VATICAN - TODAY ON THE INTERNET - Osservatore Romano: Nuns in the cloister, the Internet breaks the silence - Schoenstatt diversely-able priest evangelises via the Internet.

Wednesday, 21 November 2007

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “With time the cloister has changed. Today the silence is broken by the Internet. In the past only the bell marked the passing of time. The convent walls seemed impassable. Today computers bring the world to the cloister.” On the occasion of the Day Pro Orantibus, celebrated today, the Vatican Newspaper Osservatore Romano proposes an article "Scarpe aggrappate al cielo" (shoes gripped to the sky). Between the Internet and silence. The cloister is difficult to understand for those of us who count time between work and leisure time, much noise and all kinds of sounds and little silence. The 'being which comes before doing' is the first concern of the Pope to revitalise Christian testimony, and this is why he has focussed once again his attention of nuns in the cloister and their witness of life.
The writings of Fr Nicolás Schwizer of the Institute of the Schoenstatt Fathers, who has worked for many years in Paraguay, can be received free of charge every two weeks. In the year 2000 a road accident left him restricted in his movement, but he continues to evangelise through his reflections. A few months ago these reflections "Fr Nicolás preaches from the web" in Spanish, English, Portuguese and German were made available through e-mail. Today Fr Nicolas as more than 1,500 readers in different countries all over the world". (C.E.) (Agenzia Fides 21/11/2007; Righe 14 - Parole 209)
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