1. 5th Pallottine Youth Forum

About 60 young people from seven countries came to Rome to participate in the 5th Pallottine Youth Forum. Following countries were represented: South Korea, India, Poland, Germany, Scotland, Austria and Brazil. The Pallottine Youth groups were accompanied by nine Pallottine fathers and brothers, responsible for the youth pastoral in their respective countries. The Meeting was conducted in the Youth Centre of the Pallottine Sisters in Rome. In the first week of August the participants could visit the places in Rome which are important for the history of the Church and for the Christian and Pallottine spirituality. It was a dynamic experience of diversity of cultures which enriched each other. The common liturgy, the sharing about Christian life in the different countries and discovery of the common roots in the Gospels values and history were the most important aspects of the meeting. You can read some of the impressions of the participants on INTERNET and see some PHOTOS. Some of the participants came from far away (like South Korea or Brazil). Others traveled to the Forum for a long time (19 days by bikes from Poland). All of them prepared for their participation with long anticipation. We hope to have the 6th Pallottine Youth Forum in Rome in August 2010. The preparation for this meeting can already begin.

Monday, 14 September 2009 | 6322 hits | Print | PDF |  Email

2. Prayer vigil for the youth - Czestochowa

On 24 and 25 November, in the sanctuary of Madonna of Czestochowa, the centres of vocation promotion of both the Polish Provinces organized a prayer vigil for the youth. This prayer meeting brought together about six hundred young persons and was guided by the theme: "Contemplating his face". The youth were accompanied by their pastors, both diocesans and Pallottines, and also by the Pallottine sisters. All were very happy about this encounter with God in prayer.

Tuesday, 18 December 2007 | 6674 hits | Print | PDF |  Email

3. Venerable Elisabetta Sanna - Jubilee Year

The Jubilee Year celebration on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the death of the Venerable Elisabetta Sanna, was concluded officially on April 22, 2007 in SS. Salvatore in Onda in Rome, with the concelebrated Eucharistic Celebration, presided over by General Consultor Fr. Francesco Todisco. The celebration was attended by the friends of the Venerable and the members of UCA, Rome, and the guests from Sardegna, who also enriched the ceremony with their Choir. The celebrant, speaking of the various virtues of Elisabetta, highlighted the testimony that St. Vincent Pallotti gave of her in one of his letters to Don Giuseppe Valle: "She goes forward in her good works and I hope that she will achieve the perfection that God, the Father of Mercies, wants of her" (OCL, V, 241). The Postulator don Jan Korycki, mindful of the diverse initiatives taken during the Jubilee Year, highlighted the lively interest many have for the Servant of God and the prayers offered for her beatification. The group ‘Friends of the Venerable' of Rome decided to continue with the Eucharistic Celebration the 17th of every month to pray for the grace of beatification despite the conclusion of the Jubilee Year.

Friday, 04 May 2007 | 7995 hits | Print | PDF |  Email

4. Venezuela - Colombia, Official Visitation

From July 14th. to August 3rd. 2007, the first General Consultor, Fr. Zenon Hanas, and the General Consultor, Fr. Gilberto Orsolin, made the Official Visitation of the Delegature of Christ the King Province (WA), in Venezuela and Colombia.  The first Polish Pallottines were sent there in 1998.  There are now about 20 confreres working in 5 local communities.

Thursday, 19 July 2007 | 6873 hits | Print | PDF |  Email

5. VII Latin-American Congress of Pallottine Education

The VII Latin-American Congress of Pallottine Education is being held from 11-14 October 2007 in San Leopoldo/RS, Brazil, with a participation of 120 professors, employees and parents from the Pallottine schools in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. The Congress, which has the theme "Pallottine Education in search of fullness of life", is above all a moment of formation for the professors, employees and parents belonging to the schools of the Pallottine fathers and brothers as well as of the Pallottine sisters in these three countries. The objective is to deepen the knowledge of the themes related to education in general and of the elements associated with Pallottine spirituality, charism and pedagogy in relation to the apostolate of education. You can find here the programme of the meeting in Portuguese (pdf).

Thursday, 11 October 2007 | 6378 hits | Print | PDF |  Email

6. St. Giorgio di Cascia

It has become a tradition for a group of members from the Generalate to visit every year, on the second Sunday in May, the little place in Umbria called St. Giorgio di Cascia, from where comes the family of our Founder St. Vincent Pallotti. This year numerous confreres from our College Queen of Apostles, many Pallottine sisters and the local people participated at the celebration. It was indeed a proclamation of the universality of the Church and a living testimony to the great growth of the Pallottine charism in the different countries, cultures and continents. As usual, the family members of our Founder were happy, generous and proud, especially of the numerous Pallottine priests and sisters present at the celebration.  

Thursday, 17 May 2007 | 6633 hits | Print | PDF |  Email

7. Visit in a diocese of the Island of Taiwan

From 4-9 November 2009, Fr. Z. Hanas, Vicar General, together with Fr. Susayan Sathyanesan, Provincial Rector of the Indian Province of the “Assumption of the B.M.V.” (BA) visited a diocese of the Island of Taiwan in order to examine the possibility of establishing the Pallottine presence in this country. The island of Taiwan is small and lies 150 km away from China. There is a rather big population of about 25 millions of people, out which only 2% are Catholics. The diocese that has invited the Pallottines is situated in the centre part of the country and has 26.000 Catholics. The confreres visited ten parishes, which present great possibilities for pastoral work. Before stating the pastoral work it is necessary to learn the local language and the Mandarin language, which will require at least two or three years of study. After the language study the Bishop is willing to entrust one of the parishes to the Pallottines. After the visit, the Indian Province has decided to send two members in June 2010 to begin with the study of languages.

Thursday, 24 December 2009 | 5626 hits | Print | PDF |  Email

8. Visit to the new mission of the Epiphany Province (NA)

From 19 to 25 January 2010, the Rector General, Fr. Friedrich Kretz and the General Consultor, Fr. Jacob Nampudakam, accompanied by Fr. Augustine Varickakal, Provincial Rector, visited the new mission of the Epiphany Province (NA) in the state of Arunachal Pradesh, in the north eastern part of India. This State of about one million people is very open and disposed to the Good News. The mission was opened about three years ago and three confreres are presently working here. As this mission shows a very good possibility for the growth of the Church and the Society, the Province intends to invest more personnel and resources for its development. A very significant moment of the visit was the celebration of the Solemnity of our Founder on 22 January 2010 in the newly constructed church at Siyum, presided over by the Rector General and participated by many parishioners coming from the distant villages.

Wednesday, 10 February 2010 | 4821 hits | Print | PDF |  Email

9. Visit of the Rector General in Canada

The Rector General, Fr. Jacob Nampudakam, visited the Canadian Delegature of the Christ the King Province (WA.CD) from 30 September to 3 October 2011. During these three days, the Rector General visited all the confreres and the places of their pastoral work. He also discussed with them relevant themes like vocation promotion, organisation of Pallottine Youth Forum, collaboration with the Delegature of the Bangalore Province (BA.CD) and the development of the UAC. At the moment 7 confreres work in 4 parishes in this Delegature. Fr. Piotr Machnacki is the Delegate of the Provincial Rector. Canada_2011

Tuesday, 11 October 2011 | 1548 hits | Print | PDF |  Email

10. The Rector General Fr. Jacob Nampudakam in India

From 22nd December to January 8th The Rector General Fr. Jacob Nampudakam was in India and took part in some important events. 22nd December 2011- the transformation of the 'Khrist Jyothi' –(Light of Christ) Region (RA) into a Province. The Rector General presided at the Eucharistic celebration at which participated many Pallottine and Diocesan priests, religious and friends. Afterwards the Rector General met with the new Provincial Council to reflect together on some topics mentioned in the post Visitation letter 2011. It was a historic moment for the new Province of Raipur and for our Society. Now with the addition of the new Indian Province, we have all together 13 Provinces and 7 Regions in our Society. On the occasion of the ten years since the transformation of the single Indian Province into three autonomous entities in 2002, the 'Epiphany of the Lord' Province (NA) invited its members to a Congress at the 'Maria Rani Centre' at Trivandum. From 5th-8th January 2012, the members of the Province present shared a time of revision, of renewal, of celebration and of future planning. On January 6th 2012-, the Feast Day of the Province- Fr Jacob Nampudakam presided at Mass and gave the homily. Many confreres had the opportunity for the first time to congratulate him on his election as the first Indian Rector General of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate. On 8th January, the two pioneer missionaries to India from the Sacred Heart Province, Fr. Tony Kolb and Fr. Manfred Hauck were felicitated. On 8th January 2012, the Rector General together with the Archbishop of Goa, Mons. Filipe Ferrão Neri, and in the presence of many Pallottine confreres, seminarians and laity participated in the celebration on the occasion of the fifty years of the Pallottine presence in Goa. On December 26th 2011, six people took their Act of Apostolic Commitment at a Mass in Nagpur, presided by the Rector General, Fr Jacob Nampudakam. The Rector General, Fr Jacob Nampudakam met on December 28th 2011, the members of the Secular Institute 'Khristevikas' (Servants of Christ) at Pune, India to celebrate fifty years of their foundation. The Secular Institute was founded by the Pallottines fifty years ago at Raipur and is part of the UAC. The members work in different places, above all in the service of the poor. Many Pallottines, priests and sisters participated at the joyful celebration. 

Thursday, 02 February 2012 | 1059 hits | Print | PDF |  Email