EUROPE/ITALY - European Meeting for National Pontifical Mission Societies Offices (PMS) and National Offices for Missionary Cooperation 10 to 14 March. Focus: 50th anniversary of Fidei donum, Encyclical, PMS youth experience at WYD Cologne, dialogue with Islam

Friday, 3 March 2006

Palermo (Fides Service) - A European Meeting for National Pontifical Mission Societies Offices (PMS) and National Offices for Missionary Cooperation will be held from 10 to 14 March at the Convento S. Giovanni Battista di Baida, Palermo, Sicily. Some twenty PMS National directors from all over Europe have already pledged their presence. The programme, drafted by the meeting organiser the Italian national PMS office, takes into account suggestions and requests from various National Offices. Input will include: a reflection on the 50th anniversary of the Fidei Donum Encyclical (1957-2007) - after which diocesan priests who go on mission for a period of time are named - by Fr Vito Del Prete Secretary General of the Pontifical Missionary Union; a report on the experience of a PMS delegation of 150 young PMS members from 50 different countries at the 2005 World Youth Day in Germany; dialogue between Europe and Islam, missionary news. (S.L.) (Agenzia Fides 3/2/2006, righe 13, parole 182)


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