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KOREA
New Logo for The Pauline Bible Institute

Ever since the Ut Unum Sint Center opened in Korea in 1978, its main focus has been on Bible study by correspondence, which is why it was called The Bible Correspondence Institute. In 2011, the Institute launched an e-learning Bible Study course to provide an easy way to study the Bible anytime, anywhere, via a…

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Theme for the 55th World Day of Social Communications

“Come and see(Jn 1,46). Communicating, encountering people as and where they are is the theme that Pope Francis has chosen for the 55th World Day of Social Communications which will be celebrated in 16 May 2021. We read in the statement from the Press Office of the Holy See that the words of the…

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TANZANIA
50 Years of Pauline Presence

The Daughters of St. Paul recently commemorated the Golden Jubilee of our FSP presence in Tanzania. The anniversary Mass was celebrated by Bishop Jude Thaddeus Ruwa’ichi, Archbishop of Dar es Salaam, in St. Peter Parish, Oyster Bay. A large group of people participated in the simple event. Fifty years have gone by since April 1970,… Read more »

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BRAZIL
A Month Dedicated to the Word of God

September is always a special month for the Church in Brazil. In 1971, the Diocese of Belo Horizonte, in the southeastern part of the country, asked the help of the Daughters of St. Paul to organize a singular initiative: that of dedicating an entire month to the promotion of the Bible. (One of the reasons… Read more »

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Africa’s Technological Invention Award 2020 Goes to a Woman

Twenty-six-year old-year-old Charlette N’Guessan, a citizen of Ghana, has won the 2020 Royal Academy of Engineering’s Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. She is the first woman to win this prize, conferred in recognition of her invention of Bace Api, a digital verification system that uses artificial intelligence and facial recognition to verify the identities of…

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PAKISTAN
A Joyful Return to the Community

We are delighted to share with you the message sent to us by our Pakistani postulants: Dashi, Rabishna, Maria and Tomsina, who say: “We are grateful first of all to the Lord for the trust and assistance he gave to our families, friends, the Daughters of St. Paul and ourselves, protecting us from the danger… Read more »

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UNITED STATES
Virtual Story Time

The sisters in our book center in St. Louis, Missouri, held a virtual story hour to reach out to children and families. The event lasted a week, Monday to Friday, from 10:30-11:15 a.m. The sisters report: “We used a combination of Zoom and YouTube, reading stories here in St. Louis as well as using our… Read more »

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Catitablet: app for reading the Bible in local languages

Catitablet is an initiative launched by the Catholic Church of Angola during the Covid-19 pandemic to enable people to read the fundamental texts of the Church not only in paper format but also on mobile devices. On 4 August, the Local Church presented to the public its latest project, entitled The Catechism via Tablet–a…

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ARGENTINA
Children’s Book Fair

From 20-31 July, Argentina’s Fundación El Libro held a virtual edition of its annual Book Fair for Children and Youth–an initiative that contributes to the cultural and educational formation of the younger generation by encouraging them to develop early in life a positive relationship with books in an atmosphere of joy and fun. …

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First Cuban Catholic Radio Station on the Internet

Radio El Sonido de la Esperanza, launched by the Catholic Youth Network (RCJ), is the first Catholic radio station in Cuba to broadcast online 24 hours a day, thanks to the commitment of a group of young communicators to spread the message of the Church via the Internet. It was born recently as an online…

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