Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS). Cameroon: Training the trainers, cornerstone of education
In 2019, 3.7 million refugee children and youth remained out of school worldwide, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). In order to achieve peace, justice and integration, we must recognise the crucial role an inclusive and quality education plays in the rehabilitation, self-reliability, safety, social inclusion, and future of refugees, asylum seekers, and internally displaced people (IDPs). Continue reading
Salesians. Rector Major’s Message to Young People 2020
My dear young people, dear boys and girls from all over our beautiful Salesian world.
My greeting today is, first of all, for you. Naturally, I extend my affection to all my Salesian confreres, to the sisters, Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, to the Salesian Cooperators, to the Past Pupils and to all the other members of our beautiful and great Salesian Family. Continue reading
Pope: Religious life means seeing what really matters
Pope Francis celebrates a Vigil Mass on the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, which is observed as the World Day of Consecrated Life. In his homily, the Pope says that religious life means “seeing what really matters in life”.Indiction of the Biblical Year of the Pauline Family
Dear Sisters and Brothers,
Today, January 26, Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, at the conclusion of the Vocational Year of the Pauline Family, together with the entire Church we celebrate Word of God Sunday, instituted by Pope Francis with his apostolic letter Aperuit Illis. Continue reading
#UISG. Make the world better and tell everybody: Course on Social Communication for Justice and Peace Promoters (February – March 2020)
The challenge of Social Communication for the promotion of Justice, Peace and Care of Creation
Course on Social Communication for Justice and Peace Promoters (February – March 2020) Continue reading
Comboni missionaries, “men of the Word of God” on the African continent
In the first half of the last century the Comboni Missionaries (MCCJ) in Africa had produced – in addition to specialized studies disseminated in various articles for magazines and books – 63 grammars, 88 vocabularies, 114 catechisms, 23 books of Sacred History , 54 prayer books, 137 school texts: syllabaries, Continue reading
National Religious Vocation Conference (NRVC). World Day for Consecrated Life, February 2, 2020, Celebrated in parishes Feb. 1-2, 2020
About World Day for Consecrated Life
In 1997, Pope Saint John Paul II instituted a day of prayer for women and men in consecrated life. This celebration is attached to the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord on February 2nd. This Feast is also known as Candlemas Day; Continue reading
“Fratelli Project”: Lasallians and Marists together to help Syrian and Iraqi children
The cooperation of the religious “Fratelli De La Salle” and “Fratelli Marists” bears fruit in Lebanon: the “Fratelli Project”, promoted jointly by the two religious institutes, is a sure point of reference for many families and a meeting place for many kids. Continue reading
Claretians. Auribus Project: universal assistance for religious in need of support
On January 15, 2020, before a very qualified audience, the Auribus project was presented at the Legal Institute of Rome (Giuridicum). Auribus is the acronym for “Universal Assistance for Religious in Need of Support” (in Italian: “in bisogno di sostegno“). Continue reading
Pope to travel to Bari to meet Mediterranean bishops
Pope Francis is to travel to the southern Italian city of Bari in February where he will address a meeting of bishops from countries bordering the Mediterranean and celebrate Holy Mass.