Year: 2011

5th Sunday of Lent 2011

Everything takes place on the Mount of Olives, about three kilometers (2 miles) from Jerusalem). The small family in Bethany often offered Jesus the refuge of their home, where he could bask in the sweet balm of their friendship at the end of his long, tiring trip. Jesus was deeply attached to Lazarus, Martha and… Read more »

Italy
New Encyclopedia on Bioethics

Born in a Catholic environment and now offered to the secular world, the new Encyclopedia on Bioethics and Juridical Science published by ISE (Italian Scientific Editions) was edited by Elio Sgreccia, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Academy for Life and former Director of the Institute of Bioethics at Sacred Heart University, Rome, and Antonio Tarantino,… Read more »

April 2011

Cuadra Restituta Sr Maria Pacis Foligno Ada Sr Maria Cristina Medaglia Rosa Sr Maria Margherita

India
Ecumenical Symposium on Gender Relations in the Church

To mark International Woman’s Day, the Daughters of St. Paul of Mumbai, in collaboration with St. Joseph Convent High School (Bandra), organized an Ecumenical Celebration followed by a Symposium on Gender Relations in the Church. The Symposium’s biblical text of reference was Genesis 1:27: “God created humankind in his image… .” Guest speakers offered interesting… Read more »

4th Sunday of Lent 2011

From Samaria, our journey takes us south. On this Fourth Sunday of Lent, we arrive in Judea in time to participate in the Feast of Booths, during which the inhabitants of Jerusalem leave their homes for eight days and live in tents under the open sky, sprinkled with stars. The sukkot (plural of the Hebrew… Read more »

3rd Sunday of Lent 2011

Having descended the Mount of Transfiguration, let us now resume our journey. The Third Sunday of Lent takes us to Samaria, to the town of Sychar to be precise, which is near Mt. Gerizim in the heart of Palestine. Tired and thirsty, Jesus stops at the local well, where he meets a woman who has… Read more »