The 36th edition of the Turin International Book Fair, Italy’s largest and most important publishing event, took place from 9-13 May 2024. This year’s theme was Imaginary Life. The International Book Fair has been promoting books, reading and culture ever since it was launched in 1988. Each year in Turin, the Fair brings together the …
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ITALY Rediscovering the path to fully human communication
May 2024! Communication Week is back! The initiative promoted by the Society of St. Paul and the Daughters of St. Paul to relaunch on the ecclesial and social levels the importance and incisiveness of World Communications Day is now able to take place once again after a two-year absence due to the covid shut-down. In… Read more »
#BeHuman: Nobel Peace Laureates in the Vatican and Rome in the spirit of Fratelli Tutti
#BeHuman is the title of the event, in which experts from all over the world were seated at 12 different tables organized by theme to engage in fraternal dialogue on the most pressing issues of the contemporary world. On the morning of Friday, May 10, at the Chancery Palace, Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro…
Read more »ITALY Paulines Communication and Culture Award 2024 Bestowed on Father Paolo Benanti
On the occasion of the 58th World Communications Day on the theme of Artificial Intelligence and Wisdom of the Heart: Towards a Fully Human Communication, the Daughters of St. Paul awarded their Paulines Communication and Culture ODV Prize 2024 to Father Paolo Benanti, a member of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis, president of…
Read more »ITALY Meeting for “Under 60s” of the Italian Province
From11-14 April, a meeting for the “Under 60s” of the FSP Italian Province was held at the Benedictine Abbey of Novalesa, Turin. Eight sisters from three nations (Italy, Colombia and the Congo) participated in the event. The prior of the abbey, Brother Michael David Semeraro, delivered a talk on the theme: Not Perfect but Happy:…
Read more »World Book and Copyright Day
On 23 April, we celebrated World Book and Copyright Day, an event established by UNESCO in 1995 so as to promote reading and the protection of intellectual property. The origins of this event date back to 1923, when Valencian writer Vicente Clavel Andrés began to circulate the idea of dedicating one day of the year… Read more »
ITALY In the Footsteps of Paul
To celebrate World Day of Prayer for Vocations, eleven members of the Pauline Family Team “In the Footsteps of Paul” held various activities in the parish of St. Paul the Apostle in Fondi (province of Latina) from 19-21 April. During this intensive weekend, the Pious Disciples, and Sr. Andrea Hýblová of the Daughters of St…. Read more »
UNITED STATES Conference on the Shroud of Turin
Conference on the Shroud of Turin On 17 March 2024, the Pauline Books & Media Center in Dedham Massachusetts), USA, hosted a fascinating presentation on the Shroud of Turin by Dr. Gibert Lavoie, a medical doctor who has pursued a forensic and scriptural study of the Shroud for more than 40 years. His juxtaposition of… Read more »
INDIA Courses on the Word of God
The Daughters of St. Paul of Mumbai recently conducted two Bible courses aimed at enriching the minds and hearts of seekers of the truth by permitting the Word of God to permeate the participants and give impetus to their spiritual journey. The courses, entitled Growing with God’s Word and Encountering God’s Word, offered a structured…
Read more »ITALY The FSP Publishing House at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair
From 8 to 11 April, the international event on publishing for children and youth resumed its presence at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. This important publishing event, now in its 61st edition, is an essential appointment for publishers, distributors, authors, illustrators, literary agents, translators, teachers, and all other professional categories involved in publishing material for… Read more »