Europe

• 5 November 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - On the feast day of Blessed Conforti his spiritual sons and daughters all over the world renew their commitment to mission ad gentes Parma (Fides Service) - All over the world on November 5, the spiritual sons and daughters of Blessed Guido M. Conforti remember with gratitude their great father and founder who died in Parma on November 5, 1931. Wherev ...
• 3 November 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Paideia Co-operative (Opus Dei), organises 4th consecutive annual “Caring for Others” course for high school girls in Milan in collaboration with the RUI Foundation. Rome (Fides Service) - Caring for others is a typical element of womanhood through which women render family, professional and social life more worthy of the person. In view of this Paideia Co-operative (Opus Dei), orga ...
• 30 October 2004
  EUROPE/SPAIN - A yearlong missionary itinerary for youth in preparation for 20th World Youth Day in Cologne Madrid (Fides Service) - To help young people be more aware of their missionary duty and in preparation for the 20th World Youth Day in Cologne, Germany in August 2005, in collaboration with the Spanish Bishops’ Commis ...
• 29 October 2004
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - “Eucharist is an excellent means for re-launching with boldness mission ad gentes” said Bishop Manuel Neto Quintas, President of the Portuguese Bishops’ Commission for Missions Lisbon (Fides Service) - In an article on “Eucharist and Mission two inseparable words” Bishop Manuel Neto Quintas, auxiliary Bishop of Faro and President of the Portuguese Bishops’ Commission for Missions said � ...
• 28 October 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - 4.000 Italian charismatics at 28th Renewal in the Spirit Conference Rome (Fides Service) - Animators of the Italian branch of Renewal in the Spirit charismatic movement from all over the country will attend the 28th Renewal in the Spirit Conference in Rimini, 29 October to 1 November, to ...
• 27 October 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Loppiano, first Focolari Little Town is forty years old: a thousand people from 70 countries live a utopia of peace come true Rome (Fides Service) - The Little Town of Loppiano, the first of 33 Focolari Centres, is marking its 40th anniversary. Situated on the hills of Tuscany not far from Florence it has schools, industries and craft centres a ...
• 27 October 2004
  EUROPE/SPAIN - International Rosary Congress: an opportunity to meditate on the mystery of Christ through the eyes of Most Holy Mary Seville (Fides Service) - An international Rosary Congress organised by the Mount Sion Confraternity in collaboration with the Dominican Province of Andalusia will be held from 28 to 30 October in Seville (Spain) on the ...
• 26 October 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - From Peru to Italy: Latin American immigrants in many Italian towns make “Señor de los Milagros” procession. The Pope greets a group in St Peter’s Square Rome (Agenzia Fides) - A group of people from Latin America bearing an image of the famous Señor de los Milagros were among the thousands of people gathered in St Peter’s Square to pray the Angelus with Pope John Paul ...
• 25 October 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - To mark World Mission Sunday OMI missionaries in Catanzaro and a youth group launch a web site In Italian on Father Mario Borzaga Oblate Missionary of Mary Immaculate who died on mission in Laos at the age of 28 Rome (Fides Service) - On the occasion of World Mission Sunday, with Italian Oblates missionaries in Catanzaro young members of a movement in Calabria called Costruire have opened a web page in memory of young Father Mar ...
• 22 October 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Sunday 24 October, World Mission Day an appointment to savour communion with more than a thousand local Churches in mission territories all over the world Rome (Fides Service) - " Hungry for bread, hungry for God " is the theme chosen by the Pontifical Mission Societies in Italy for World Mission Day 24 October. It is also the underlying theme for formative activities of ...
• 22 October 2004
  EUROPE/FRANCE - World Mission Sunday “prayer to embrace the world” at all latitudes Lyons (Fides Service) - Once again this year for World Mission Day the head office of the Pontifical Mission Societies in France has invited national offices all over the world to join in a round the world prayer success ...
• 22 October 2004
  EUROPE/IRELAND - Mission Festival part of a long term plan to restore missionary awareness and commitment Dublin (Fides Service) - As part of the National Mission Council’s plan to restore October as Mission Month, a four day festival of mission was opened in Bishopstown, Cork City by Bishop John Buckley of the Diocese of ...
• 20 October 2004
  EUROPE/MALTA - More than 1,300 priests from all over the world in Malta “in the footsteps of St Paul”, to take part in International Meeting for Priests organised by the Congregation for the Clergy La Valletta (Fides Service) - More than 1,300 priests from 90 different countries are in Malta taking part in the now traditional International Meeting for Priests organised by the Congregation for the Clergy 18 to 23 Oc ...
• 18 October 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Communion and Liberation movement pilgrimage to Loreto for its 50th anniversary. At Mass Cardinal Sepe encourages the pilgrims to “continue to announce the beauty and joy of encounter with the Redeemer of mankind” Loreto (Fides Service) - On Saturday 16 October the church movement Communion and Liberation made a pilgrimage to Loreto on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its foundation. At least 45,000 members of CL from all ...
• 12 October 2004
  EUROPE/POLAND - “We aim to make the Church in Poland ever more open to mission Ad Gentes” says Father Jan Piotrwski National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Warsaw (Fides Service) - The national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Poland Father Jan Piotrwski told Fides about recent initiatives to increase mission awareness and missionary cooperation among Catholi ...