Bogota, 30 July 2017 Dearest Sisters, In just a few hours I will be leaving Colombia, together with Sr. Clarice and Sr. Karen, but before I do I want to make an urgent appeal to all of you, asking all our communities to pray incessantly to God, our good Father, for martyred Venezuela, for that… Read more »
The Daughters of St. Paul of Taipei, with the collaboration of their Pauline Cooperators, who are celebrating their Association’s Centenary of birth, recently held a meeting to present the figure of Dr. Wu Ching Hsiung and his conversion to Catholicism. His autobiography, Beyond East and West, is considered to be a masterpiece of Chinese literature… Read more »
Artificial Intelligence: Ethical Challenge? This is the theme of a Conference organized by the Pontifical Council for Culture and held at the Italian Embassy to the Holy See. Philosophers, scientists and academics from all over the world attended the event. The purpose of the lively and fruitful encounter was to launch a reflection on the… Read more »
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is the largest film festival in the Czech Republic and the most prestigious one in Central and Eastern Europe. Every year, it presents some 200 films from around the world and regularly hosts famous and important filmmakers. This year, the 52nd edition of the event, the Czech movie Little… Read more »
The Province’s annual meeting for its book center managers and supervisors recently took place in Città Regina, Sao Paulo. The event, which was marked by reflection and analysis of the current state of our book centers, culminated in the drafting of a plan of action for 2017-2019. Everything unfolded in an amicable atmosphere in which… Read more »
Pauline communicators are called to be heralds of hope in the midst of a culture of death. This thought was highlighted in the welcome address of Sister Noemi Vinoya, FSP Provincial Superior, during the 9th Media Assembly held at the Paulines Communication Center, Pasay City. Attended by Daughters of St. Paul working in various areas… Read more »
The African Movement of Working Children and Youth (AMWCY) has made literacy possible for over half-a-million children and girls in Africa. The Movement was born in 1994 in the Ivory Coast when a group of illiterate girls living in extreme poverty and forced labor began gathering together and organizing themselves to claim their rights. They… Read more »
On 11 July 2017, the 9th General Chapter of the Sisters of Jesus the Good Shepherd elected Sr. Aminta Sarmiento Puentes as Superior General of the Institute for the 2017-2023 sessenium. Sr. Aminta, a Colombian, was the Bursar General of the Institute since 2000. We assure her of our prayers and ask the Lord that… Read more »
“Being a sign of hope in a dead city, destroyed and without a future, means to draw hope from the Source of Life and Hope that is Jesus Christ. Our eyes have seen the cruel reality. In these very difficult moments, only hope in God has given us the strength to move forward.” With these… Read more »
The 9th General Chapter of the Pastorelle Sisters is underway in Rome from 29 June–16 July 2017. The theme to prepare for this important congregational event was: “Woman, behold your son!” The Prophetic Gift of Pastoral Maternity. In explaining the reasons behind this choice of subject, the Sisters say: “In our journey up to now… Read more »
