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Solidarity Project for “The Children of Haiti”

The Italian national newspaper “Avvenire” is published by the Italian Episcopal Conference, through the Foundation established to enhance, promote, and spread the values of solidarity and social friendship that have always inspired the newspaper. It has launched a fundraising campaign to support the education of the children at Maison des Anges. Since 1998, this organization in Haiti has been caring for orphaned children and finds new families for them. Here are the donation details: Fondazione Avvenire ETS, Bank Transfer using the following coordinates: IT97T0503401741000000020758

Feast of Saint Mary of Egypt

April 1 is the feast day of Saint Mary of Egypt, one of the most fascinating figures in Christian hagiography. Her journey from a life of prostitution to becoming a penitent saint has captured the imagination of the faithful for centuries, both in the East and the West, and has inspired numerous works of art.
Born in Alexandria, Egypt, around 344, she died in Palestine in 421. She lived for 47 years in the Palestinian desert in complete solitude, surviving on only three loaves of bread. Over time, her hair grew to cover her body after her clothes had worn away. The Catholic, Orthodox and Coptic Churches venerate her as a saint.

The Angels of Caflisch

The exhibition A Bridge between the Eternal City and the Holy City: Angels Painted by Luigi Caflisch, sponsored by the Jubilee, will be inaugurated at the Church of Saints John the Evangelist and Petronius of the Bolognese in Rome on April 16 at 18.00. It will be open until May 16, Monday to Friday, from 17.00 to 19.00. The catalog includes texts by Francesco Buranelli, curator of the exhibition, Monsignor Fabrizio Capanni, rector of the church, and a poetic text by Silvia Guidi. The exhibition curatorship is by Roberta Rosetti.

The Bible in a Feminine Perspective

On Tuesday, April 29, as part of the third cycle of The Word to Women on the theme The Bible and Women: Exegesis, Culture, Society, theologian Cristina Simonelli will hold a lecture titled From the Church Fathers to the Middle Ages. The lecture can be attended in person at the Pontifical Theological Faculty of Southern Italy in Naples, streamed live on Facebook and YouTube, or watched later on the website www.chiesadinapoli.it/la-parola-alle-donne/

Women and Ministries

On Thursday, April 3, at 18.00, the Institute of Higher Studies on Women will host an Open Class titled Women and Ministries as part of the Diploma in Women and Church program. The event will feature Linda Ghisoni who is the Undersecretary of the Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life.

Curated by Valeria Pendenza