We are at the end of our 11th General Chapter, a powerful time of the Spirit, who has guided our every step, giving us light and strength, inspiring us with wisdom and “self-consignment,” especially in the most difficult moments. We lived an intense and extraordinarily rich month. Day after day, communion increased among us, in […]
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Talk – Giovan Battista Brunori
Introduction “Today missionary activity still represents the greatest challenge for the Church and her missionary task must remain foremost,” says Pope Francis in the Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium. And he adds: “We cannot passively and calmly wait in our church buildings.” It is necessary to move “from a pastoral ministry of mere conservation to a […]
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Talk – Rossano Sala
It is wonderful to be here to listen together to the “appeals of the Spirit” in the situations of the world, the Church and your Congregation. The synodal journey of the universal Church on the theme Young People, Faith and Vocational Discernment is certainly a “word” that the Spirit is addressing to all of […]
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“Arise and Walk” A Consideration of the Grammar of the Journey In Dialogue with the Book of Deuteronomy
Introduction: the dynamic of the word We listen to the Word that has called us together. It is a Word we are to listen to “today” but one that comes from far away. Before allowing the Word to speak, let us try to understand the path that has brought it to us. I do […]
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Women of the Covenant Today Mission and Life
1. “Arise, go on your journey” (Dt. 10:11) trusting in the Promise Sisters, Daughters of St. Paul, you have chosen as the motto of your 11th General Chapter: “Arise, go on your journey” (Dt. 10:11), trusting in the Promise. Thus it would be well to start from here: from the text and its meaning, […]
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Welcome Address of Sr. Anna Maria Parenzan, Superior General
With joy, we want offer you a warm and affectionate welcome to this Assembly Hall, which will be the “Upper Room” of our Chapter. We are here as representatives of the whole Congregation, perhaps with rapidly-beating hearts in view of the days ahead of us. Some of us are “veterans” of General Chapters, while […]
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L’invito Santa Messa inizio dell’11° Capitolo generale
Carissime sorelle e carissimi fratelli, siamo liete di comunicarvi che il prossimo 5 settembre, alle ore 9,00, nella sottocripta del Santuario “Regina degli Apostoli”, inizieremo il nostro 11° Capitolo generale con la celebrazione eucaristica presieduta da don Valdir José De Castro, Superiore generale della Società San Paolo. Vi invitiamo fin d’ora a rendere grazie al […]
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5 September
• Celebrazione Eucaristica nella Sottocripta del Santuario Regina Apostolorum/ Valdir José de Castro, superiore generale ssp
• Arrivo ad Ariccia
• Saluto della superiora generale e dinamica di conoscenza
Convocation of the Congregation’s 11th Ordinary General Chapter
Dear Sisters, On the day on which we celebrate the 125th anniversary of the birth of Maestra Thecla, I want to give you some information about a very important appointment in which we all feel deeply involved: the convocation of our 11th General Chapter. We have already traveled a sizeable piece of this road together. Since my first circular letters […]
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Launching the preparations for our 11th General Chapter
Rome, 6 January 2018 To the Circumscription Superiors, Superiors of the Communities Dependent on the General Government and All the Sisters Dear Sisters, Today we are celebrating the Feast of the Epiphany–the feast of “light and traveling.” Guided by the light of Christ, the Magi first make a stopover in Jerusalem. These wise men, who […]
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