Monthly Archives: June 2019
The Order of Friars Minor: Handbook for Guardians
The aim of this resource is to provide assistance to the friars who have been given the responsibility of serving as Guardians in our fraternities. The Guardian’s role does not have a single and unequivocal meaning — it is a complex role, involving a variety of issues and it requires competence in a number of areas. Continue reading
Africa/DR Congo – Formation and animation for Missionary Childhood educators
“Today, June 21st, the third formation session for the diocesan Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), the animators and educators of the PMS of the ecclesiastical province of Kinshasa and Mbadaka-Bikoro”: this is what Sister Roberta Tremarelli, AMSS, Secretary General of the Pontifical of Missionary Childhood Society writes to Agenzia Fides, who is in the Democratic Republic of Congo for a series of meetings with local ecclesiastical organizations dedicated to formation and missionary animation. Continue reading
Scolopi. Meetings of the General Congregation with the Delegates of Fr. General
During June 17th, 18th and 19th, meetings of the General Congregation with the Delegates of Fr. General were held in Rome, in our General House.
The objectives of the meeting have been essentially three: Continue reading
Brothers of Christian Instruction. Messages 200 years. Young people, schools, Brothers, educators send new messages for the Bicentenary #lamennais200
Sr. Gabriella Bottani honoured as a trafficking in person (tip) report Hero
2019 TIP Report Launch Ceremony hosted by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday, June 20, 2019, at the U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.
Every year in this period the U.S. Department of State issues aTrafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, assessing the efforts by foreign governments during the previous year to combat the global crime of human trafficking. Continue reading
Commission of Education of the Unions of General Superiors (Men and Women). VIII Seminar of training of Educators: October 4 and 5, 2019
The Commission of Education of the Unions of General Superiors (Men and Women) invites you to participate in its VIII SEMINAR OF TRAINING OF EDUCATORS.
This is a seminar that takes place annually in Rome, destined to the Heads of Education of the General Curiae, to the members of the General and Provincial Councils and to the various national or regional leaders of our Educative Institutions that are interested. Continue reading
Pallottines – The Laudato Si Project & Monthly Bulletin
Pope Francis has made an urgent appeal. We Are A Mission is answering.
As Jesus made His way throughout the land, He often stopped to contemplate the beauty sown by His Father, & invited His disciples to perceive a divine message in things: “lift up your eyes, & see how the fields are already white for harvest.” Continue reading
Guidelines for Congregations Hosting Migrants in Rome
This booklet is intended for congregations looking to participate in this call of Pope Francis. After these few years, congregations in Rome and elsewhere have more experience and a deeper understanding of what our response will entail. Continue reading
Redemptorists: Francis Gargani receives OneSpirit’s Service to Humanity Award
Father Francis Gargani, C.Ss.R., was honored June 4 with OneSpirit Learning Alliance’s Service to Humanity Award. Since 2005 Father Gargani has presented an annual seminar on Catholicism for the New York City-based organization’s interfaith seminary. He was ordained in 1971 and is rector of the provincial house in Brooklyn, N.Y. Continue reading
New President of the Conventual Franciscan Foederatio Europae Mediae et Orientalis (FEMO)
On June 5, 2019, a new President of the Conventual Franciscan Foederatio Europae Mediae et Orientalis (FEMO) was elected.
The new President is Friar Marian GOŁĄB, the Minister Provincial of the Province of St. Anthony and Bl. James of Strepar in Poland (Cracow). The Federation’s Vicar is Friar Wiesław PYZIO, the Minister Provincial of the Province of the Immaculate Mother of God in Poland (Warsaw). The Secretary of the Federation is Friar Jan M. SZEWEK of the Province of St. Anthony and Bl. James of Strepar in Poland (Cracow). Continue reading