Diocesan Book Centers at the Service of Evangelization and Human Promotion: Mirrors of Mercy and Agents of Pastoral Animation: this was the theme of a Seminar organized by the Daughters of St. Paul for those responsible for diocesan book centers. The purpose of this annual meeting is to follow and train missionaries of the Word who share and participate in the Pauline apostolate. The Seminar opened with the enthronement of the Bible, which helped the participants become more keenly aware of their mission to offer others God’s saving Word. The work accomplished during the encounter strengthened their conviction that book center workers are missionaries, entrusted with the responsibility of offering the Gospel to everyone by means of the printed word, music, pictures and all the other inventions of human creativity.
As a team, the participants drew up pastoral animation initiatives aimed at helping everyone keep alive the lamp of mercy. Time was also dedicated to determining concrete lines of action with regard to proper administration. All those who attended the Seminar received a certificate of participation recalling the words of Fr. Alberione: “The book center is a temple; the book vendor a preacher. Light, holiness, joy in Jesus Christ and a Christian life are the fruits sought. The service desk is a pulpit of truth.”
