The Church of San Salvatore in Onda, the sacred place where our Founder, St. Vincent Pallotti, was buried, had been preparing for days to celebrate the Triduum in honour of St. Vincent. The celebration took place within the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, the theme of this year's celebration is "Pray continuously". On January 17th, the opening day, we gathered around the first member of the Union of Catholic Apostolate, Elizabeth Sanna. We prayed, as we do on the seventeenth of each month, for the beatification of the Venerable Elizabeth and we entrusted the entire Union to the Lord.
On the second day, the Eucharist was celebrated in the Armenian Rite at the altar of St. Vincent Pallotti, the presiding celebrant was Mgr. Jozef Kelekian, Rector of the Pontifical Armenian College, who was accompanied by the seminarians.
On the following days representatives of the members of the UAC in Italy and Sisters from both Religious Congregations, as well as many of our friends, participated in the solemn celebrations. 
On January 21st. some students from the Urbanianum College where St. Vincent had exercised the ministry of Spiritual Director for many years, came to visit St. Vincent. Continuing the annual tradition one of the current students read a letter in reply to that which St. Vincent wrote to the students of the College in 1849. The Eucharist was celebrated by our confrere Archbishop Henryk Hoser, SAC, Assistant Secretary of the Congregation of Propaganda Fide.
On January 22nd, the anniversary of the death of St. Vincent, the Eucharistic celebration was led by the Rector General, Fr. Friedrich Kretz, who, for the first time in his period in office, was able to celebrate our Founder's feast day at San Salvatore in Onda. We gathered in a family spirit around the altar of St. Vincent Pallotti, all the representatives of the Union of Catholic Apostolate, priests, sisters and laity were present, and together we reflected on the example of his love of God. The Rector General gave us some points for reflection 
on this by reminding us that it emerges very clearly in the life of St. Vincent itself and also from his writings that he was in love with God. It is only from someone who is in love that such a level of apostolic activity as St. Vincent lived can flow.
At the end of the Eucharist the new National Coordination Council of the UAC in Italy was presented and the members received from the outgoing NCC a lamp, a symbol of the light that will continue to shine.
On January 23, we were guests to the Pallottine Parish in Pietralata (Roma), dedicated, of course, to St. Vincent Pallotti. At the Eucharistic celebration, presided by the parish priest Fr. Luiz Quaini (SM), were gathered the Pallottines of the Local Community and that of the Generalate, the Sisters and the lay people of the parish. The evening was concluded in fraternal spirit, with an agape offered by the parishners.
The Eucharistic celebration that concluded all the festal celebrations, presided by Fr. F. Todisco, was celebrated on January 25, on the feast of Conversion of St. Paul, at the altar of St. Vincent Pallotti. With a spirit of joy, we thanked the Lord, who has called us to follow him in the Union of the Catholic Apostolate, and has given us in St. Vincent Pallotti, a great example of holiness, of love and of charity.
