Europe

• 4 November 2005
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - 6th Day for Missionary Voluntary Work will have the theme “One mission, five continents”: in the last 2 years about 2,000 young volunteers in mission lands Lisbon (Fides Service) - In Portugal 5 November is the 6th Day for Missionary Voluntary Work. The theme this year is “One mission, five continents”. The Day for Missionary Voluntary Work, promoted by the Evangelisati ...
• 31 October 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Rediscovering the founding values of the Franciscan family: Friars Minor open celebrations for 8th centenary of foundation Assisi (Fides Service) - On Friday 28 October during a Prayer Vigil in Saint Clare’s Basilica in Assisi for the start of official celebrations to mark the 8th centenary of the foundation of the Order of Friars Minor, F ...
• 31 October 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - 3,500 leaders of 1,800 Italian Renewal in the Spirit groups meet in Rimini: “Prevailing de-Christianisation is a challenge to the evangelising mission of the Church” says national co-ordinator Salvatore Martinez, recalling the call launched by Benedict XVI Rimini (Fides Service) - Over 3,500 Renewal in the Spirit group leaders are meeting in Rimini 29 October to 1 November for the 29th Conference for Animators on the theme “We are each given a particular manifestation o ...
• 28 October 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Fervid preparations for 5th World Meeting for Families: parish catechesis, awareness programmes in schools, 1st National Symposium for Grandparents Valencia (Fides Service) - Catholics are preparing to host the 5th World Meeting for Families to be V EMF held in Valencia 1 to 9 July 2006, on the theme "The Family and the Handing on of the Faith". The Bishop of Valenc ...
• 27 October 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Global network to fight human trafficking Rome (Fides Service)- The role of Catholic organisations in the struggle to eliminate human trafficking and to assist the victims of this crime was underlined by Caritas Internationalis delegate for North Africa and Midd ...
• 26 October 2005
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - After three years dedicated to rediscovering and contemplating Jesus present in the Eucharist, on Sunday 30 October parishes in the diocese of Setubal will conclude the Year of the Eucharist with solemn Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Setubal (Fides Service) - On Sunday 30 October the diocese of Setubal in Portugal will conclude the Year of the Eucharist after a three year period 2002-2005 devoted to rediscovering the presence of Jesus in the Eucharis ...
• 26 October 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - When a film tells the story of mission: the story of cinema of immense historical and religious value produced by early missionaries who documented their activity in the early years of the 20th century Rome (Fides Service) - “Film & Mission: for a history of the missionary film”: a book and DVD rediscover photos of mission pioneers in the early 1920s armed only with makeshift equipment who took pictures of extraord ...
• 25 October 2005
  EUROPE/POLAND - new impulse to missionary animation through the PMS and new National Missions Council. Poland has 2,060 missionaries all over the world Warsaw (Fides Service) - “We draw great encouragement in our missionary activity from the missionary legacy of John Paul II and the words of Pope Benedict XVI on 25 April at St Paul’s Basilica on the importance of mi ...
• 25 October 2005
  EUROPE/ICELAND - Year of the Eucharist brings new impulse to the faith for small Catholic community; Liturgy of the Hours now in Icelandic Hafnarfjörður (Fides Service) - The Sisters Servants of the Lord and Our Lady of Matara arrived in Iceland last October with the Year of the Eucharist. They settled in a parish in Hafnarfjörður about 15 minutes from ...
• 20 October 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Catholic immigrants ‘at home’ with the Eucharist: “Since I left my family and came to Italy I try to spend some time with Jesus every day: in front of the Tabernacle I am in the company of Jesus and my parents and friends feel close” Rome (Fides Service) - Homesick Peter Damian Mallam aged 26, in Italy in search of work to support his family in Sudan said he finds the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist an indispensable source of comfort and str ...
• 20 October 2005
  VATICAN - To play a leading role in the cultural debate of today students at Rome’s Pontifical Universities launch a new magazine Synthesis Rome (Fides Service) - To play a leading role in university activity, participate in the present day cultural debate in order to facilitate the Church’s cultural response in the future, students at Rome’s Pontifical ...
• 19 October 2005
  EUROPE/LITHUANIA - “It is amazing to see how frequent communion brings peace and joy not only to the bedridden but to the whole family and the community” said Fr Marco Mikalonis from Argentina on mission in Lithuania Pumpenai (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Marco Mikalonis a young priest from Argentina, member of the Institute of the Incarnate Word, presently on mission in Lithuania, sent this message to Fides: “Here is a brief report on our ...
• 18 October 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Christians are the custodians of “the greatest of all treasures in heaven and on earth”: the Eucharist Rome (Fides Service) - In these twelve months of the Year of the Eucharist Catholics all over the world have reflected in the significance and importance of the Eucharist, this great gift of God, renewed their faith in t ...
• 17 October 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The only way to change the world is "the silent revolution of love and holiness which comes only from the Eucharist, celebrated, contemplated and adored": Bishop of Cordoba issues pastoral letter for the closing of the Year of the Eucharist and the 17th centenary of the martyrs of Cordoba Cordoba (Fides Service) - “We cannot live without the Eucharist” was the title of a Pastoral Letter issued by Bishop Juan José Asenjo Pelegrina of Cordoba in Spain, for the closing of the Year of the Eucharist and t ...
• 15 October 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Although some people might think night time Adoration is out of date our groups continue to welcome new members, especially people most committed to evangelisation” says President Spain’s National Council of Adoration Groups Madrid (Fides Service) - Pedro García Mendoza, President of Spain’s National Council of Adoration Groups illustrates the activity of people who choose to be Night Adorer ...