The Interchapter ended with two noteworthy events: a lively sharing of this experience of grace among the participants and the final address of Sr. M. Antonieta Bruscato, which was also transmitted by videoconference. The sharing session was like a fresco of the past 20 days, depicting our Interchapter journey in a rainbow of colors and […]
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The Mosaic Is Complete
As the end of our Interchapter Meeting approaches, we thank the Lord sincerely for this experience of grace that he enabled us to live together. Today is the anniversary of the birth of Maestra Thecla and so, before beginning our work this morning, we turned to her in prayer, asking her to help us “live […]
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“Curved Over” the Word
Today, Fr. Vincenzo Marras, the new provincial superior of the SSPs of Italy, celebrated Mass for us. Commenting on the Gospel of the day (Mark’s account of the Transfiguration), Fr. Vincenzo emphasized the importance of listening: “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him” (Mk. 9:7) in the light of our theme: Imbued with the […]
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Redesigning the Apostolate
Today’s workshop, on the theme of redesigning the apostolate (the object of our upcoming continental meetings for the apostolate-administration) kept us busy all day long. “Revision of the apostolate in the light of our charism” is one of the areas that our 9th General Chapter invited us to improve, in keeping with the directives set […]
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Programming the Upcoming Triennium
Every Thursday, the Daughters of St. Paul throughout the world pray and offer their sacrifices with the intention that “the Lord of the harvest” will send good workers into his harvest. This morning, we placed on the altar a basket containing the names of all the young women our sisters are accompanying in their vocational […]
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In the Company of Our Saints
Each day, the sister in charge of guiding the liturgy of the day focuses special attention on a particular moment in the Eucharistic Celebration. Yesterday, copies of the Bible in different languages were carried to the altar before the Liturgy of the Word and today we were invited to ask God’s forgiveness as a group […]
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From Information to Concretization.
Yesterday evening, after a private viewing of the film Men of God, directed by Xavier Beauvois, the assembly remained in hushed silence, everyone deeply moved and saddened by the events we had just seen. We contemplated the icon of a “holy community” deep in the heart of Algeria-a community whose members were rich in the […]
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The Challenge of Living Online
Today we plunged even deeper into the theme of our Interchapter Meeting thanks to the talk of Bishop Domenico Pompili, Director of the National Office for Social Communications of the Italian Bishops Conference, and one of the promoters of the Congress held in April 2010 on the subject, Digital Witnesses: Faces and Languages in the […]
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The Transforming Power of the Word
At the beginning of the “programming stage” of our meeting, Fr. Bartolomeo Sorge, sj, offered us a profound and challenging reflection on the theme: Imbued with the Word, we trace out paths of hope. Fr. Sorge’s presence among us is always a great gift because he has a very clear grasp of our Pauline mission […]
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In the Steps of Francis
It is always fascinating to wander up and down the streets of Assisi, retracing the steps and life of Francis, a saint beloved by countless people because of the simplicity and radicality with which he lived the Gospel. It was even more significant to visit this little Umbrian town as a part of our Interchapter […]
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