Year: 2011

March 2011

Baron Toaldo Clara sr Maria Cecilia Cuscito Angela Maria sr Maria Silvana Livingston Cecilia Regina Sr Cecilia Paula Mattioli Sestilia Sr Maria Elisa

Brazil
Rooting the Bible in the Heart of Macapa

At a recent meeting on the theme of biblical formation attended by about 800 pastoral workers, the diocese of Macapa (capital of the state of Amapa), Brazil launched a plan of pas-toral action aimed at encouraging the faithful to read the Bible and form Bible study groups in their parishes. “Bible circles” first emerged in… Read more »

Intercapitolo 2011 – Information n. 2

Rome, 21 February 2011 Dearest Sisters,             We have come to the end of our Interchapter Meeting, during which we felt the vibrant presence of Maestra Thecla among us, not only because we opened our encounter on the anniversary of her death and closed it on the anniversary of her birth, but also because she… Read more »

Portugal
Biblical Week in Madeira

With joy and enthusiasm the Daughters of St. Paul of Funchal, Madeira recently held a biblical Week in Arco da Calheta parish. The week was a time of intense spiritual animation, during which the parishioners had the chance to read, meditate on, pray and savor the Word of God. Community sharing of the Word has… Read more »

Italy
If not now, when?

More than 230 demonstrations throughout Italy and hundreds more around the world were scheduled to support the cause, “If not now, when?”-an initiative in favor of the dignity of woman. Addressing one such crowd in a packed town square in Turin, Sr. Eugenia Bonetti, a Comboni missionary who worked in Africa for 24 years and… Read more »

Taiwan
Mother Teresa’s Book

After ranking among the top ten online best sellers in Taiwan, Mother Teresa’s book, The Joy of Loving, edited in Chinese by the Daughters of St. Paul of Taipei, is now one of the contenders for “the best book cover of the year” award-a contest promoted by the International Book Fair to be held in… Read more »

Poland
New FSP Community in Warsaw

On 25 January 2011, the Pauline Family in Poland gathered in the chapel of the new FSP residence in Warsaw to celebrate the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul and participate in the blessing of the new house. (The new FSP book center was inaugurated on 8 September 2010.) During the Mass Fr. Roman… Read more »