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.

The Generalate community, together with other members of the Union of Catholic Apostolate, gathered together on 29 January 2010 in our church of SS. Salvatore in Onda for thanking the Lord for the presence and work of Fr. Bruno Bayer. He has lived for many years in the Generalate, dedicating himself to the study on Vincent Pallotti and specially took care of the edition of the Letters of our holy Founder. In fact, the eight and the last volume is being printed and will be published shortly.
The Rector General, Fr. Friedrich Kretz, in his homily during the Mass of Thanksgiving presided over by Fr. Bruno Bayer, underlined the extraordinary dedication and patience with which Fr. Bruno Bayer worked all these year and thanks to his efforts, today the entire Pallottine family is able to know Pallotti more profoundly. The letters reveal the true face of Pallotti, as human being and priest. Fr. Bruno Bayer will leave the Generalate by mid February and will continue to nurture his passion for our Founder by translating the most important Letters of Pallotti into German.

Within the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, held from 17 to 25 January 2010, the Pallottine family in Rome celebrated the Solemnity of St. Vincent Pallotti. The motto of the Week was the words of Jesus: "You are witnesses to it" (Lk 24, 48).
Representatives of all the pastoral and apostolic realities of the great Pallottine Family, that is the Union of Catholic Apostolate, gathered together before the altar of St. Vincent Pallotti during the days of the Solemnity. The prayer for the beatification of Elizabeth Sanna, close associate and spiritual daughter of Pallotti, was the starting point to the Week of Prayer. The experience of the Eucharistic celebration in Syro Malabar Rite took the participants to India, particularly to the State of Kerala, where our Pallottine confreres and sisters are working since years, always strengthening the Pallottine presence. In another evening the students of the Urbanian College of Propaganda Fide were able to meet with their Spiritual Father, St. Vincent Pallotti and, following the tradition, one of them, this time coming from Cameroon, read out a letter to the Saint thanking specially for the work of evangelisation that the Pallottines have carried out in his country. Numerous members of the Union in Rome were always present at the celebrations. Various pastoral realities like the apostolate of schools, hospitals and parishes were represented and found time to come together and pray at the altar of our Founder.

The central moment was the Eucharistic celebration on the Solemnity of St. Vincent Pallotti on 22 January 2010, presided over by Msgr. Ernesto Mandara, Auxiliary Bishop of Central Rome and concelebrated by the confreres and some of the parish priests in Rome. The liturgy was animated by the UAC choir. During the liturgical celebration it was recalled how St. Vincent Pallotti, with his apostolic zeal and spirit of sacrifice, considered himself part of the Roman clergy and responded to the pastoral needs of his time. PHOTO PROGRAMME

International Pallottine School Camp, Dongargarh, India, 10-18 January 2010. The idea to gather the Pallottine schools from all over the world in a camp was the result of the seminar on Pallottine Educational Institutes held in 2006 in Rome. With the blessings of Rector General, Fr. Friedrich Kretz and the constant guidance of Fr. Jacob Nampudakam, General Consultor, the Pallottine International School Camp became a reality. Three Pallottine schools from Europe and three schools from India participated in the camp. It was a camp of nine days with 35 participants in addition to the students of the host school, St. Vincent Pallotti International Residential School at Dongargarh.
The guests included: Fr. Friedrich Kretz, Fr. Jacob Nampudakam, Sr. Serena Cambiaghi, Superior General of the Sisters of the Catholic Apostolate (Italy) and Sr. Lilly Nanat (Italy), General Consultor, Fr. Ray Heaven (Australia), Fr. Sergio Schaub (Argentina), Fr. Martin Manus – (Germany), Br. Stephen Buckley (Ireland), Fr. Andrezej Zelek (Poland), Fr. Christian Stumpf (Germany), Fr. Gilbert Mascarenhas (India), Fr. Charles Kujur (India ), Fr. M. Prasad ( India ).
The objectives of the camp were: promotion of global belonging and harmony; appreciation of different cultural values; exchange and sharing of educational systems; experience of global oneness; appreciation of the uniqueness of Pallottine educational institutions; creation of an awareness about the existing socio-economic scenario amongst our youth. This camp gave a rich learning experience in various ways to the students and teachers.
5. The Generalate community, together with other members of the Union of Catholic Apostolate, gathered together on 29 January 2010 in our church of SS. Salvatore in Onda for thanking the Lord for the presence and work of Fr. Bruno Bayer. He has lived for many years in the Generalate, dedicating himself to the study on Vincent Pallotti and specially took care of the edition of the Letters of our holy Founder. In fact, the eight and the last volume is being printed and will be published shortly.
The Rector General, Fr. Friedrich Kretz, in his homily during the Mass of Thanksgiving presided over by Fr. Bruno Bayer, underlined the extraordinary dedication and patience with which Fr. Bruno Bayer worked all these year and thanks to his efforts, today the entire Pallottine family is able to know Pallotti more profoundly. The letters reveal the true face of Pallotti, as human being and priest. Fr. Bruno Bayer will leave the Generalate by mid February and will continue to nurture his passion for our Founder by translating the most important Letters of Pallotti into German. PHOTO

On 15 January 2010 at Cornelio Procopio (Brazil) was initiated the interprovincial and international Preparatory Formation and has six candidates for this year: 3 from St. Paul Province (SP), 2 from Santa Maria Province (SM) and 1 from St. Vincent Pallotti Region (UR). The celebration of admission to the Canonical Year was presided over by Provincial Rector, Fr. Julio Akamine (SP) and was concelebrated by the following confreres: Fr. Valdeci de Almeida (SP), Fr. Fernando Rossini (SP), Fr. Edgar Ertl (SM), Fr. Egídio Trevisan (SM) and Fr. Margarito Valiente (UR).