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 ....

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 ....

BROTHERS PROFESS FIRST, PERPETUAL VOWS It was an outpouring of gratitude, a professing of commitment, a commemoration of selfless giving and a song of praise to God. Priests, Sisters, relatives and friends joined together to celebrate this life of service. The Vice Chancellor of the Catholic University of Malawi Fr. George Buleya represented the Archbishop to lead the ceremony. The parish Priest Fr. Nsope and other priests were also in the attendance. Saturday 7th December, was without doubt a colourful day when Bro. ....

Rome, Italy, Dec 8, 2019 / 10:01 am (CNA).- For the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, Pope Francis on Sunday venerated a statue of the Virgin Mary located in Rome’s Piazza di Spagna, reciting a prayer he wrote for the occasion. “I entrust to you all those who, in this city and in the whole world, are oppressed by distrust, by discouragement due to sin; those who think that for them there is no more ....

REPORTS FROM WA CATHOLIC DIOCESAN FEAST CELEBRATIONS. On Thursday, November 30, 2019, the Catholic Diocese of Wa celebrated its diocesan feast (the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle). The celebration of this day has come to be closely associated with the celebration of jubilees of Priests, the Religious and Married Couples for attaining significant heights in their respective vocations. For the very first time since its inception, the Bishop deemed it appropriate to include the catechists. As usual, the celebration took ....

Salam kasih persaudaraan, Minggu, 1 Desember 2019 Gereja Katolik memulai masa Adven. Inilah masa ketika umat katolik merayakan peristiwa Allah yang terlibat dalam kehidupan manusia secara nyata. Masa Adven adalah saat umat mengenang inkarnasi Allah. Pada inkarnasi itu Yang ilahi masuk terlibat dalam dimensi manusiawi. Inkarnasi adalah saat Yang ilahi hadir dalam kehidupan manusia keseharian. Kehadiran Yang ilahi dalam keseharian manusia semata-mata adalah bentuk empati Allah pada nasib manusia. Kostitusi FIC art. 3 tentang Allah: Manusia bersama Kita mengatakan, “Kita ini terbatas. Oleh ....