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50th Anniversary of Foundation in Jeonju

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of their presence in the city of Jeonju, the FSPs organized various activities in that diocese: retreats, theatrical performances, media education sessions and study seminars. These initiatives were also promoted in order to thank the people, who have been very supportive over the years and who have collaborated in the… Read more »

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MALAYSIA
Kuala Lumpur: World Book Capital 2020

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, has been designated World Book Capital 2020. The title is awarded annually by UNESCO to a city in recognition of the quality of its programs to promote the dissemination and reading of books. The International Association of Publishers (IPA) and the International Federation of Booksellers’ Associations (IFLA) participate in the initiative. Kuala… Read more »

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Religion Today Film Festival: the Festival of Co-habitation

After days of intense work, the jury of the Religion Today Film Festival has chosen the winning films of this 22nd edition of the event, which focused on mission as the real protagonist–a travel experience, not in the sense of giving up one’s house, but in order to build more houses in more cultures. …

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ITALY
Pauline Multimedia International Book Center, Rome: 30th Anniversary of Foundation

Pauline Multimedia International Book Center, Rome commemorated its 30th anniversary of foundation by celebrating the memory of its journey of grace and faith over the past three decades–a journey in which the Gospel, truth and goodness have been constantly sown from this modern pulpit. For thirty years the Book Center, a true “window on…

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Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Dedicated to the Word of God

By means of the Motu Proprio Aperuit Illis, promulgated on 30 September 2019 (the liturgical memorial of St. Jerome), Pope Francis has established that the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time is to be devoted to the celebration, study and dissemination of the Word of God. The Pope opens the document by reminding everyone that at …

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Sr. Anna Caiazza: Superior General

Today, 2 October 2019, Sr. Anna Caiazza was elected Superior General of the Daughters of St. Paul during their 11th General Chapter. A little over 100 years after the Institute’s foundation, the 60 Chapter delegates from more than 50 countries on all the continents reflected on the theme chosen for this event: Arise and set… Read more »

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Theme of the 54th World Communications Day

“So that you may tell your children and grandchildren (Ex. 10:2). Life creates history.”“By choosing this theme, taken from a passage in the Book of Exodus, for the 54th World Communications Day,” reads a Vatican press release, “Pope Francis underscores how particularly precious is the patrimony of memory in communications. The Pope has emphasized…

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The Common Good in the Digital Age

Experts in the field of today’s most advanced technologies, along with philosophers, theologians and representatives of a variety of other backgrounds, gathered in the Vatican from 26-28 September 2019 to participate in a seminar organized by the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and the Pontifical Council for Culture. To understand technological development in our… Read more »

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Talitha Kum: 10 Years Online against Human Trafficking

Get to your feet! This command, addressed not only to individuals but also to society as a whole, perfectly sums up the identity of Talitha Kum, the international network of consecrated women against human trafficking set up by UISG (the International Union of Women Superiors General). This year the anti-trafficking network is celebrating its tenth …

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BRAZIL
Sao Luis do Maranhão Book Center: Plaque of Recognition

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the course in Library Science (a discipline that studies the various systems of classification, cataloging, collocation, distribution and conservation of the works collected in libraries) offered by the Federal University of Maranhão, our local FSP book center received a plaque of gratitude for services rendered to the… Read more »

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