S P EC I A L B I R T HD A Y S       January 2020 07 Lo Koeleman (80) - Maastricht-Prins Bisschopsingel 25 Yohanes Wiryasumarta (80)-Semarang-Dr.Sutomo   February 2020 10 Yosophat Sukosuwito (80)-Salatiga 28 Jos Bom (70)-Maastricht Rooden Leeuw   March 2020 01 Stephanus Ngadenan (50)-Surakarta April 2020 09 Yohanes Paryoto (50)-Sukaraja 12 Salvinus Rohmad Supani (85)-Semarang Wisma Bernardus ....

Pope Francis’ Homily for 1st Sunday of the Word of God (Full Text) ‘Today Jesus speaks those same words to you: ‘Take heart, I am here with you, allow me to enter and your life will change’” JANUARY 26, 2020 10:43ZENIT STAFFPAPAL TEXTS Today, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, marks the first Sunday of the Word of God, since its institution by Pope Francis. In his letter Aperuit Illis, Pope Francis made the annual appointment, which ....

Komitmen Sepenuh Hati Bersegeralah! Aku meminta kepadamu. Pandanglah ke depan dan tinggalkan masa lalumu! Amatilah kekuranganmu dan bukan pada apa yang engkau miliki, itulah cara yang tepat untuk menjadikanmu lebih rendah hati. Engkau harus selalu merindukan Tuhan jika engkau ingin melangkah menuju kesempurnaan. Kerinduan dan hasrat ini harus selalu menyala dalam kehidupan pribadi, dengan kekuatan rahmat Tuhan dan komitmen pribadi, agar terwujud nyata dalam hidupmu.

Conference at Vatican focuses on pastoral care of the elderly. The Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life is hosting an International Conference on the pastoral care of the elderly, set to take place in Rome from 29-31 January.By Christopher Wells Responding to Pope Francis’ call for the elderly to become “protagonists”, the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life has organized an International Conference on the pastoral care of the elderly, entitled “The Richness of Many Years of Life”. The meeting ....

Catholic Action for street children (CAS) Ghana. We have concluded another year (2019) of working with street children. Our researches, interventions and interactions have given us a lot of knowledge about street children. The year 2019 has become a very historical year because we have come to a series of conclusions which could be very helpful for future interventions with street children in Ghana. Conclusion 1. Not one uniform group of street children exist, but there are several groups. This means, when ....

World Meeting of Over 100 Branches of the Vincentian Family In Rome from January 8 to 12, 2020 JANUARY 09, 2020 20:42ZENIT STAFFSPIRITUALITY & PRAYER For the first time, the men and women Superiors and the men and women Presidents of the over 150 branches that make up the Vincentian Family, are meeting in Rome, Italy, from January 8-12, 2020. The meeting is being held in the Augustinianum Patristic Institute. The participants will dialogue and establish ....

CIRCULAR LETTER GENERAL SUPERIOR FIC. “Glory to God in the Highest and Peace to Men of Good Will” (Luke 2:14)   Dear Brothers and Associates, Maastricht, December 2019   In this circular letter I wish to call on our sober reflection upon a central aspect of the sacred mysteries of our faith in this special season. In the short but powerful hymn of the Angels, used here as title of this ....

From The Editor This is the second publication of Volume II of the Congregational magazine "Brothers FIC" reaching you. The theme of this issue is "Community living, prayer and apostolate." We would like to share with our readers how the brothers try to witness to the love of God through thesethreepillarsofourlife.Thesearethreebroadtopics,andwedo not intend to treat them in detail; rather we wish to give you a gist of how we give each a place in ....