It is not easy for the Daughters of St. Paul to disseminate the Bible in Pakistan. Our Pauline book centers in Lahore and Karachi are often in danger due to the country’s difficult socio-political and religious situation.
But our sisters continue their apostolic activities, expanding them to the rural areas and schools through their publishing projects and their courageous distribution of Bibles, other religious books, and also teaching aids to help catechists.
But our sisters continue their apostolic activities, expanding them to the rural areas and schools through their publishing projects and their courageous distribution of Bibles, other religious books, and also teaching aids to help catechists.
The Pakistanis affectionately call the Daughters of St. Paul “the Bible Sisters” and our sisters are very proud of this name. Most recently, they have published an Urdu edition of the biblical texts for the liturgical year.
The Archbishop of Lahore, speaking on behalf of many catechists, priests and families, expressed his gratitude, saying: “The publication of the liturgical readings of the Church in Urdu (the national language of Pakistan) is a concrete response to the desire of our Christians, who have for some time now been asking for study aids to help them meditate on the Word of God every day.”