The Gregorian University Fondation invite to register for this year’s virtual guided retreat extended over the six weeks of Lent. There will be two talks per week with reflections drawn from the Gospel as well as from personal experiences that can offer participants inspiration, motives and practices for finding and cultivating hope this Lenten season. The talks will be posted each Sunday and Wednesday and will be available for viewing whenever is convenient. The retreat is complimentary and open to anyone who is interested and registers by clicking below. See more.

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The various dioceses of Italy proposes numerous initiatives on how to live the forty-day journey towards Easter “in the light of the Word.” We present here what has been put in place by the Diocese of Brescia, which is easily available on the dedicated website: diocesi.brescia.it/quaresima-2024/. In order for the Word to bear fruit, Lent is a “necessary” a time of listening where it becomes a vital space. This is what is proposed to children, young people and families with the slogan Good Morning Jesus. All in a word game that becomes listening to the Word par excellence, thanks to…

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On Jan. 25, the liturgical feast of the conversion of St. Paul, TV2000, a television channel of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, will features stories that narrate the irruption of divine grace into the lives of people of all times. Testimonies that emphasize how much the experience of “conversion” (or “revelation”) involving the apostle of the Gentiles is not just a narrative device of Luke in the Acts of the Apostles or of Paul himself in his letters, but is the experience of that unprecedented encounter with God that can concern many others and that always changes existence. It is sad,…

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On the occasion of the Word of God Sunday that we celebrated on Jan. 21, the Catholic Bible Federation (FeBiC) organized a conference that had the merit of comparing four different areas of the world, making them dialogue on how the Word of God is received and proclaimed in very different contexts. The entire conference is available at these links: In occasione delFull packet: https://c-b-f.me/DPD2024-Conference  CBF website: https://c-b-f.org/streaming YouTube: https://youtu.be/sk2a3PBe1nQ

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Daddy Yank says goodbye to music to devote himself to faith. At 46 years old, the Puerto Rican singer, rapper, producer and author of songs such as “Gasolina” has decided to change his life. “I am not ashamed to tell the whole world that Jesus lives in me and that I will live for him,” he explained to his fans after his last concert held at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in Puerto Rico. “For many years I have been trying to fill a void in my life that no one has been able to fill,” he continued. “I went…

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Cinema, animation, and Scripture will once again “meet” in a project where they will present the life of Jesus Christ: the animated remake of the 1979 Jesus Film which is set to release for Christmas of 2025. The Cru film ministry is working on a next-generation remake of the iconic 1979 movie seen by millions. The popular Jesus Film of 1979 is an American Biblical drama film directed by Peter Sykes and John Krish which depicts the life of our Lord, a depiction of the life of Jesus based on the narratives of the gospel according to Luke. The said…

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Don Marco Pozza and Msgr. Dario Viganò choose to bring courage to TV: that of actualizing the parables of Jesus in the stories of ordinary people and what those very stories tell. The first-person testimonies of the protagonists are the key to reach more directly to the hearts of viewers, putting them in touch with the pages of the Gospel parables. Fr. Mark’s interventions then add keys that transform the texts and stories into food for thought for all. To see the different episodes and learn more, visit the page quandoilfiumeincontrailmare .

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The liturgical year 2023-2024 will be accompanied by the Evangelist Mark. Below we propose the continuous reading of the Gospel divided into about forty stages, chapter after chapter, verse after verse. The individual episodes were broadcast by Radio Maria for the column “Your word makes me live” presented by Don Giacomo Perego, Pauline biblical scholar and professor of the Missionary Theological Study of PIME. We hope that what we have shared can continue to be of help in enjoying the richness of a Word full of life, whose treasures are never exhausted….

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The Centro San Fedele in Milan – run by the Jesuits and a place of spiritual and cultural reference for many – has launched the initiative of “Masses without haste”: these are monthly celebrations, open to all, but especially designed for young people and friends of the Ignatian family in Milan. They have two special features: after the Gospel and homily, a time of silence is left for personal prayer and for those who wish, can continue with a short sharing in small groups. This is the way in the Ignatian tradition to “hear and taste” the Word before moving…

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On the last Sunday of the Catholic Church’s liturgical year, Chinese Catholic communities celebrated with zeal the Solemnity of Christ the King by participating in relevant pastoral initiatives. After the Eucharistic celebration at the Parish dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Beijing, the parish priest  Fr. Zhang Xiaozhuo presented certificates and small prizes to parishioners who participated in the daily Bible reading. The said event was an initiative inaugurated on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the founding of the Church. Fr. Zhang stressed the importance of individual and communal reading of God’s Word and announced that…

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Four appointments of spirituality to enter the dimension of Advent, confronting the mystery of the “ultimate realities.” This is the path offered by the “Biblical Tuesdays” of COME AND SEE in which, on the initiative of the Centro Culturale San Paolo, the Bible dialogues with the world of Cinema, Music, and Art. Leading the evenings will be biblical scholar Fr. Giacomo Perego, international coordinator of the Centro Biblico San Paolo, Prof. Alberto Bourlot, professor of Semiology at the Catholic University of Milan, Fr. Fulvio Rossi and Fr. Stefano Negri, art enthusiasts and leaders of the Pastoral Community of Lainate-Pagliera-Barbaiana (Mi).…

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Our mission is to “Lead people all over the world into a transformational relationship with Jesus.” We achieve this by creating powerful media resources and study trips to help people understand the Bible in its original context. As people experience the original context, it transforms their understanding of the Bible, and in turn, has a life-changing impact on their relationship with Jesus.We’re also creating a groundbreaking original series called The Sacred Thread where we’re taking the audience on a worldwide adventure to uncover the original context of the Bible.We believe context is everything, and in order to understand the Bible…

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Compassion is a nonprofit organization working for children in need. The foundation’s goal is to free children from physical, economic, social, and emotional poverty to help them grow into responsible women and men. Founded in 1952, Compassion began operations in Korea following the war by providing food, medical care, education, and Christian education to orphaned children. Today, among its main commitments is to give an illustrated Bible to all Christian children of all denominations in the knowledge that to draw on God’s Word is to drink from a spring of grace and light. See the relaunch of the outreach campaign.

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On Tuesday, Oct. 10, with a meeting titled “I give you the price of the field” (Gen. 23:1-20) held in Milan, the evenings of Jewish-Christian “Meetings in Two Voices” resumed, the result of the collaboration between the Jewish Community, Waldensian Church, Baptist Churches, Jewish-Christian Friendship and Jesuit Fathers Theological Center of Turin and Carlo Maria Martini Foundation and Ambrosianeum Foundation of Milan. The 2023/2024 edition of the two-voice meetings will continue, between Milan and Turin, with the reading of the book of Genesis and, in particular chapters 23 to 29, dedicated to the Jacob cycle. In addition to the Milan…

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The Ordinary Time of the Church is far from over. If Christmas Time and Easter Time highlight the central mysteries of the Incarnation and the passion, death on the cross, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ, and the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, the Sundays and weeks of Ordinary Time, on the other hand, take us through the life of Christ: to be converted, to live and conform our lives to Christ. The goal toward which all of history is directed is represented by the final Sunday in Ordinary Time, the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King…

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