Dear Sisters and young women in formation, Fear and uncertainty fill our days. In our world, battlefields spring up every daily, wars are justified, and military power is legitimized as the “guarantor of peace”. “Peace through strength”, the Israeli Prime Minister’s comment regarding the U.S. attack against Iran, gives pause for thought. This is equivalent…
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Dearest Sisters and young women in formation, One week after Pentecost, we gather today on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity to celebrate 110 years of our journey—a history marked by the faithful, tireless steps of the Daughters of St. Paul. These are the footsteps of women who dared to say “yes,” even …
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Dear sisters and young women in formation, Before our eyes, scenes of war, death, violence, injustice, senseless suffering, and arrogant abuse of power unfold, like a film that, sadly, is never forgotten. So how can we speak of Easter today? How can we tell the world that Easter is and continues to be a force… Read more »
Dearest Sisters and young women in formation, I begin this letter, dedicated to Maestra Thecla on the 61st anniversary of her death, with the words addressed by Pope Francis to the participants of the Jubilee of Communication on January 25th of this year: … Also tell stories of hope, stories that nurture life. May your…
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Final message from the participants of the XLII Meeting of the General Governments of the Pauline Family and representatives of the Aggregated Institutes and the Pauline Cooperators THE PAULINE FAMILY: Pilgrims of Hope in the proclamation of the Word January 10-13, 2025 Rome – Casa San Paolo https://youtu.be/6C8Ccvv3Oko?si=KmyNGadJo4MfP1Yv
Christmas of the Lord 2024 / Holy Year 2025 Dearest Sisters and young women in formation, Considering the events unfolding around the world, I must admit I hesitated to write about Christmas this year—a Christmas marred by rockets, drones, and bombs sowing death and destruction, even in the land of Jesus Himself As witnesses, we… Read more »
Dearest Sisters and young women in formation, Prompted by the Bull of Indiction of the Ordinary Jubilee of the Year 2025, which takes its inspiration from the well-known verse of the Letter to the Romans: Spes non confundit (Hope does not disappoint, Rom. 5:5), I would like – on this day so important for the…
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Dear sisters and young women in formation, “It was still dark,” says John in his Gospel (Jn. 20:1), when Mary of Magdala left her home and in the darkness of a seemingly endless night hastened alone to the tomb of Jesus. She ran to her destination, undeterred by the thought that the tomb was sealed… Read more »
Dearest Sisters and young women in formation, today we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the death of Prima Maestra Thecla, but our hearts are not filled with grief because we always feel our Mother beside us, walking with us. The Founder himself urged us not to suffer too much for her absence when, on 18 …
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Dear sisters and brothers, We share with immense joy the Final Message of our meeting of the General Governments of the Pauline Family, in which the Cooperators and Aggregated Institutes participated, now in its 41st anniversary: an authentic experience of grace lived in communion and fully inserted within the synodal journey of the Church. In…
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