Europe

• 11 March 2010
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - Cistercian monks from the “Stift Heiligenkreuz” Abbey on their way to Sri Lanka to found new abbey Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - On March 14, four Cistercian monks will leave the Abbey “Stift Heiligenkreuz” near Vienna (Austria) for Sri Lanka. In 2001, three young candidates for the monastic life from the Archdiocese o ...
• 11 March 2010
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - Cistercian monks from the “Stift Heiligenkreuz” Abbey on their way to Sri Lanka to found new abbey Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - On March 14, four Cistercian monks will leave the Abbey “Stift Heiligenkreuz” near Vienna (Austria) for Sri Lanka. In 2001, three young candidates for the monastic life from the Archdiocese o ...
• 11 March 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Spanish bishops and priests send chalices and vestments to parishes in Haiti Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – There has been a prompt and generous response from bishops and priests in Spain to the appeal launched by the Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti, Archbishop Bernard Auza, through Father Ángel García, ...
• 9 March 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - 30th Anniversary of Archbishop Romero's Assassination: Day of Prayer and Fasting for Missionary Martyrs on March 24 Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On March 24, 1980, Archbishop Oscar A. Romero of San Salvador was assassinated. Since 1993, this date was chosen by the Youth Missionary Movement of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Italy to b ...
• 6 March 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Caritas Internationalis calls on governments to protect domestic maids, caretakers, and caregivers: they should not be "modern slaves" Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Caritas Internationalis has appealed to governments and international communities for the protection of migrants working in homes as maids, caretakers and caregivers. For the most part they are w ...
• 5 March 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Witnesses of love at the service of the poor, not faking being Christians”: 350th anniversary of the death of the founders of the Vincentian Family Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – The Vincentian Family has promoted March 5 to 7, at the Paul VI Foundation of Madrid, a congress to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the death of their founders, St. Vincent de Paul (1581-1 ...
• 5 March 2010
  EUROPE - To recall the witnesses to faith in our own time: initiatives in Rome and Paris Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “In Memoriam Martyrum,” three days of prayer and reflection on the Passion of Christ and the Church are being organized at Rome by the Association of Pontifical Right, Aid to the Church in Ne ...
• 4 March 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Diocese of Malaga, “faithful to its missionary vocation,” after 56 years of sending missionaries to Venezuela Malaga (Agenzia Fides) - Sunday, March 7, Spain celebrates Hispano-American Day (see Fides 3/3/2010) and the Diocesan Mission Sunday, in which the Diocese of Malaga (Spain) has been chosen as the focal point, with the sl ...
• 4 March 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Salesians website gets a 2.0 makeover: www.sdb.org Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In these past hours the site of the Salesian Congregation - sdb.org – has moved to Web 2.0. A new interface which is a new way of communicating with and linking the Salesian world. This change of ...
• 3 March 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Sunday, March 7 is Hispano-American Day: "Our gaze returns to Latin America as a land of mission." Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Sunday, March 7th, Spanish Dioceses celebrate Hispano-American Day, promoted by the Ibero-American Association for Priestly Cooperation (OCSHA), of the Spanish Bishops' Conference. Coinciding wit ...
• 2 March 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Two International Conferences on Fr. Matteo Ricci, “formed by the Chinese” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – As part of celebrations for the 400th anniversary of the death of the Jesuit missionary Fr. Matteo Ricci (Macerata (Italy) 1552-Beijing 1610), there will be two International Conferences devoted ...
• 1 March 2010
  EUROPE/POLAND - New Internet version of Niedziela Magazine in Russian, an instrument for evangelization and missionary activity Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – "Our site in the Russian language will not only be a tool for communication with the Catholic faithful in Russia, but also an instrument of evangelization for the priests who work in Easte ...
• 26 February 2010
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “The Gospel of Jesus Christ”: a symposium seeks inspiration for the New Evangelization Vallendar (Agenzia Fides) – From March 15 to 18, the headquarters of the Academy of Philosophy and Theology (Philsophisch Theologische Hochschule, PTH) in Vallendar (Germany) will host a symposium entitled "The Gospel ...
• 24 February 2010
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Guanellians open new missionary office in Tiefenbronn: former students and collaborators support projects for missions in Africa and Asia Tiefenbronn (Agenzia Fides) – It is a project that involves about 200 alumni of the Guanellian houses of Naro and Ceglie (Italy), along with some 20 German collaborators: the Guanelliani Missionary Office opened in Tie ...
• 19 February 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - “The State of Food and Agriculture 2010” yearly report from the FAO launches alert on aid needed in Haiti Rome (Agenzia Fides) – During the Rome presentation of the Annual Report of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Director General, Jacques Diouf sounded the alarm on the worrying situation in Haiti, sayi ...