publishers Association …
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