The apostolic visit of Pope Francis to Madagascar (7-8 September 2019) was a very significant event for the inhabitants of this country and also for the Daughters of St. Paul who carry out the Pauline mission on this huge island off the southeastern coast of Africa. As a preparation for the Pope’s visit, the sisters… Read more »
The 23rd edition of Italy’s annual Mantua Literature Festival focused on the theme Space of Thought Against Trivialization. The program included over 300 appointments with storytellers, essayists and other guest speakers. At the center of the event were issues related to the Mediterranean, to Europe and to the movement of peoples, but a lot of…
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The Philippine Conference on the New Evangelization (PCNE) is an annual meeting of the Catholic Church of the Philippines organized in view of the 500th anniversary of the evangelization of the country (1521-2021). This year’s celebration, which focused on the theme Filipino Youth: Walking with Jesus, was held at the University of St. Thomas, Manila…
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From the PODCAST of Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/tredici-tredici/tredici-e-tredici-2-parte-02-09-2019.html#play
This year too, the Daughters of St. Paul of Bucharest traveled to Cacica, Romania’s most important Marian shrine, located in the diocese of Iasi in the northern part of the country, to celebrate the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Catholics from many parishes in the diocese and also from other dioceses gather… Read more »
Motivated by the theme of the Pauline Family’s Vocation Year: “Fan into a flame the gift of God that is in you” (2 Tm. 1:6), several members of the Pauline Family in Brazil organized a Vocation Week in Arcoverde in the State of Pernambuco. Our missionaries were offered hospitality in San Gerardo Maiella Parish, where… Read more »
The Daughters of St. Paul of Antananarive joined forces with the NGO Madagasikara Namako in holding a Book Fair for Children to celebrate the success of Boky Namako editions, a series of stories for children from all parts of the country. Professionals from the publishing world participated in the Fair, including our Md Paoly book…
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The first African American to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature (1993), Toni Morrison was also awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom (the highest civil recognition in the USA) by President Barack Obama in 2012. Her books expose the banality and clichés about race and racism, powerfully illustrating that we no longer understand the true… Read more »
With great joy we want to share the news that Sr. Gervis Monteiro da Silva, FSP, will be participating in the Synod for the Pan-Amazon region, to be held at the Vatican from 6-27 October 2019. The theme of the Special Assembly is: “Amazonia: New Paths for the Church and for an Integral Ecology.” Why… Read more »
The first Catholic online radio station in Bangladesh, Radio Jyoti, is celebrating its third anniversary. The radio’s broadcasting location is near Emmaus Catholic Church in Bogra, in the diocese of Rajshahi. The purpose of the online station is to proclaim the message of God and spread the teachings of Jesus Christ through its programs, which…
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