Information service of the Pontifical Mission Societies since 1927
Bratislava (Agenzia Fides) - In view of now imminent annual World Mission Sunday, this year 21 October, and in this the 50th anniversary year of the publication of the Fide Donum Encyclical by Pope Pius XII, the national office of the Pontifical Mission Societies PMS in Slovakia has organised a National Meeting for priests 17-19 October on the theme of Fidei Donum mission service. The principal speaker will be Slovak Cardinal Jozef Tomko, at the moment president of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses and former prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples. Other speakers will include Bishop Viliam Judak of Nitra and Mgr Frantisek Kapusnak, national director of the PMS in Slovakia. Among the guests Mgr Jan Piotrowski, PMS national director in Poland. “The Meeting is for all priests in Slovakia and it aims to help them discover the missionary dimension of the daily life of the Church” Mgr Kapusnak told Fides.
According to information provided by the PMS Slovakia, the country as about 200 Fidei donum serving in other countries and about 20 serving as Fidei Donum at home. (S.L.) (Agenzia Fides 25/9/2007; righe 14, parole 186)
