Fifty years at the service of peace, the poor, the sick, and also interreligious dialogue: these are the guiding lights of the St. Egidio Community, founded in Rome in 1968 by Andrea Riccardi. The Community, which today numbers thousands of adherents throughout the world, has carried out many important and successful initiatives, such as the… Read more »
Starting on Sunday, 18 February 2018, the Rosary guided by Pope Francis will be aired by Vatican Radio daily at 8:00 p.m. local time. The radio is a place of meeting, comparison of ideas and prayer: this conviction is the driving force behind the Vatican’s Radio apostolate, which has programmed a series of initiatives for… Read more »
On 29 January 2018, the Daughters of St. Paul of the Boston community celebrated a Mass of thanksgiving for the 25th anniversary of Radio Paulinas. Sr. Maria Ruth Reyes currently produces three Spanish radio programs weekly which are aired by over one hundred radio stations in seventeen countries. In recognition and in gratitude for this… Read more »
On 31 January 2018, renowned biblical scholar Rinaldo Fabris presented the Romanian translation of his book St. Paul, Apostle of the Gentiles, at the FSP Book Center in Bucharest. Fr. Eduard Giurgi and the biography’s translator, Mihaela Voicu, introduced the text to the assembly in their talks by illustrating how the personality and thought of… Read more »
Safer Internet Day (World Network Security Day) is an annual event established in 2004 and organized internationally with the support of the European Commission, in order to promote a more secure and responsible use of the Web and new technologies, in particular for children and young people. It is celebrated worldwide on 6 February. Over… Read more »
The annual Hollywood Short Film Festival took place in California, USA, on 13 January 2018. The film Three in One by Brother Wojciech Turek, of the Society of St. Paul in Poland, was screened at this festival. Br. Turek is the same person who directed our film Artyska. Sr. Nancy Usselman and Sr. Helena Burns… Read more »
Dearest Sisters, Each year, the anniversary of Maestra Thecla’s “birth to heaven” finds us all united in remembering her in prayer and in the desire to imitate her docility to the will of God and great love for the Gospel. Little by little, as we penetrate her life more deeply–including through the many letters (over… Read more »
Today over 215 million Christians throughout the world suffer persecution for the Faith. Heading the list of oppressor-nations is North Korea, while Pakistan has the distinction of being the world’s most violent anti-Christian country, and India is experiencing a rise in Hindu radicalism. This information is part of the 2018 Report published by the Open… Read more »
Building peace together in South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo: this is the title of the round table discussion held on 18 January in the main conference hall of the Pontifical Urbanianum University, Rome, Italy. The event, organized by the Union of Male Superiors General and the Solidarity for South Sudan Association,… Read more »
The FSP International Course of Preparation for Perpetual Profession began on Monday, 15 January at Torvaianica, Italy and will conclude in May 2018. Participating in the course are junior professed sisters from many different countries and cultures who have generated a joyous and cordial atmosphere among themselves thanks to their enthusiasm at feeling… Read more »
