To celebrate the 102nd anniversary of the foundation of the Daughters of St. Paul, our sisters of Korea launched a school of prayer on Facebook. The five-week course, entitled Attraction, which introduces participants to prayer, also makes use of a candle, the rosary and several videoclips to help the user learn about prayer and put… Read more »
The Vatican’s new portal is perfectly in line with today’s digital environment. An eye-catching feature is its menu, which is set up in an agile and functional way. The choices displayed on a red band are confined to four pivotal words: Pope, Vatican, Church, World. The terms themselves immediately convey the idea of a Church… Read more »
Dearest Sisters, It’s Christmas! The joyous announcement resounds: “Today a Savior has been born to you: Christ the Lord” (Lk. 2:11). Mary settles him into a new grotto–that of our earth, our history, our hearts. He comes as salvation, as Emmanuel, God-with-us. We are a poor grotto, stripped bare and empty, but in it shines… Read more »
Fr. Alberione said: “The Bread of Truth must be shared with every human being.” The Daughters of St. Paul of Antananarive, Madagascar are putting these words of the Founder into concrete practice through their divulgation of the FSP 2018 Liturgical Calendar. The young sisters of the FSP formation community in Antananarive recently visited 8 parishes… Read more »
One of the many activities of the Daughters of St. Paul of the United States/ESC Province during the Advent season is a nation-wide Christmas Concert Tour. This year the initiative, which holds a special place in the sisters’ evangelizing activities, was held in 10 different cities across the country, from Boston to Los Angeles. The… Read more »
Fides News Agency, founded in 1927 by the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith, is the first Missionary Agency of the Church and among the first agencies in the world to use the press to disseminate information about the Church’s missionary activity. It also encourages animation and cooperation with this activity through vocational… Read more »
Already in its 16th edition, the annual Book Fair (entitled: More Books, More Freedom) for small and medium-size publishing houses took place from 6-10 December at La Nuvola Convention Center, Rome. Over 500 publishing houses–100 more than last year–participated in the 5-day Fair, which also featured the presence of many foreign and Italian authors. The… Read more »
Volunteer work as a commitment lived above all “in the first person, in the feminine”–this is what motivated FOCSIV to bestow its International Volunteer Awards this year on three women: Anna Dedola, manager of the Cope Project in Iringa, Tanzania; Khadija Tirha, a Civil Service volunteer in Italy’s Piedmont region, and Alganesc Fessaha, president of… Read more »
The Daughters of St. Paul of Romania had the opportunity to joyfully participate in the Gaudeamus International Book Fair, held in the country’s capital, Bucharest, from 22-26 November 2017. Because it is the nation’s most important book fair, Gaudeamus is usually attended each year by hordes of people from many different places and cities. Although… Read more »
On 25 November the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women was celebrated worldwide. Launched by the UN in 1999, this important event is celebrated every year to remember and condemn physical and psychological violence against women and girls and to show solidarity and closeness to the victims of this violence. The date… Read more »
